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Kingston city council to consider food market reform to support local producers

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Public market returning to downtown Kingston, with coronavirus measures in place “The hope is that we would be increasing availability of local food, so that means supporting the local producers and farmers who are providing those goods to the community,” says Kate Lillicrap, project manager at the Office of the CAO for the City of Kingston.“That would also be helping with food security and sustainability in the area.”Some of the changes that could be coming to Kingston’s food markets include lower fees to favour producers rather than resellers, focusing more on locally-grown food, and donating unsold food to charities within the city.These adjustments have been in the works since 2019, so they aren’t directly related to the coronavirus.

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