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A weekly roundup of news and events concerning food, farms, the environment, local communities- and anything else that may catch our eye. This week, an editorial from the Hartford Courant addressed the reality of farmland preservation in Connecticut. Although saving more land than in previous years, the 1,370 acres protected in 2009 was almost 500 acres Continue reading Friday News Roundup 6/11/10 In Fairfax County, Virginia, next to Tyson’s Corner—one of the nation’s biggest malls—is a small farm stand with a green sign reading, “Potomac Vegetable Farms.” Multi-million dollar houses sprout up in surrounding fields, but farm owner Hiu Newcomb, her daughter Hana and their partner Ellen Polishuk have found a way to turn the intensely suburban Continue reading Farming on the Uber-Urban Edge A new study by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture is out to disprove the myth that local food is more expensive than its non-local counterpart…in Iowa, at least. After examining Iowa-grown vegetables, eggs and meat, the study concludes that local food does in fact have very competitive prices compared to non-local super-market varieties. Rich Pirog, Continue reading Cheaper Local Food? |
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