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Agri-sprawl: "farming is the new golf"

April 21, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:: agriculture, community, conservation, farmland, localfood, neighborhood, newtowns, smartgrowth, sprawl, urbanism

I want you to bear with me today, because this one is going to be a little long. America's best farmland is in trouble, and will only be in more trouble when the recovery comes. The American Farmland Trust,...continued→

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Think globally, eat locally? Maybe, maybe not . . .

June 27, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise , Living Sustainably , Solving Global Warming

Tags:: carbonfootprint, community, farmland, foodmiles, globalwarming, localfood, sprawl

I’m not sure I quite understand the fervent passion of what seems to be a full-fledged movement to get consumers to buy and eat local, but I can think of some very good reasons to do just that. For...continued→

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