It’s a grocery store, but it doesn’t stand alone. It’s an association of producer members joining together to strengthen their efforts to produce food and necessities, serving and connecting with the people who live here in Kitsap County. It’s a direct link between consumers and producers, for the benefit of all.

People are eager for fresh, locally sourced foods because they are noted for high quality and good nutrition, because people feel secure and confident when they actually know the people who produce their food, can visit their farms and talk with them face to face, and because locally sourced food can give them freshness that simply can’t be bought any other way.

Farmers have a tough time in this country, where typically they receive less than 10% of dollars spent on food in a regular supermarket. The rest goes to a series of businesses that handle the food between the farm and the consumer. Consolidation, shipping, packaging, refrigeration and storage generally detract from the quality of food in its fresh state, so the farmers lose and consumers lose.

FreshLocal joins other pioneering efforts across the nation, changing the food delivery system to a local based model, in which community, and all its members, win.