NEW MARKET, Va. (WHSV) – Jon Henry Normal Retailer in New Market acquired $25,000 from the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Trade Improvement (AFID) Fund Infrastructure Grant Program.
Proprietor Jon Henry mentioned the funding will assist create a full walk-in cooler to retailer native produce from six farms throughout the Valley and in Rappahannock County.
Henry mentioned their retailer sits at a crossroads between VA-211, Rt. 11, Rt. 42, and I-81 and so they hope to have the shop can act as a center level for places across the Valley.
Stage two of the venture is to flash freeze the produce so it may possibly last more.
“All the farmers, everybody that we’ve been speaking to about this venture is worked up,” Henry mentioned.
Henry mentioned Jon Henry Normal Retailer is one of some grocery shops within the Commonwealth that could be a contemporary match incentive associate. Prospects who use a PEBT card or an EBT snap get 50% off contemporary produce.
“Now that we’re going into the winter season, the contemporary match program has prolonged these advantages to really embody frozen produce so we’d have already got a built-out marketplace for something that we’d be processing right here on web site. That’s fairly superb that we’ve this and we’ve a built-in marketplace for this already for folk to allow them to affordably entry frozen blueberries in January,” Henry mentioned.
The City of New Market can be serving to to fund the venture.
The shop can be working to supply cooking demos for households to be taught wholesome recipes and extra. You’ll find these on their Facebook page.
You’ll find extra data on the state funding here.
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