Demand grows for your locally grown food
The New York Times lists “Food Miles.” Food miles are the distance food travels from where it was grown to where it’s purchased. The lower… the better. In fact, the Leopold Center quotes experts as saying that “carbon ratings” may someday be on packaged foods, describing how much carbon was emitted to grow, transport and package the item, just like calories are listed on some packaged items. Business Review Online states that local foods are among the top 10 food trends to watch for this year.
Micro eco-farms are needed more than ever when combining the local food renaissance with the new push for bio-diesel. The latter calls for massive monocultures of single crops that supply biomass. The remaining nooks, small acreages, backyards, urban lots and schoolyards must supply the food.
The Center for the Micro Eco-Farming Movement
