Hello All,
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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).
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
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.