I am still a member of the Whatcom County Farmer's Yahoo Group. Call it inspirational, call it aspirational, call it an unwillingness to let the dream die.
This showed up today and while it's only one small city on the coast, it's a thriving city on the coast. This stuck out to me:
This means for a $12 plate of food, about .60 cents is left for profit at a locally owned restaurant that buys local ingredients.
With expenses up and revenue down, it’s a challenging climate for any independently owned food business. And, as of mid-June, 40 percent of food- and farming-business owners surveyed hadn’t paid themselves yet this year.
Good thing that economy is booming, amirite?