John Peck is an economist by training and is the executive director of the Family Farm Defenders, a group started in Wisconsin to address the concern of small dairy farmers, but the group's focus is community-wide. This talk he gave to a small group at the Illinois Renewable Energy Fair is an eye opener (I seriously look at food labels now as a result). John engaged the audience so that they did their own thinking about food, rights, locality and equity.
The Family Farm Defenders is based in Madison and is a member of international farmer advocacy organization Via Campesina.
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Showing posts with label local agriculture. Show all posts
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Orion Samuelson on Agriculture and a Changing McHenry County
The veteran agricultural broadcaster shares his thoughts on farming, food security, groundwater, sprawl and more at the January 28th, 2007 annual meeting of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County (http://www.conservemc.org), where The Conservancy announced completion of the first farmland preservation easement in the area.
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