A Whole Foods store in Virgina has purchased a plot of land so it can grow fruit and vegetables. The Richmond Times-Dispatchreports that Whole Foods purchased over an acre of land to be used for the retailer's first field-to-store garden.
The garden is part of an increasing effort by retailers and others to bring locally grown products to grocery stores and restaurants.
Items grown in the garden initially will be used as ingredients for prepared foods and in the store's salad bar. But Whole Foods is waiting for final Henrico County approval allowing the chain to sell items directly to shoppers.
The garden is being built by an organic farming company called Backyard Farmer. Part of the farm will be used to educate people about organic farming.
A Whole Foods store in Virgina has purchased a plot of land so it can grow fruit and vegetables. The Richmond Times-Dispatch 
