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OVER THE PAST four years,
Lorraine Berman has gone from being
a weekly volunteer at the Sandhills
Farm to Table Cooperative to being its
treasurer to her current post – acting
general manager.
Like many who are involved in
the cooperative, Berman saw her
participation as more than a passive
hobby, but as a duty to her community
and to the farmers who serve it.
"I feel very strongly about protecting
farmland," she said. "If you look at
all the things going on in the world,
from a national security standpoint, if
we depend only on getting food from
California, and some catastrophic
thing happens, either some weather
event or some other reason, then all
of a sudden you have a food supply
shortage."
e retired vascular surgeon
delights in explaining the cooperative.
Established eight years ago, the
Moore County-based co-op connects
Sandhills farmers and artisans with
customers who pay subscription fees
to receive weekly or biweekly boxes of
fresh local produce, meat, dairy, bread
and other products. e boxes are
delivered to more than 40 pickup spots
around the region, including several
in Fayetteville, Hope Mills and Spring
Lake. It's kind of like Netflix, for food.
Sandhills
Farm to
Table
BY JAMES JOHNSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MAT THEW WONDERLY
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