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 23, 2008
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
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!
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