Local Food Works (LFW) offers institutional buyers:
- High quality locally grown produce from 37 Massachusetts farms.
- Assurance that food safety, liability, and traceability requirements are met.
- MOUs (Memorandum of Understanding) with products tailored to each institution’s needs.
- A one-stop web-based ordering system.
- Reliable delivery.
- Marketing and promotional materials.
- Annual crop planning with local farmers to sync seasonal production with customer demand.
Please contact staff@growingplaces.org for more information.
Buying from Local Food Works allows your institution to:
- Support the North Central MA economy.
- Support small and mid-size farmers who are often squeezed out of the conventional food system.
- Lower your carbon footprint because your food has a much shorter distance to travel.
- Supply nourishing produce to your consumers.
Become a local food champion!