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Fwd: How far is local?
Hi CSA-l Folks,
Willie posted this on Sanet, but it seems a good question here, too.
Obviously, this is a "devil's advocate" type of question, but one worth
considering. Please post your replies to both lists.
Thanks,
Marcie
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Forwarded message:
From: WLockeretz@infonet.tufts.edu
To: SANET-MG@amani.ces.ncsu.edu
Date: 97-01-28 12:06:18 EST
In discussions of the relative merits of local vs. long-distance food supply
(here and elsewhere), the term "local" is usually left somewhat vague. How
far is "local"?
To take a particular case, from the CSAs that any of you are familiar with,
>from how far do members actually come to pick up their weekly share? And up
to how far should the CSA draw its members from while still being considered
a local food system?
William Lockeretz
Tufts University