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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat does a local food system look like? Why is it better?
Yesterday someone posted an article about how organically grown food is no better than factory farmed food. I think this video about what's happening in Hardwick, Vermont, shows why local food is better food. These are thinking people who care about the environment, about their community and about feeding people real food.
msongs
(67,395 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)a fracking outfit poisons water for 300,000 people and renders the "foreign" food supply lost, then what?
It's not an either/or situation.
If you can grow, do it. If you can't, support those who do.
cali
(114,904 posts)If you had, you would have known that that is discussed. You do realize that people lived here a hundred, two hundred years ago and guess what? Most of the food they consumed was local.
roody
(10,849 posts)PotatoChip
(3,186 posts)I'd love to see something like this happen around here. Thanks for the videos. I plan on watching them again to get a better understanding of how all of this got started and how it works.
Oh, and I want some of those seeds for next year! It sounds as if they've developed some that would be much more appropriate for this climate than what I've been using. I've found their website and will be ordering some. Looks as if there is a lot of good info there too.
http://www.highmowingseeds.com/
Thanks again!
cali
(114,904 posts)which is a village around 4 miles outside of the "big" town.
the videos are a few years old. Now there's this place, which is part of the center for an agricultural economy. It is so cool:
http://www.hardwickagriculture.org/vermont-food-venture-center
I live on a little dirt road just off the road to Greensboro. Along that road are:
an organic, heirloom pork place
an organic chicken and egg place
a fantastic (big) farm stand for an organic farm
djean111
(14,255 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)There's a book about it too. It's titled "The Town That Food Saved" and it's by a guy who is an organic farmer as well as a writer, Ben Hewitt.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Town-That-Food-Saved/dp/1609611373
LWolf
(46,179 posts)and think about.
Thanks.
cali
(114,904 posts)to see it.