[BCFSN] FW: [Local Food News] World, March 30, 2017

Thu Mar 30 13:22:41 EDT 2017

I wonder if farmers here are having to hack into their own machines to deal with repairs!

The ZipGrowFarmWall looks very cool.

Pamela

From: Local Food News [mailto:localfoodnews at terracoeur.ca] 
Sent: March-30-17 9:18 AM
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Subject: [Local Food News] World, March 30, 2017

VeggieWagonLogosquare.pngLocal Food News — World

Curator/Editor, Elbert van Donkersgoed

March 30, 2017

Thirteen Things To Expect When Becoming a Market Farmer

I wanted to slow climate change by growing local food for my community. I wanted to grow an acre of
beautiful vegetables and to sell fresh produce direct to customers, hear them exclaim how happy they
were at such delicious produce. I wanted to get dirty and fit and be outside all day. But there was
a catch, I had never farmed before. Women Who Farm
<http://www.womenwhofarm.com/thirteen-things-i-learned-as-a-market-farmer-women-who-farm/> blog.

Secondary schools invited to enter competition to find Ireland's next food entrepreneurs

Irish soup and food company Cully & Sully and Grow It Yourself (GIY) have launched an inaugural
competition titled ‘Give Peas a Chance’ and Offaly schools are invited to enter. This initiative
aims to foster a spirit of food entrepreneurship in Irish secondary schools and discover Ireland’s
next young food entrepreneurs. Through this initiative growing kits will be delivered to 7,500
students across the country. The kits include everything the students need to grow peas including
seeds, pots, soil and growing tips from GIY. Students are asked to pair up in order to undertake the
challenge. Offaly Express story
<http://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/lifestyle/238609/secondary-schools-invited-to-enter-competition-to
-find-ireland-s-next-food-entrepreneurs.html> .

The supermarket food gamble may be up

But why would supermarkets – which are said to have lost sales worth as much as £8m in January
thanks to record-breaking, crop-wrecking snow and rainfall in the usually mild winter regions of
Spain and Italy – be so keen to fly in substitutes from the US at exorbitant cost?

Why would they sell at a loss rather than let us go without, or put up prices to reflect the
changing market? Why indeed would anyone air-freight watery lettuce across the whole of the American
continent and the Atlantic when it takes 127 calories of fuel energy to fly just 1 food calorie of
that lettuce to the UK from California? The Guardian
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/20/supermarket-food-gamble-brexit-climate-migran
t?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other> opinion.

Kitchen Farm Wall

The obvious answer was to grow their own produce close to the pub itself so that it was never far
and so that they could oversee the growing processes themselves. Then the Smiths got an even better
idea – they would grow their own herbs and greens inside – and on – the pub itself. Normally this
would take up space and cause a mess, but Ethan and Kerri found growing equipment that grows
vertically and uses no soil. Ethan and Kerri bought several Farm Walls, which are now hanging in
their kitchen and outside on the pub’s back patio. The Farm Walls give quality control to Ethan and
Kerri. They decide where to put them, how to grow the plants, and when to harvest. Bright Agrotech
<https://brightagrotech.com/farm-walls-grow-hyper-local-food-for-restaurants-all-year/> post.

A small city in Iowa is devoting 1,000 acres of land to America's vanishing bees

This spring, Cedar Rapids (population: 130,000) will seed 188 acres with native prairie grasses and
wildflowers. The city's plan is to eventually create 1,000 acres of bee paradise by planting these
pollinator-friendly foodstuffs. Scientists think the pollinator crisis is caused by a variety of
factors, including pesticides, pathogens, and climate change. Meanwhile, with farms, parking lots,
mowed lawns, and other human developments replacing wildflower fields, bees have been losing habitat
and their food supply. While many of the drivers behind bee population decline remain mysterious,
the people of Cedar Rapids hope to at least give pollinators places to perch and plants to feed on.
Popular Science
<http://www.popsci.com/Cedar-Rapids-Iowa-save-bee-pollinator?cmpid=enews022317&spMailingID=27995342&
spUserID=MjMxNjUxMTc1MTg0S0&spJobID=984507243&spReportId=OTg0NTA3MjQzS0> story.

