Gas prices, green trend fuels growth in local food choices
[2008-7-28]
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Shoaf of Bloomington, a yoga instructor andmassage therapist, recently volunteered part of an afternoon tohelp harvest garlic at Congerville's Blue Schoolhouse Farm.
Hartsburg resident Shelley Thomas started the Logan CountyLocavores blog to teach others about the importance of locallygrown and produced foods.
Normal resident Christina Reinhart, a strong proponent of buyinglocal, took home goodies including zucchini, onions and Swiss chardfrom vendors at a recent Normal farmers' market.
The trio of Central Illinoisans have joined a growing number ofpeople getting closer to their food.
An increasing number of Americans are looking beyond supermarkets-- where produce travels 1,500 miles before reaching the typicalIllinoisan's plate -- in favor of knowing farmers by their firstnames.
Whether people worry about salmonella scares or wince at theircarbon footprint, whether they savor the flavor of produce dustedwith fresh, fertile earth, or simply enjoy the social nature of afarmers' market, they are staging small-scale rebellions againstthe notion of a pre-packaged, paper-or-plastic society.
In 1990, the U.S. had just 50 Community Supported Agricultureprograms that allow people to buy shares of a farmer's harvestduring the growing season. Today, there are more than 1,000. Threemillion people will visit U.S. farmers' markets this year, spendingan estimated $1 billion. Countless more will grow their own.
Whether the cost is more or less expensive is debatable.
"I think people are starting to take control," said Terra Brockman,founder of The Land Connection, an Evanston-based non-profit agencythat works to promote sustainable farming and the availability oflocal, organic foods. "It's coming from all different directions."
Almost 40 percent increase
Shoaf of Bloomington, a yoga instructor andmassage therapist, recently volunteered part of an afternoon tohelp harvest garlic at Congerville's Blue Schoolhouse Farm.
Hartsburg resident Shelley Thomas started the Logan CountyLocavores blog to teach others about the importance of locallygrown and produced foods.
Normal resident Christina Reinhart, a strong proponent of buyinglocal, took home goodies including zucchini, onions and Swiss chardfrom vendors at a recent Normal farmers' market.
The trio of Central Illinoisans have joined a growing number ofpeople getting closer to their food.
An increasing number of Americans are looking beyond supermarkets-- where produce travels 1,500 miles before reaching the typicalIllinoisan's plate -- in favor of knowing farmers by their firstnames.
Whether people worry about salmonella scares or wince at theircarbon footprint, whether they savor the flavor of produce dustedwith fresh, fertile earth, or simply enjoy the social nature of afarmers' market, they are staging small-scale rebellions againstthe notion of a pre-packaged, paper-or-plastic society.
In 1990, the U.S. had just 50 Community Supported Agricultureprograms that allow people to buy shares of a farmer's harvestduring the growing season. Today, there are more than 1,000. Threemillion people will visit U.S. farmers' markets this year, spendingan estimated $1 billion. Countless more will grow their own.
Whether the cost is more or less expensive is debatable.
"I think people are starting to take control," said Terra Brockman,founder of The Land Connection, an Evanston-based non-profit agencythat works to promote sustainable farming and the availability oflocal, organic foods. "It's coming from all different directions."
Almost 40 percent increase
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