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This post is a good example of why I want to say a
loud THANK YOU for all you do. I'd never find this stuff
on my own.
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Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 8:09 PM
Subject: [Livingontheland] ---| The
Politics of Eating Local|-------------------------
---| The Politics of Eating Local
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Most of us city
folk consider "the food industry" to be
a thing
rather than a person, writes Barbara Kingsolver
in
the May/June issue of Mother Jones, but it is real
people that grow the fruit and vegetables in our
supermarket carts, families who have often put a year
of labor into producing our food. The prices of
organic
and locally grown meats and vegetables may
seem high,
but those prices, she argues, "might
actually send back
more than two dimes per buck to
the humans putting
seeds in the ground,
harvesting, attending livestock
births, standing
in the fields at dawn." In the end,
eating local
food isn't just about the environment;
it's about
bridging the city-country divide.
Read: Seeing
Red
http://ga3.org/ct/X1aQfmS1xXHO/
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READ MORE in Mother Jones
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"The typical
fruit or vegetable on an American's plate
travels
some 1,500 miles to get there and is frequently
better traveled and more worldly than its eater,"
writes Michael Pollan, but there are signs of a
"gathering worldwide rebellion" against the industrial
food economy. Pollan recounts his visit to "one
of the
most productive and sustainable farms in
America."
Read: No Bar Code
http://ga3.org/ct/BpaQfmS1xXH6/
One astonishing phenomenon in the global food
economy
is known as "redundant trade" - the
simultaneous
import and export of the same food
items. For example,
California imports and exports
practically the
identical amounts of lettuce to
and from Mexico,
defying the basic rules of
supply and demand.
Read: Goin' Back to
Cali
http://ga3.org/ct/XdaQfmS1xXHW/
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LEARN MORE
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Do you want to know more about where your food comes
from, how it was grown, or where your money goes?
The FoodRoutes Network
http://ga3.org/ct/dpaQfmS1xXH4/
is a non-profit organization that offers a wealth of
resources and information on food, farming, and
sustainability. You can also check
out
Sustainable Table
http://ga3.org/ct/47aQfmS1xXHm/
for a great knowledge database on subjects ranging
from animal welfare to workers'
issues.
Farm Aid is a non-profit organization
whose mission is
to raise awareness about farming
issues and help family
farmers.
http://ga3.org/ct/ddaQfmS1xXHB/
According to their website, 330 family farmers are
forced out of farming every week by larger
factory
farms. Find out more about the crisis in
farm country
here.
http://ga3.org/ct/d7aQfmS1xXHX/
Eartheasy's Eat Menu explains all the ways that
eating
local makes not just a healthier earth, but
a healthier
you.
http://ga3.org/ct/edaQfmS1xXH3/
But it it possible to eart local without going
broke?
Find out at the Eat Local Challange
blog.
http://ga3.org/ct/e7aQfmS1xXHe/
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TAKE ACTION
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The Organic Consumers Association's Breaking the
Chains
Campaign seeks to raise awareness about how
our
purchasing decisions can lead to a safer,
greener, and
more equitable
society.
http://ga3.org/ct/4daQfmS1xXHj/
Check out the Organic Consumers Association's
action
center for the latest action
alerts.
http://ga3.org/ct/41aQfmS1xXHu/
Founded in 1998, Local Harvest is the top
informational
resource for those interested in
buying food from local
farms.
http://ga3.org/ct/cdaQfmS1xXHf/
It offers a comprehensive nationwide directory of
small
farms, farmers' markets and other sources of
local,
sustainably grown
food.
http://ga3.org/ct/c7aQfmS1xXHv/
The Eat Well Guide offers another user-friendly
search
engine to help you find healthy, local food
in stores,
restaurants, and bed & breakfasts
all over the US and
Canada.
http://ga3.org/ct/epaQfmS1xXHd/
Change starts at home. Farm Aid's "7 Ways to Become a
Farmer" explains that, be it in the form of a
window
box, a community garden, or a family farm,
growing your
own food is a local as you can go.
Their website has
everything you need to get
started.
http://ga3.org/ct/d1aQfmS1xXHc/
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