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Feed Back on ROC's New Mainstream 2.0 |
April 16, 2008
Mark Wall from the Vista Farmers Market sent us this very thoughtful and useful critique of the New Mainstream 2.0's 2030 goals for farmers markets. Mark has been a leader in the Southland farmers market world for decades and was on the CAFF board for many years. We were very glad to see him at the February 19th ROC Community Meeting in San Diego. Mark said then that he would study our plans and help in any way he might.
Well, he has begun to help with the attached brief document that points out that the farmers market goals for 2012 and 2030 need to be reworked.
Mark Wall Comments NMS 2.0
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Some Good News on Food Prices, Kim Severson, April 2nd NYT |
April 3, 2008
2007 ROC Planning Fellow Larry Bain wrote this letter to the editor in response to Kim Severson's article "Some Good News on Food Prices" in yesterdays New York Times Food Section. Severson's article argues that the rising costs of food might be a driving force to get people to eat local - Larry Bain raises some issue with her argument -
For another response to this see "Why Michael Pollan and Alice Waters Should Quit Celebrating Food-Price Hikes".
Dear Editor
Kim Severson's piece nicely presented the potential upsides to the food crisis we are facing spurred, in part, by the dramatic increases in the cost of wheat, corn, rice and every other crop that requires fuel or water to grow, process and distribute.
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Changemakers Day at Slow Food Nation |
March 20, 2008
Anya Fernald, Slow Food Nation
The agenda for the first-ever Slow Food Nation event is being built this spring with help from farmers, fishers, non-profit leaders, social venture businesses and more. All aspects of Slow Food Nation will represent the mission of the Slow Food movement: building a food system that is good, clean, and fair. Good means the food is fresh, nutritious, delicious and culturally appropriate. Clean means that the resources from which it is produced and the bodies into which is goes will not be polluted because of the way it was produced. Fair means that low-income people, farm workers, and farm owners large and small are all equitably sharing in the bounty that the food provides. These are all values and principles that I know my colleagues from the 2007 ROC Planning Fellows program share and promote in their important work. I hope they- and you- will participate in Slow Food Nation in two ways.
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News from the Ag Futures and Food System Alliances |
March 18, 2008
The Ag Futures and Food System Alliance are regional “roundtables” made up of food producers, consumers, local leaders, health care advocates, and environmentalists to build bridges between often polarized parts of our community, with the shared purpose of creating a food system that reflects our best hopes and desires for the future. Today there are five roundtables working across California. Each receives support from Roots of Change and from local community members and groups. Here is a quick rundown on each:
The Ventura County Ag Futures Alliance (AFA) has been in operation since 2000 and has spawned California’s largest grassroots effort to build farm worker housing, brought hundreds of citizens together to advance stewardship efforts in their county, and published six citizen white papers on topics ranging from pesticide use to providing health care for farm workers. Each of the white papers has been backed by concrete local actions.
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Rebuilding our Food System, One Story at a Time |
March 18, 2008
Joseph McIntyre, Ag Innovations Network
When was the last time you heard a story that changed the way you felt or thought? There are incredible stories all around us--including ones we tell ourselves and others about food, change, and the future. These stories have power- power to move us and power to freeze us in place.
In my work throughout California rebuilding the connections between food producers and the greater community with Ag Futures and Food System Alliances, I have the privilege of encouraging people to share their stories about food, community, and the future.
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