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Are you troubled by what you learned about our nation’s food system from Food, Inc., King Corn, The Future of Food, or The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and wonder what you can do about it? Concerned about the dependence of our industrialized agricultural system on fossil fuels for fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery, food processing, storage and [...] After posting about Australian ’carbon positive’ beef methods [ie, growing it seqesters more carbon than it adds to the atmosphere] the folks at one local farm sent along this comment: At Arrowhead we produce carbon positive Beef, Pork, Lamb and Chevon using a technology known as Rotational Grazing—very similar to the management system used in Australia. Dona McG, a member of SEED the local environmental group, [and BTW one of the nation's first eco qualified RE brokers] sent this ‘movie commentary’ along: The Screening Roomin Newburyport writes about “FOOD Inc.” that filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry. There’s a mechanized underbelly hidden from the consumer. The food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations. Local on-line and print journalist and political “news hound” Gillian Swart blogs about this opportunity to help win $5000 to promote our Newburyport Farmers Market. The voting is building pretty well so far. Here is the link to her blog “Port Reporter Unlimited” where you’ll find the door to voting. By supporting the Newburyport Farmers [...] |
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