Local Food Trend Prominent and Permanent

Image Caption: Image Credit: Research Estimates Local Foods Generated $12 Billion in 2014Exclusive Brief: 0Like organic products before them, locally produced foods are stepping out of the shadow of their once “quirky niche” designation to claim a much more prominent—and permanent—place in the U.S. food and beverage retail-scape. Market research publisher Package Facts estimates that local foods generated $12 billion in sales in 2014, accounting for 2 percent of total U.S.