Buy Local
Buy Local supports Kentucky Proud food-service buyers and distributors in purchasing source-verified food grown or raised in Kentucky, helping them access local ingredients and market food from the state’s farms.
Funder: Office of Agricultural Marketing
Due Dates: No deadline listed
Funding Amounts: Reimbursement incentives; amounts not listed
Summary: Buy Local encourages food-service buyers to purchase source-verified food grown or raised in Kentucky.
Key Information: Participants must use source-verified Kentucky-grown or Kentucky-raised food.
Description
Buy Local is a Kentucky Department of Agriculture program administered through its Office of Agricultural Marketing. It offers reimbursement incentives to Kentucky Proud restaurants, food service institutions, schools, and hospitals that purchase source-verified food grown or raised in Kentucky.
The program also includes Kentucky Proud distributors that enroll and help participating buyers access more local ingredients. By connecting food-service buyers with distributors and verified Kentucky products, Buy Local supports the purchase and marketing of food from the state’s farms.
