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When Only Money Stands in the Way
Living in the great Northwest it seems like food is everywhere. What really stands in the way is adequate amount of funding to deliver programs that can meet the challenges. Instability and short-term funding shows that the government undermines programs in this region.
Oregon State University has tried and continues to battle this with sustainable community food systems. The system concepts are:
-how food is grown
-how food is processed
-distribution
-sales
-consumer consumption
-health and wellness
The best example I found of this in action was through a "farm school". Local chef went to elementary schools and used as much food from school gardens as possible, and only local foods to feed the school.
The Portland area is quite active when it comes to local food communities. Being such a "green" city, it almost seems like you can't live here unless you have local organic food in your house. Not to mention there are farmer's markets on every corner.
In this area, it really comes down to the money. Portland is a world leader in sustainable community food systems and they ability and desire to be successful is here.Only money stands in the way.
At the end of the day, I believe that the true issue is money. People want cheaper and cheaper food so they can enjoy driving a new car, and since there is so much food in this area, no one will really take the time to raise awareness. A major drought could be the best thing that could happen to Portland's food communities long term. Although, as Americans, we soon forget anyways.
We didn't get to the moon by dreaming about it and talking about. Not even by doing it within our means. It took a big chunk of money and direction from the powers in the Washington DC to get get the rocket off the ground. It will take the same to get some seeds in the ground I'm afraid.
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Comment by Jean Frankly on April 20, 2010 at 10:36pm
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Thanks for sharing the idea of elementary schools serving food from local producers ("farm schools").
You might be interested in these posts on community-based food programs that focus on nutrition, education and supporting local economies:
http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/foodshare-strengthening-the
http://www.urgentevoke.com/profiles/blogs/good-food-box-sustainable
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