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- From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Local Food
- Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 09:22:14 -0600
I think that the local food campaign should stand on it's own, with local
organic and conventional direct-market growers working together. Both have
products that are superior to the wholesale norm and can benefit the
consumer as well as themselves. There is a real need to educate the consumer
on the benefits of super-fresh produce. All local producers should be united
on this issue.
Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center
>
>>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 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.
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[Market-farming] local food,
Hook Family, 10/24/2003
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] Local Food, Bill Shoemaker, 10/27/2003
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