Update June 2009

Greetings from Mass Local Food!

I am very happy to announce that the shopping website is launched and we had our first distribution on June 5th in Westminster!!! We had a total of 10 producers participating, 30 out of 43 members placed orders, and over $1000 in business for the producers. For the most part, it went smoothly, thanx to many hours of organizational meetings of the planning team, and thanx to many years of work that was put into the software by the Oklahoma Food Coop and other food coops just like it.

There is still lots to do. Those of you not from North Central Mass are eager for us to expand into your area, and we still need to form a Board of Directors and formally incorporate. And I very much want to do a consumer survey as a follow-on to the producer survey.

Our next order cycle opens on June 23rd. We welcome anyone from the North Central area who are willing to drive to Sterling or Westminster for pickup to join us for the next order cycle. And producers willing to drop off orders in Westminster are welcome to contact us about joining as a producer at masslocalfood@gmail.com. Please help us grow by telling your friends about this great project and inviting them to join as well.