COMMUNITY HAS NEARBY ACCESS TO LOCAL NUTRITIOUS FOODS AND FARMERS GET THEIR PRODUCTS FROM FIELD TO THE TABLE NEAR MILES FROM WHERE IT'S HARVESTED.

OUR LAURA ROGERS EXPLAINS.

THIS IN A REGULAR AGRICULTURE AND FARM FEATURE WE CALL ROOTED.

>> HAILING FROM A FIFTH GENERATION FAMILY IN WARREN COUNTY, LED BET COMES FROM CATTLE FARM ROYALTY.

>> I WATCHED THEM GROW THE BUSINESS AND TAKING A LEAP AND THAT IS THAT HAS BEEN IN ME FROM THE BEGINNING.

>> SHE IS STILL PART OF THE DAIRY BARN FAMILY OPERATION BOTTLING AND SELLING HER FAMILY'S JERSEY MILK.

SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE THEIR OWN AGRICULTURAL PURSUITS ON THE ALLEN COUNTY FARM WITH THE CATTLE COMPANY.

>> THE COWS WE HAVE WITH US ARE A CROSS CATTLE SOME ARE AMERICAN RED CROSS, HERBERT CROSS WE HAVE A BLEND OF ANIMALS WE HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS TO BE OUR BASE FOR OUR OUR WAG YOU GO CATTLE.

>> IT ORIGINATES FROM JAPAN A BREED THAT THRIVES IN A CALM ENVIRONMENT WITH SPACE TO ROAM AND SPECIALIZED CARE.

>> THE IN PRODUCT MASH BELLING IS SIGNIFICANT.

>> WHILE YOU CAN FIND THE BEEF AS FAR AS NEW YORK.

>> COOL THING THAT A FARM IN ALLEN COUNTY KENTUCKY CAN PROVIDE A PRODUCT THAT MAKES IT TO NEW YORK.

>> YOU CAN FIND THE WAG YOU GO BEEF CLOSER TO HOME AS WELL AS TELEFIELD CO-OP MARKET ON THE WEST END OF TOWN.

>> WE'RE BRINGING FOOD TO A DESERT.

IF THE MARKET IS AN OASIS, EVERYBODY CAN HAVE A DRINK.

>> A NONPROFIT OFFERING SUPPORT AND RESOURCES FOR CHALLENGES INCLUDING HOMELESSNESS OPERATES THE MARKET AND IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY ARE BASED.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THEY MISSED HAVING A LOCAL SUPERMARKET THAT WAS LOCATED HERE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY MISSED HAVING THAT.

>> THE CO-OP FILLS THAT VOID WHILE SUPPORTING LOCAL FARMERS AND KENTUCKY BROWN PRODUCERS AS VENDORS HAND SELECTED BY GREGORY BIRD.

>> HE SAW OUR PRODUCT, LIKED OUR PRODUCT AND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THEIR MARKET.

>> IT MEANS A LOT TO THE COMMUNITY JUST TO HAVE ACCESS TO WHOLE NUTRITIONAL FOODS FROM LOCAL FARMERS THAT IS HUGE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

>> IT ALSO PROVIDES A WAY TO CONNECT WITH NEIGHBORS.

>> IT'S VERY MUCH SORT OF WHAT YOU USED TO SEE IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES DECADES AND DECADES AGO LIKE YOUR CORNER STORE PEOPLE KNOW YOUR NAME.

>> AND THEY CAN GET THERE BY WALKING A SHORT DISTANCE, RIDING THE BUS OR USING THE DELIVERY SERVICE.

>> BY INCORPORATING THIS CO-OP MARKET WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE FRESH, HEALTHY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES GROWN IN SEASON.

WE'RE HELPING TO ENCOURAGE AND MAINTAIN OUR LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM.

>> THERE'S THE AFFORDABILITY FACTOR THE CO-OP ACCEPTS S.N.A.P.

AND DBT AND KENTUCKY DOUBLE DOLLARS.

>> THAT PROGRAM TAKES $20 TO $40.

>> NO MATTER WHERE ARE YOU WHAT INCOME LEVEL YOU ARE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PRODUCT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU THAT IS OF QUALITY THAT IS LOCAL, THEY CAN ENJOY WITH THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL.

>> AND SOMETIMES THOSE FOODS ARE NEW TO THE TASTE BUDS.

>> I CAN INTRODUCE NEW FOODS TO PEOPLE.

I GOT A CUSTOMER THAT NEVER HAD A MANGO.

AND WE'RE GIVING SAMPLES OF THE MELON THAT I'VE NEVER HAD ONE THAT IS EXCITING BRINGING NEW FOODS FOR PEOPLE TO TRY AND EXPOSING THEM TO DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

>> WITH THE SAME GOAL OF A HAPPY, HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

>> IT FEELS LIKE A NOBLE RESPONSIBILITY.

>> FOR "KENTUCKY EDITION" I'M LAURA ROGERS.

>> Renee: THANK YOU.

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