Local Food Marketing Campaigns and Infrastructure

I have copied below what was written about the EATS proposal. I will place my comments within it using 2 asterixes . (i.e. - *comment content*.) --- The EATS proposal developed by farmer David Rosenberg, which entails--- 1. a region centered *wholesale* marketplace (terminal market) exclusively for Tri-State Region producers in order to simplify trade logistics, purchasing convenience *, and to level the market's playing-field for all regional producers".* 2. collective “branding” for all farms in the region to identify *Tri-State* products in the marketplace. 3. incentives for diverse regional food production and purchasing in the Tri-State region * 4. Define a region that Tri-State consumers already consider "local" (a 100 mile radius more or less) from our population center which is big enough to make the Tri-State food secure yet small enough to accrue maximum ecological synergies because of close interactive loops (think less energy for transit, ease of recycling urban compost, reusing product packaging, better opportunities for gleaning perishable produce, etc.).* *5. Create a system of governance that empowers all food system stakeholders (farmers, retailers, wholesalers, distributors, restaurants, consumers, etc.)* FINALLY, SOME THOUGHTS THAT PERTAIN TO ALL THE IDEAS LISTED IN THIS GRANT PROPOSAL ... It would be really helpful if all of us used the same definition of "local" (or another related adjective such as proximal or home-grown) to avoid confusion. And It may be worthwhile to consider a singular branding seal to enhance marketplace recognition.