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The farm to plate movement may be nothing new, but we are seeing more restaurants across Tampa Bay moving away from produce and livestock farmed outside the area and getting back to the local farm.
“It tastes so much better,” said John Matthews, “If you haven’t had fresh broccoli before, you have no idea what you’re missing.”
To say Matthews is passionate about locally grown food is an understatement.
His life revolves around it.
He created the Suncoast Food Alliance about four years ago after noticing the struggle for restaurants to get locally grown food on their menus.
While there’s no shortage of farms in our area, there is a problem with convenience.
So, he became a “middle man”, picking up the harvest from local farms and bringing them directly to the restaurants.
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