Thursday, October 23, 2008

All Things Corn- King Corn

After viewing the film King Corn at the Green Screen, you may be interested in the following info and links:

US Agricultural Census Information www.agcensus.usda.gov

Subsidy Payout Data www.farm.exg.org

US Farm Bill Basics www.sustainableagriculturecoalition.org or www.usda.gov/farmbill

Grass-fed Food www.eatwild.com

National Corn Growers Association www.ncga.com

Corn Refiners Association www.corn.org

High Fructose Corn Syrup www.hcfsfacts.com or www.sweetsurprise.com

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Hub City Farmers' Market 2008

What do you think about the HCFM? What would you like to add/enhance/improve for the 2008 season?

Friday, September 28, 2007

Hub City CSA

Much of the recent Local Food Summit discussion centered around the idea of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) project in Spartanburg. What are your thoughts? There are several great examples around the country.

Here's one of them http://www.threeriversparkdistrict.org/parks/galewoods_csa.cfm

Welcome

Welcome to the blog! The blog was created in response to the wonderful discussion at the recent Local Food Summit. We want to hear from you...your thoughts about our program ideas, recognize restuarants that use local food, etc!