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Florida Matters: The 'Farm-Fresh' Fraud

Laura Reiley
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Tampa Bay Times
Farmers Market Produce

"Locally-grown," "farm-to-table," and "pasture-raised" are the new buzzwords in the food culture, and restaurants are rushing to meet the demand. But one reporter says that at many Tampa Bay area restaurants we're being -- as she writes -- "fed fiction." When she investigated, she found that even farmer's markets are mainly absent of local farmers. Florida Matters' Robin Sussingham sat down with food critic Laura Reiley of the Tampa Bay Times to talk about her recent exposé, "Farm to Fable."

Robin Sussingham was Senior Editor at WUSF until September 2020.
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