
"If I asked you what the mission statement of Seacoast Eat Local is, do you think you could get pretty close?
Take a minute to think of a one sentence mission statement for our work if you don’t already know. You know about the work and programs we offer, but the mission brings a focus and purpose to that work. Are you ready? Here it is:
Seacoast Eat Local cultivates a thriving food economy by building bridges between regional food producers and consumers.
I bet if you didn’t get it exactly you were pretty close. To say it another way, we connect local food producers to local eaters.
So much of the work we’ve always done is to help farmers and food producers attract and retain more customers: farmers’ markets, the SNAP program, and the Seacoast Harvest local food guide. Each of those programs has gone on for at least the past 10 years. What you might not know is we have some relatively new efforts to help farmers and food producers connect with local eaters on a deeper level. " READ MORe