permaculture

[J Hobbs <hobbsj@efn.org>]

Hello All,
--
Glad to read this thread on local foods....I'm also delighted the 
topic of  water has been brought up again-- our most precious 
resource and our state government  (Oregon) OWN's it all.

Below are some resources you might find of interest.  I've been on 
the board of Lane County Food Coalition (Eugene) for quite some time 
now.   We are involved with Farm to School programs, A Food 
Assessment for Lane County, local food celebrations,  a Food Policy 
Council, and a Buy Local Buy Lane Campaign- where we have published a 
County Food Directory of Farmers, Farmer's Markets, Restaurants (who 
purchase from local farmer's), list of Community Supported 
Agriculture, and facts we researched indicating that we could grow 
most of the food we need here in the county (we are a maritime 
climate and our number one ag industry is growing lawn seed for the 
rest of the world!  One of my  goals is to start the conversion 
process of getting these acres growing food not lawns).

Wishing you a bountiful Harvest,
Jude

Agro-Ecology Northwest
Cascadia Landscape Design
http://www.cascadiapermaculture.com


Resources of organizations and articles that focus on Local Foods
Lane County Food Coalition
www.lanefood.org

Community Food Security Coalition; California (National Org)
www.foodsecurity.org

Knoxville -Knox County Food Policy Council
http://www.korrnet.org/kfpc/

The Tahoma Food System
www.tahomafoodsystem.org

Reports From Food Assessments Conducted Outside California
http://www.foodsecurity.org/cfa_outsideca.html Minnesota Food Forum: 
http://www.mnfoodassociation.org/twincitiesfoodcouncilhistory.htm

Article:  LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS: Promoting Sustainable Local Food 
Systems in the United States
Kenneth A. Dahlberg http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-30589-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Onondaga Food System Council, New York

"Foodsheds and Food Circles"
 Nancy Lee Bentley
The Food Circle
PO Box 3083
Champaign, IL 61826-3083
(217) 586-3846
nbentley@uiuc.edu
xx200@prairienet.org (The Food Circle)
http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/permaculture/mailarchives/ag+pc-1993-1994/msg00158.html



From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
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Marimike6@cs.com wrote:

>  It's something to think about.

Yes indeed, all that Mike has previously said notwithstanding, there is
something within all this to think about:

It is:

Start and maintain an alternate economic infrastructure, a gailt network
of connected people participating in their own of-for-and by-the people
system of economic exchange. The one aspect of this I like to daydream
about the most is:
A local food production network
- which represents local food security
- which teaches people how to grow their own food
- and establishes a communication and economic network that can service
all segments of a local production network: services of all types,
crafts, household goods and services, architectural and construction,
food storage and prep (kitchens & restaurants - soup kitchens -
community kitchens and restaurants
- our own politics

I could add things to this list for several hours

Let's hear it from the list - anyone interested sally forth to the
electrodigipodium.

We are all going to need this eventually.

dirtfarmer