Chatham area farmer Bob Kerr with his asparagus grading equipment May 27 2015 (Photo by Simon Crouch) The first week of June marks Local Food Week in Ontario. It's a busy time for farmers but an important one.
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To recognize it we talked about the importance of local food and a relationship with customers down with Ontario farmer and Asparagus producer Bob Kerr.
He has both local and wholesale customers so we started by asking him about his operation.
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