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The solution beneath our feet
As food prices rise, policymakers ignore potential of home and community gardens |
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11 Apr 2008 |
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| This is a guest essay by Bill Duesing, executive director of the Northeast Organic Farmers Association of Connecticut. It originally aired on WSHU Public Radio in Fairfield, Conn. ----- 'Gardens are viewed as 'hobbies' by most politicians/bureaucrats and administrators and are seldom taken seriously as real sources of real food,' says a University of Connecticut agricultural extension specialist, speaking of the United States Department of Agriculture. This attitud ... |
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| Topics: agriculture, Department of Agriculture, food, gardening, organic food (all these topics) |
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