From social media group to in-person community: Clark County Food Fiends choose to 'embrace local'

Ryan Ray loves good food. But, his love of good food isn’t comparable to his love for the people and places in his community and his deep-rooted drive to champion both.

“The realization hit me after the pandemic that a lot of local eateries were hanging on by a thread,” says Ray, who has lived in Springfield all his life, minus a short stint in Colorado. “I was on a trip in Tennessee when this idea hit me – what if we create something that draws people to really ‘embrace local’ instead of just supporting local?”

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