To: Finger Lakes Permaculture <fingerlakespermaculture AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Latest TCLocal article: Visioning County Food Production, Part Four
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:45:53 -0400
Karl North's TCLocal series on Tompkins County food production
continues with Part Four, "Urban Agriculture." This installment
envisions food production within the City of Ithaca as one of the
three agroecosystems upon which we will rely in a future of
declining energy inputs. You can read the article at
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Burning Transitions: How Planned, Localized, Sustainable
Non-food Biomass Utilization Can Help Ease Energy Descent and
Mitigate Global Climate Change
by Krys Cail (October 2009) http://tclocal.org/2009/10/burning_transitions.html
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