Opinion | How the local-food movement is helping solve the problem of world hunger. AS Congress gears up to debate the issue of hunger in the 2012 Farm Bill, some have come to the surprising conclusion that the real problem with the food system is those idealistic, asparagus-hugging, slow-food-savoring locavores. Don't believe it. The local-food movement is a hopeful development in the battle against hunger, both at home and abroad. In a recent Foreign Policy article, Charles Kenny derides government support for local-food initiatives like the 104 farmers markets in Washington state. He acknowledges such funding represents a measly 0.00025 percent of the total, but is concerned about the growing cultural clout of what he characterizes as "misguided, parochial Luddism. " He writes, "... these First-World food fetishes are positively terrible for the world's poorest people," because they supposedly push up the price of food.
Though they take different routes, both arrive at the same conclusion: The local-food trend is bad for the poor and hungry. A Kent native, the Rev. Don Tolman. My Blogspot: My Matrix Solutions Affiliate link: My Zeolite Affiliate link: Winning With Code Pleading Interview w/ David Williams: The Right of Self-Determination is about Self-governing. The Artificial Womb- From the time a person leaves its mother's womb, its every effort is directed towards building, maintaining, and withdrawing into artificial wombs, various sorts of substitute protective devices or shells. The objective of these artificial wombs is to provide a stable environment for both stable and unstable activity; to provide a shelter for the evolutionary processes of growth and maturity - i.e., survival; to provide security for freedom and to provide defensive protection for offensive activity.
This is equally true of both the general public and the elite. The Political Structure of a Nation - Dependency. Forks Over Kniives. My Blogspot: My Matrix Solutions Affiliate link: My Zeolite Affiliate link: Winning With Code Pleading Interview w/ David Williams: 485695&cmd=apop The Right of Self-Determination is about Self-governing. The Artificial Womb- From the time a person leaves its mother's womb, its every effort is directed towards building, maintaining, and withdrawing into artificial wombs, various sorts of substitute protective devices or shells. The objective of these artificial wombs is to provide a stable environment for both stable and unstable activity; to provide a shelter for the evolutionary processes of growth and maturity - i.e., survival; to provide security for freedom and to provide defensive protection for offensive activity.
This is equally true of both the general public and the elite.