AdvertisementLocal Food Is Still A Niche. Can It Grow Beyond That?June 22, 2015Ezra David RomerofacebookEmailPine Plains, N.Y. is an agricultural community about 100 miles from New York City, photographed here on Sept. 17, 2014. The U.C. Merced researchers estimate that New York City could potentially fulfill about 30 percent of its food needs with food grown within 100 miles of the city. (Courtesy of Planet Labs)