Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm in Virginia was mentioned at the Placer Sustain "Local Food" meeting on August 16th. Salatin is a self-described "environmental capitalist lunatic farmer" and was profiled by Michael Pollan in The Omnivore's Dilemma. He also spoke earlier this year at a Nevada County Grown event. Here is a link to his talk at the Woodstock Farm Festival on "Why Food, Farms, and Eating Local Matter":
Buy Local / Green Commerce
Information related to county-wide buy local campaign, branding, and Green Commerce providers of goods and services.
Asking for perspectives on an online approach to farmers market
Recently ran across an advertisement for Farmie Market, an online approach to farmers market. Interested in getting some perspective from the PS community on the potential of the program. Do you think this supports "buy local" goals? Does this create more opportunities? or does it take away from the true sense of community?
Thanks everyone!
Michael
- Green-Tern's blog
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Community starts its own department store
Fri, 11/18/2011 - 17:21 — Marie Brown- Marie Brown's blog
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Notes of Second Local Food Movement Meeting
Wed, 10/05/2011 - 21:10 — Jeffrey Bordelon- Jeffrey Bordelon's blog
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New movie about the Urban Farming movement
Sat, 09/10/2011 - 10:44 — Marie BrownLink to the new movie isite- Growing Cities
- Marie Brown's blog
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Local Food Resource Directory - 6 county region
Tue, 08/30/2011 - 15:12 — JlooneyAt the August 16th meeting of Placer Sustain's Local Food Group, we discussed the need for a "local food resource directory". The California Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF), a non-profit group out of Davis, publishes a booklet - "Buy Fresh, Buy Local - The Eater's Guide to Local Food" for several regions of California.
- Jlooney's blog
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Chow Locally - ordering from farmers online
Sat, 08/20/2011 - 08:42 — Marie BrownSaw this posted on the Wildly Organic Women site on Facebook. It is called Chow Locally. You go online to see what local farmers have for the week, put in your order and pick up at the local farmers market. A really interesting concept. I am including the site because they tell you how you can bring it to your area.
- Marie Brown's blog
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Disruptive agriculture
Thu, 08/04/2011 - 19:26 — Marie BrownPodponics - the new way to grow local food and how this might disrupt agriculture in California
- Marie Brown's blog
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Socially Responsible and Sustainable Capitalism - Great Video! Must Watch.
Sat, 06/11/2011 - 17:41 — Bralynn NewbyThis promo video of Simon Mainwarning's new book "We First" is a very compelling illustration of the power of being socially responsible and supporting sustainable capitalism, rather than perpetuating the "me first" culture. Enjoy it here. Be sure to "like" it and pass it on.
- Bralynn Newby's blog
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