Christopher Cook, writing in the Christian Science Monitor last month, laid out why Obama needs a food agenda that leaves behind industrial farming and supports sustainable agriculture.
Where our food is grown, how it is grown, and who will be growing it, is without a doubt, going to become THE issue as we move into the next decade. Making sure that we have local choices when it comes to our food, is something we can all have a role in. When the economic stimulus money is being filtered down to the state and local levels, small and medium size family farms and those who work with local farmers.....packaging and marketing....deserve a share of this money. Local farms, and the businesses that support local agriculture, use to be a substantial portion of a local economy. I bet they will be once again.
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