LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Lincoln’s effort to get more locally grown food into businesses and organizations is expanding, with participation in the city’s second annual Mayor’s Local Food Challenge more than doubling from last year.
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird joined community leaders at Open Harvest Co-op Grocery on Monday to announce the results of this year’s challenge, which encourages businesses, schools, restaurants and other organizations to purchase locally produced food.
Participation grew from 21 organizations last year to 50 this year. Together, those organizations placed 1,331 orders, spending more than $694,000 on food grown and produced within 250 miles of Lincoln…