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Overcoming Obstacles to Eating Local

Listen Wednesday, Jun. 17, 2009 at 12:06 p.m. in Health

Over the last decade, restaurant owners, food lovers and public health advocates have placed a new premium on eating fresh, nutritious produce from nearby farms. But they encounter major obstacles trying to bring fresh seasonal ingredients to consumers in the Washington region. We get a local perspective on the challenges of getting healthy food from the farm to the dinner table.

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Guests

Michael F. Curtin, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer, D.C. Central Kitchen

Ann Harvey Yonkers

Co-Director, FRESHFARM Markets

Lee Hauter

Owner, Bull Run Mountain Vegetable Farms (The Plains, Virginia)

Mark Toigo

Owner, Toigo Orchards (Shippensburg, Pennsylvania)

Cathal Armstrong

Owner and Chef, Restaurant Eve (Alexandria, VA)

Anthony Chittum

Executive Chef, Vermilion Restaurant (Alexandria, VA)

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