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Everybody Eats: How a Community Food System Works
It begins with small farms working with natural cycles and ends with fresh food and stronger communities.
Why you can trust usIt begins with small farms working with natural cycles and ends with fresh food and stronger communities in nearby cities.
Sources:
FARMS OF 27 ACRES OR LESS:
In the United States farms of 27 acres or less have more than ten times greater dollar output per acre than larger farms.
www.foodfirst.org
NO-TILL AGRICULTURE:
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/notill.htm
75% OF VEGETABLE VARIETIES:
www.fao.org
TRUCK VS. TRAIN:
US Dept. of Transportation via Appalachian Regional Commission,
www.arc.gov
LOCAL DOLLAR:
Institute for Local Self-Reliance,
www.newrules.org/retail/midcoaststudy.pdf
REGIONAL DIET USES 17 TIMES:
A regional diet consumed 17 times less oil and gas than a typical diet based on food shipped across the country
www.alpha.dickinson.edu
VICTORY GARDENS:
Michael Pollan, New York Times,
www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html?pagewanted=9
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