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March 29, 2006
Oil for food
My organic farmer friend, Evan, sent me this link: http://www.alternet.org/story/34073, which offers some interesting statistics. The comment from AndyF is a little sarcastic (why can't we all just get along?) but it does touch on a central element of the community I am working to define in my blog ramblings.
Our current economy, including our food economy, is powered by petroleum. This fact of life does serve some good purposes. For instance, it allows distant farmers to provide gainful employment to produce food that U.S. consumers want to buy. I believe the days when we can enjoy Chilean fruit (or even California fruit) at the low prices we see today are numbered. But we might as well accept the fruits that the system offers, while they are affordable.
In the meantime, we need to organize our communities to transition to local food, as I believe we will have to move back to local food economies in the not too distant future.
Posted by aquacura.com at March 29, 2006 09:41 AM