Tompkins County Relocalization Project

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Dear Friends--For those that were at the last TCLocal meeting you may
remember that I presented a dire review of the local dairy industry based
on a meeting at CCE.  The Ithaca Journal has two articles in
today's "paper" (see below) that add collaborating data to that
of my report.  Upstate dairy farmers are in deep trouble.  A
sad situation, indeed.   Tom

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090721/NEWS01/907210317/Local-dairy-farmers-sinking-in-debt&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL?GID=F9QQOIFJhPOdGofXETkHLVHdOOPCb/8k+C12wFCIuUc%3D
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090721/NEWS01/907210321

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Tom Shelley
118 E. Court St.
Ithaca, NY 14850
607 342-0864
tjs1 AT cornell.edu
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Compost Educator and Sustainability Scion*

What Does Zero Waste Mean?
"If it can't be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, redesigned, or removed from production."
Berkeley Zero Waste Resolution
See  http://www.cityofberkeley.info/council8/newsletter.pdf

*noun:  a shoot or bud of a plant, esp. one for planting or grafting