By RonM, on January 29th, 2010
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 [...]
By RonM, on August 6th, 2009
Local Newburyport area grown food now satisfies only about 6% of local needs according to one local farmer citing Department of Agriculture statistics. He was at a conversation hosted by Transition Newburyport at the Library to examine questions of local food security and continuity in the event of a major price rise in oil and [...]