We use 300 square feet of our garden for veggies & fruits. We grow tomatoes, tomatillos, peaches, blackberries, rhubarb, peppers, beans, peas, and a variety of other leafy greens and trial vegetable oddities. Emphasis is on heirloom varieties of all of these plants, which we find tend to produce the best home-grown flavors and color. This also makes it possible for us to collect the seeds for next year's garden for ourselves and our friend...
January 18, 2010 by EarthFreak
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I found this great podcast online today from Equal Time Radio. After listening to it, I've gone into a wee bit of a researching frenzie. Ken has published some really interesting papers, which I'll include links to at the bottom of this post. Enjoy! -Dawn
Podcast: Local Food Systems Are the Best Driver of Economic Development
Ken Meter, one of the top experts on community food systems in the US, discusses how local food networks thrive and how they can help strengthen economies. Meter is president of the Crossroads Resource Center in Minneapolis.
Check out the original posting here on Equal Time Radio's website.
Download the audio for this episode here.
Several great papers published by Ken Meter
Use Local Economic Analysis to Strengthen "Buy Fresh Buy Local" foods campaigns
Evaluating your "Buy Fresh, Buy Local" foods campaign
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