From Hazard to Flippin, White House promotes local food in awesomely named towns

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By Nathanael JohnsonDec 4, 2014, 4:45 pm48 pts
The White House just announced $800,000 in funding, from a variety of executive branch agencies, to help 26 mostly smaller communities — from Tuskegee, Ala., to Loyal, Wyo. — integrate local food systems as a means to improve their economies. That’s just peanuts if you compare it to the amount we pay to…

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