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The warm weather continues, but the edge is gone. Three days ago, the heat was pounding, relentless. Two nights ago, I thought Fall had arrived and that I had seriously slept in. Today was a perfect balance between those extremes. The cool breeze off the lake moderating the Sun's power.
Food Circle? A Food Circle is a production, consumption, recycling means to meet our food needs at the local level. Food Circles bring people together, united within a common cause, food. Understanding that everthing eats or at least wants to will help us realize that food production, distribution and consumption are common ground. We can rebuild declining communities through the creation of a Community Food Circle. First, think of our food system as a circle, then begin to understand that we are, within the circle, connected to each other and all that makes the food flow. Food Circles promote the consumption of safe, regionally grown food that will encourage sustainable agriculture. Sustainable agriculture will help to maintain farmers, who will sustain rural areas. Radical changes in our production and consumption patterns are needed. Food Circles can develop a food system that is community-based and sustainable. Food Circles can reshape the relationships within the food system. Food Circles are a wholistic, synergistic method to evolve sustainable communities. This is in direct contrast to our current industrial, corporate controlled food production and distribution system. In a Food Circle you know the person(s) who grows your food or who eats the food we grow. It is all about relationships. If we want to purchase and consume food that is grown locally and naturally then we need to know where that food can be bought. Community dialogues are a way for the member of the Food Circle to exchange ideas and information with other community members. Food Circles, through community dialogue and potluck meals, bring consumer and producer together. A cooperative win-win system will emerge. Food is the foundation and future of any society. Where it comes from, how was it grown, who grew it, are all crucial questions. If you are interested in your local economy, a focus on food will help you to find the appropriate path. Next week back to the foodshed. Resources: Recycle Material Uses; http://www.recoverusa.com/mat_uses.htm Sustainable Agriculture: Go To Page: 1
The copyright of the article Food Circles and Sustainability in From Field To Table is owned by Bob Ewing. Permission to republish Food Circles and Sustainability in print or online must be granted by the author in writing.
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