Baldwin residents are concerned that they will be forced to drive farther to get what they need after the town-owned Baldwin Market closes in March.

BALDWIN, Fla. – Baldwin’s new, town-owned food market is becoming a national political battle. It bought the IGA store and opened its own government-owned Baldwin Market with milk, tomatoes and Butterball turkeys. “Crazy,” said Rebecca Graham, assistant manager at Baldwin Market. “Weird for us.”Locals told News4Jax said they think the town-owned food market is saving them from a trip to Macclenny for hamburgers or Jacksonville’s Westside for apples. They said there’s even interest for a future Netflix documentary on the Baldwin Market.