Ken Meter (@kenmeter) profile picture

Food and farm economist and local food system leader

Minneapolis
Joined August 2009
Boulder County food leaders ask that local foods replace GMOs on county owned land tinyurl.com/cbdpdvu
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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
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Big Island, Hawaii drafts plan for 30% of food to be local:
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Oregon State study focuses on food for rural poor:
I just posted Minnesota food system study -- building trust is good business:
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Food security funding -- USDA announces $4.8 million of Community Food Project grants. via @addthis
Gary Nabhan just awarded honorary PhD from Carleton College here in Minnesota. He has new book on sources of our food.
Just posted a review for a Winter Greenhouse guide:
Latino farming project in Iowa featured in Register:
Thx to Jane Black, for fine coverage on Wash Post "All We Can Eat - The Economics of Local Food"
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Lawrence, KS local foods featured -
News from partner in Flint, MI: first “Edible Flint” tour. Planned for 50 people, quit at 160, waitlisted another 100, turned more away.
Crossroads' work is featured on Smart Growth Online this week -- look under New Resources at top right:
WorldWatch covered the economic arguments for local food in its July issue. Here is a teaser:
I just posted a proposal for new Census of Agriculture data on Grist: Also http: (corrected link).
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