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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