Ken Meter

Food and farm economist and local food system leader

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Boulder County food leaders ask that local foods replace GMOs on county owned land http://t.co/eFp7jFRp2z

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Local food featured at Georgia forum http://t.co/x3i8M6r via @AddThis

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Latino Poultry Coop now featured in Minneapolis Star Tribune.http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/82429832.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUUUUsZ

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Latino poultry co-op builds ownership opportunities http://bit.ly/5zTGL3

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Big Island, Hawaii drafts plan for 30% of food to be local: http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2009/10october/20091029agplan.htm

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Oregon State study focuses on food for rural poor: http://bit.ly/yzaKq

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I just posted Minnesota food system study -- building trust is good business: http://www.crcworks.org/mnfood.pdf

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Food security funding -- USDA announces $4.8 million of Community Food Project grants. http://bit.ly/2oFucF via @addthis

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Gary Nabhan just awarded honorary PhD from Carleton College here in Minnesota. He has new book on sources of our food.

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Just posted a review for a Winter Greenhouse guide: http://bit.ly/18jx3R

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Latino farming project in Iowa featured in Register: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090913/LIFE/909130303/1039

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Thx to Jane Black, for fine coverage on Wash Post "All We Can Eat - The Economics of Local Food" http://bit.ly/1pgh7k

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Lawrence, KS local foods featured - http://bit.ly/vgdC0

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News from partner in Flint, MI: first “Edible Flint” tour. Planned for 50 people, quit at 160, waitlisted another 100, turned more away.

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Crossroads' work is featured on Smart Growth Online this week -- look under New Resources at top right: http://www.smartgrowth.org/

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WorldWatch covered the economic arguments for local food in its July issue. Here is a teaser: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6161

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I just posted a proposal for new Census of Agriculture data on Grist: Also http:www.crcworks.org/crcagcensus.pdf (corrected link).