{"id":1136,"date":"2022-12-07T22:04:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T22:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buyfreshbuylocal.org\/illinois\/?page_id=1136"},"modified":"2022-12-09T01:40:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T01:40:30","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/buyfreshbuylocal.org\/illinois\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_section css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1670446759472{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; wpex_bg_overlay=&#8221;dark&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1670450639508{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 200px !important;padding-bottom: 200px !important;background-image: url(https:\/\/buyfreshbuylocal.org\/illinois\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/12\/mordo-bilman-k7EjzzK1uhk-unsplash.jpg?id=1275) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}&#8221; wpex_bg_overlay_opacity=&#8221;0.25&#8243;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1670447048429{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text responsive_text=&#8221;true&#8221; text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1670550027638{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 100px !important;}&#8221; el_class=&#8221;dropshadow&#8221;]\n<h1>Who We Are<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1669082529373{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #f47921 !important;}&#8221;][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1670447287861{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; color=&#8221;#366693&#8243; font_size=&#8221;d:48|pp:36&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;bold&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1669085770816{padding-top: 40px !important;padding-bottom: 60px !important;}&#8221;]Our Mission[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; font_size=&#8221;d:20|pp:16&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;semibold&#8221; color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1670524435595{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}&#8221; line_height=&#8221;1.3&#8243;]Our mission is to build vibrant, resilient, and just local food economies across the state by promoting local food and providing the highest level of transparency and traceability to the public. 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