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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Local Food
  • Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:52:38 -0400

On Sat, 25 Oct 2003 10:06:40 -0400, you wrote:

>The Cornucopia Project was an early attempt by Rodale about 25 years ago to
>re
>establish local dominance to food production, The idea was attacked and
>defeated by big western agriculture which stood to be the biggest looser.Bob.

I remember this. Certainly big agriculture is even bigger
now than it was 25 years ago, and likely more powerful.

I do think that separating 'local food' from 'organic food'
would be useful at least in the initial stages of a
local-food-self-reliance project. Rodale wouldn't be the
best people to do this.

What I mean is this: you have to crawl before you can walk.
Right now, we essentially have NO SMALL FARMS in most areas
of our country.

We want to see all our cities ringed by a 'greenbelt' of
many small farms - lots of them with extensive unheated
greenhouse space (northern areas). I have read that this
situation *does* exist in European countries (France for
one).

For the present - while the situation is so dire - I
wouldn't put a lot of emphasis on 'organic' or even on
'sustainable'. After the situation has changed so that lots
of small farms exist - *then* the emphasis on organic and
sustainable could come.

Anyway, this is how I see it -- and maybe I'm wrong about
this.

Pat






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