Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Article by Fred Gerendasy Photo: Left to right, Keith Agoada; Sawyer Emmer; and Troy Vosseller
One of the big challenges facing our modern industrial food system is the heavy reliance upon fossil fuels for the growing of crops, and the transporting of them long distances to market. An average head of lettuce travels 1500 miles […]
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Edible Portland Magazine: Winter 2008 Issue by Kevin Allman
In 2007, Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski and several members of Congress took the “food stamp challenge”: shopping and eating on a $21 per week budget that represented the average American’s food-stamp allotment. Kulongoski and his fellow politicians met with limited success; some managed the challenge, […]
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