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Value, Virtue Close to Home - washingtonpost.com

2008-06-10T14:55:00-07:00

05.24.08 / DC — "...this month, nonprofit DC Central Kitchen began buying much of its produce from farmers in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The cost is 50 to 70 percent less than it would pay a national wholesaler."

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Tags: agriculture, business, buy local, economy, farming, farms, food, local foods, local preference, relocalization

TheStar.com | Business | Oil costs eroding globalization: CIBC

2008-06-10T14:46:05-07:00

05.27.08 / Canada — "The rising cost of energy is undercutting global trade by raising transportation costs to such levels that businesses will be forced to look closer to home for suppliers, says a CIBC World Markets report."

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Tags: business, buy local, globalization, peak oil, local preference, relocalization, resource depletion

Ohio Ag Connection - New Research: Consumers Willing to Pay More for Locally Produced Food

2008-06-10T14:13:24-07:00

06.05.08 / US — "New research suggests that the average supermarket shopper is willing to pay a premium price for locally produced foods, providing some farmers an attractive option to enter a niche market that could boost their revenues."

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Tags: agriculture, buy local, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurialism, farmers markets, farming, food, local foods, local preference, localvore, locavore, retail, sustainable business

Demand booms for local produce as fuel prices, safety concerns increase

2008-05-19T15:41:43-07:00

05.19.08 / US — pretty good article that brings up the point I've been eyeballing since about 2001: high fuel prices are making trucked-in goods too expensive, and people are turning to local foods as an alternative.

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Stan Cox: Big Brother Close Up

2008-05-17T10:04:03-07:00

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Tags: agroterrorism, fbi, batshit crazy, local preference

Is It Better to Eat Locally or Eat Differently? : NPR

2008-05-13T06:24:42-07:00

When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, what you eat may be more important than where your food comes from. A new study finds that replacing red meat and dairy products with chicken, fish or vegetables could have the same impact as shifting to an entirely locally-grown diet.

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Tags: agriculture, buy local, carbon emissions, farmers markets, farming, farms, food miles, food, global warming, greenwashing, local foods, local preference, localvore, locavore

Home Power Magazine: Solar | Wind | Water | Design | Build

2008-04-23T20:13:16-07:00

Since 1987, Home Power magazine has been the leading renewable energy information source for end-users and professional alike.

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Tags: energy independence, local preference, solar, microhydro, passive solar

The ‘FOG’ is Lifting | Biodiesel Magazine

2008-04-23T20:03:15-07:00

05.08 / US — San Francisco is on its way to becoming an even brighter shade of green by starting a program to collect the waste fat, oil and grease (FOG) that clog city sewers and cost taxpayers millions, and turning it into biodiesel to fuel the city’s fleet.

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Tags: biodiesel, biofuels, energy independence, local energy, local preference, sustainability

‘Going Local Convergence’ In Brisbane - Meet US Guru Judy Wicks » Pigs Will Fly | the can do community blog

2008-04-23T19:58:22-07:00

04.19.08 / Australia — Learning about ‘Building Resilient, Sustainable Communities’ is the focus of this Relocalistion Convergence from May 23-25 in Brisbane, a lifestyle and business practice Philadelphia’s Judy Wicks has been endorsing for many years.

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Tags: australia, balle, business, buy local, decentralization, entrepreneurialism, entrepreneurs, local first, local preference, localvore, locavore, relocalization, sustainability, sustainable business, sustainable economy

Local clean energy is crucial | Marin Independent Journal

2008-04-23T19:48:04-07:00

04.23.08 / US — Marin County, California, is exploring some innovative ways to get around cumbersome regulation and infrastructure challenges to energy independence.

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Tags: energy independence, energy, local energy, solar, local preference, carbon emissions, community energy, environment, peak oil, global warming

Green Acres II: When Neighbors Become Farmers - WSJ.com

2008-04-22T12:09:48-07:00

04.22.08 / US — Unlike traditional home gardeners who devote a corner of the yard to a few rows of vegetables, a new crop of minifarmers is tearing up the whole yard and planting foods such as arugula and kohlrabi that restaurants might want to buy. The locally grown food movement has also created a new market for front-yard farmers.

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Scientists study how climate change impacts food production

2008-04-22T09:29:46-07:00

08.21.08 / US — ...shifting to an entirely local diet would reduce the equivalent greenhouse gas emissions as driving 1,000 miles, while changing only one day per week’s meat and dairy-based calories to chicken, fish, or vegetables would have about the same impact.

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Tags: agriculture, consumption, environment, food miles, global warming, carbon emissions, local preference, sustainability

Local Food Co-op Software

2008-04-20T07:27:42-07:00

An open-source web ordering system for food cooperatives. Built by the Oklahoma Food Co-op for their own puposes and releases to the general public.

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Bookselling This Week: Responding to Critics of Local First

2008-04-20T07:13:48-07:00

08.02.06 / US — an oldie but goodie.

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Food Safety and Quality Concerns Drive Buy Local Movement

2008-04-18T10:11:35-07:00

04.17.08 / Canada — "But what's really fascinating to me, looking at this from industry, is that all of the consumer studies that have been done, the number one motivation in consumers minds for buying local is that they absolutely recognize the importance to the economy of supporting local agricultural producers and value added processors."

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Locavores LOVE Eating Locally! on Squidoo

2008-04-18T09:59:51-07:00

US / Locavores on Squidoo

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Getting green | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/18/2008

2008-04-18T09:49:25-07:00

04.18.08/US — Congregation of the Church of the Holy Organic, let us buy....

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The urban food growing network | foodupfront.org

2008-04-18T09:33:13-07:00

UK / "...to partner with the people of Greater London to promote and initiate the use of front gardens and balconies to grow and share healthy, natural food."

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Tags: urban agriculture, decentralization, food, local foods, local preference, localvore, locavore, urban planning

Do food miles matter? | ES&T Online News

2008-04-17T14:26:13-07:00

Once again, let me repeat: most who buy locally for sustainability reasons do so because they can verify for themselves that that the food is grown sustainably, not because there are fewer food miles involved. The continuance of this straw meme argument is becoming really annoying.

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Local Meat Can Benefit Farmer, Consumer « Grazing Locally in the Bluegrass

2008-04-17T14:19:40-07:00

From the consumers’ standpoint, University of Kentucky Agricultural Economist Lee Meyer sees two types of movements occurring. “One is an interest in noncommodity meats, better quality meats,” he said. “Consumers are also interested in naturally produced meat products.” And from the farmer’s standpoint, Meyer says it’s a way of putting the life back into the family farm.

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