[BCFSN] Local food is great, but can it go too far?

[Connie Kuramoto]

I agree with most of what they say, however, do draw a softer line on some
of the more urban farm ideas.  I do feel that once we switch our energy
methodology a lot more will be possible in a sustainable way.  I also
advocate roof top gardens and apiaries.  I have never agreed with the
premise that we are running out of land.  If you started to grow real food
on land that now grows corn for high fructose corn syrup that just goes
into junk food, devoid of any nutritional benefit we would be much further
ahead in this.  Saying that, there is more land irrigated for lawn than for
corn, so feel that eventually we will finally be forced to outlaw lawns,
which will free up tremendous suburbian food production areas. The other
issue is the food waste created by a more centralized system.  But I am
sure I am preaching to the choir on that point. Ah the joys of a " free
enterprise" system. This was a very well written article, and provides
a good background for discussion.  I will be using this article in some of
my classes for discussion.  Thank you for sharing it.
Connie Kuramoto

On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 9:57 AM, Jan Steinman <Jan at ecoreality.org> wrote:

> > From: "Pamela Zevit Adamah Consultants" <adamah at telus.net>
> > Interesting review that takes more of a full cost accounting perspective
> on aspects of local food production.
>
> I went there, prepared to do battle in honour of local food, but I must
> say I agree with the author, who approves of local food, but who decries
> the “hyper-local” movement of indoor urban food production, using
> grow-lights and inputs shipped from far away.
>
> :::: The story of fast food traces a path of wreckage that starts with
> chemical factory shipments to the farm, proceeds through inhumane
> slaughterhouses to portion-control factories churning out uniform buns and
> patties to numbed minimum-wage workers, and ends up in the hospital in the
> form of obesity, diabetes, and heart attacks -- an allegory of modernity.
> -- Paul Hawken <http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Paul+Hawken>
> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op <http://www.ecoreality.org/> ::::
>
>
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