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Agricultural run-off flowing down the Mississippi River has created an area devoid of life in the Gulf of Mexico ? in 1999, this ?dead zone? peaked at 8,000 square miles, an area the size of New Jersey

–EPA, 2001

Why Buy Local

Why should you buy locally grown food?

You'll get exceptional taste and freshness, strengthen your local economy, support endangered family farms and so much more.

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FoodRoutes welcomes you to our site. We are a national non-profit dedicated to reintroducing Americans to their food     the seeds it grows from, the farmers who produce it, and the routes that carry it from the fields to our tables. Please check out the following links to find out more about us.

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