Fantastic turn out for the world’s first ever Food & Drink BID' showcase at Scottish Parliament

Guests had the chance to sample the finest local produce from East Lothian and hear about how East
Lothian producers are leading the way in collaboration and innovation as the world’s first ever food
and drink Food & Drink Business Improvement District (BID). Scotland's Food & Drink County's product
portfolio was available on the evening for potential buyers. Scotland Food and Drink post
<http://www.scotlandfoodanddrink.org/news/article-info/7415/fantastic-turn-out-for-the-worlds-first-
ever-food-and-drink-bid-showcase-at-scottish-parliament.aspx> .

Buy West Eat Best

Buy West Eat Best is a food labelling program that proudly supports the local food industry in
Western Australia. The program is managed by the Department of Agriculture and Food, Western
Australia. When you see the Buy West Eat Best logo you can be assured that you are buying food that
has been grown, farmed, fished and produced right here in Western Australia. More than 100 Western
Australia food producers, manufacturers, retailers and restaurants support the Buy West Eat Best
program. Buy West Eat Best website <https://www.buywesteatbest.org.au/eat-local/> .

Morrisons launches search for 200 local foodmakers to supply stores

‘The Nation’s Local Foodmakers’ programme will see Morrisons aim to sign up 200 new suppliers from
across England, Scotland and Wales in the first year. The supermarket is inviting foodmakers to
pitch for their place in its supermarkets via a series of 12 regional events starting in Yorkshire
on 14 March. The Retail Bulletin story
<https://www.theretailbulletin.com/news/morrisons_launches_search_for_200_local_foodmakers_to_supply
_stores_17-02-17/> .

The role of private sector in city region food systems

Private sector actors have the potential to contribute to more sustainable city region food systems
(CRFS), but up-to-date information on their role and initiatives is scarce. Little is known about
their drivers for engagement, the extent and type of impact of their interventions, their needs for
support and enabling policy environments. This study sought to better analyse the role of the
private sector in building more sustainable city region food systems. The aim of the study is to
provide suggestions for private sector actors, policy support mechanisms, and to identify key
lessons learned. The two overarching questions addressed in this study are:

1.How can the private sector help shape more sustainable city region food systems?

2.What business and policy environment is needed to better engage the private sector in building
sustainable city region food systems? Rauf Partnership
<http://www.ruaf.org/projects/role-private-sector-city-region-food-systems> post.

Food justice and municipal government in the USA

This article examines the role of municipal food systems planning practice in the USA in advancing
“food justice”. Specifically, two cases are investigated: the Puget Sound Regional Food Policy
Council (PSRFPC) and the City of Seattle in western Washington state. I assess how these two
planning organizations address five major contours of food justice: trauma/inequity, exchange, land,
labor, and democratic process. Drawing on document analysis, observations, and interviews, I point
out where each institution has made strong or tentative progress on advancing food justice, and
where progress has halted. The principal aim of the article is to understand the opportunities and
constraints of municipal governments in the USA in fostering food justice. Journal of Planning
theory and Practice
<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14649357.2016.1270351?needAccess=true&> abstract.

AND IF YOU HAVE TIME

American Farmers Hacking Their Tractors With Ukrainian Firmware

John Deere and other tractor manufacturers have made it nearly impossible to perform "unauthorized"
repairs on farm equipment. Farmers across the U.S. are responding by hacking their equipment with
Eastern European firmware that's traded on invite-only online forums. Real Clear Investigations
Today story
<http://www.realclearinvestigations.com/links/2017/03/23/american_farmers_hacking_their_tractors_wit
h_ukrainian_firmware_102135.html?utm_source=RCInvestigations&utm_campaign=f12ee246ab-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_
2016_11_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d042379c8d-f12ee246ab-84974989> .

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