http://blog.festivore.com/2008/09/seven-arguments-against-local-real-food-%e2%80%a6-and-seven-answers/ ...eat well, live long and enjoy life Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:11:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1 http://blog.festivore.com/2008/09/seven-arguments-against-local-real-food-%e2%80%a6-and-seven-answers/#comment-226 kate Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:27:14 +0000 http://blog.festivore.com/?p=30#comment-226 Interesting article, and good points. Regarding #3 the cost of locally grown food. There are two programs that help - a WIC program for farm market use. (Women, Infants and Children program is a nationwide government initiative that helps welfare mothers with preschoolers and while pregnant get food) The farm market coupons can only be used on farm markets). A new program being tested in Atlanta - when a welfare recipient presents a voucher, the market doubles the value. It is new this year, and more can be heard by listening to America's Home Grown Veggie Show for last Saturday. (www.radiosandysprings.com weekly shows, saturday). One of the markets that has just received the grant talks about it. Interesting article, and good points. Regarding #3 the cost of locally grown food.
There are two programs that help - a WIC program for farm market use. (Women, Infants and Children program is a nationwide government initiative that helps welfare mothers with preschoolers and while pregnant get food) The farm market coupons can only be used on farm markets).
A new program being tested in Atlanta - when a welfare recipient presents a voucher, the market doubles the value. It is new this year, and more can be heard by listening to America’s Home Grown Veggie Show for last Saturday. (www.radiosandysprings.com weekly shows, saturday). One of the markets that has just received the grant talks about it.

]]> http://blog.festivore.com/2008/09/seven-arguments-against-local-real-food-%e2%80%a6-and-seven-answers/#comment-111 cheritycall Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:01:46 +0000 http://blog.festivore.com/?p=30#comment-111 hy, Do something for help those hungry people in Africa and India, I made this blog about them: on http://tinyurl.com/65dptv hy, Do something for help those hungry people in Africa and India,
I made this blog about them:
on http://tinyurl.com/65dptv

]]> http://blog.festivore.com/2008/09/seven-arguments-against-local-real-food-%e2%80%a6-and-seven-answers/#comment-103 Mei Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:12:08 +0000 http://blog.festivore.com/?p=30#comment-103 I enjoyed your posting very much. On argument #7 I want to add that spending more on food is not necessary a bad thing if you consider the quality of the food you are getting. Eating well makes one healthy so spending more on it may reduce the medical cost in the long run, not to mention the happiness comes with it. I enjoyed your posting very much. On argument #7 I want to add that spending more on food is not necessary a bad thing if you consider the quality of the food you are getting. Eating well makes one healthy so spending more on it may reduce the medical cost in the long run, not to mention the happiness comes with it.

]]> http://blog.festivore.com/2008/09/seven-arguments-against-local-real-food-%e2%80%a6-and-seven-answers/#comment-69 The Local Beet: Chicago » Blog Archive » The Weekly Harvest Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:34:06 +0000 http://blog.festivore.com/?p=30#comment-69 [...] Seven Arguments Against Local, Real Food … and Seven Answers [Festivore.com] [...] […] Seven Arguments Against Local, Real Food … and Seven Answers [Festivore.com] […]

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