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Is Wal-Mart the future of local food?
8 hours ago ago from Ukiah Blog Live
From TOM LASKAWY Grist One of the most important historic developments in the food economy is embodied in this statistic : in 1900, 40 percent of every dollar spent on food went to the farmer or rancher while the rest was split between inputs and distribution. Now? 7 cents on the dollar goes to the producer and 73 cents goes just to distribution. That’s worth keeping in mind when you read things like this : Wal-Mart, now the ...
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7 hours ago ago from United Way of Metro Chicago
The Federal government is expected to make almost $5 million in Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) grants available to nonprofit organizations and local government agencies in Chicago and suburban Cook and DuPage counties. United Way is the local administrator of EFSP food and shelter dollars which are made available yearly to supplement local emergency food and shelter programs in the region. These funds are not associated with FEMA ...
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7 hours ago ago from lorigami
Remember a few months back when I blogged about the public protest in Piedmont Park you know, the slow-food sit-in Potluck Picnic organized in part by local foodie phenom, Lady Rogue and SlowFood Atlanta? . (flickr photo by findfado) Well, if you recall, the whole point of that (not so) little public display was to raise awareness of the absolutely dismal quality of some public school lunches. With estimates that 1 in 3 children in some ...
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41 minutes ago ago from Transition Bristol
December 16th, 2009 Kristinsponsler Posted in Events , Food , Latest News | No Comments SusWot (Sustainable Westbury on Trym) Thur 17 Dec, 8pm Christmas social at the White Horse. All welcome. More info: www.suswot.org.uk SusWot local produce market Sat 19 Dec 3-5pm Christmas edition of the local produce market (in the medical centre car park) You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You ...
Related contentWhat do you want to see at Maida Hill market?
4 hours ago ago from Maida Hill 2009
Maida Hill Market has now been running for six months, and we've been trying different combinations of traders to work out what local people want to buy. It would be great to find out what local people want to buy and what you'd like to see going on at the market square . Posted in Uncategorized [...]
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