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WHY LOCAL |
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I
want my body, self, and spirit
to be of this place—to be indigenous. And that means I
want my food to be of this place, too. |
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Linda Barnes: farmer, community college
educator, UUFA Program Committee and Ministerial Search
Committee |
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As
a member of the UU Meals Group, my experience of the
Iowa Grown meal is from the inside out! I get to be part
of the discussion about what ingredients are available,
who has the ingredients—both Fellowship people and
farmers-at-large, and then see a menu emerge! Planning
this meal for mid-winter accesses our resourceful selves
and starts us thinking about next season’s crops! It is
our most creative endeavor as a committee and that’s
fun! |
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Peggy Earnshaw: musician, UUFA Meals
Group and Ministerial Search Committee |
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I eat to live and live
to eat and especially love to eat delicious, flavorful
food. That is why I look for locally grown food as often
as possible because it tastes better, the flavors are
more intense. Also, locally grown foods are less
processed and that is healthier for me. Not to mention
the fact that the food has not traveled thousands of
miles to get here. This time of year they are hard to
find, but when a person does find locally grown food it
is like finding little treasures. I value my life and my
health so I feed myself as often as practical with these
local treasures. When I eat locally I am giving myself a
gift as well as a gift to the local economy and the
planet. |
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Jill Mortenson: agronomist, farm
manager, UUFA Green Sanctuary Committee |
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Eating
local foods benefits all of us in six ways: improved
public health, environmental protection, farmland
protection, a more secure homeland, economic
sustainability, and social health. I like to know the
farmers who raise my food. |
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Erv Klaas: natural resources
conservationist, Leopold Fellow, UUFA Green Sanctuary
Committee |
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We all
want our soil, our water and our air clean for our
children when their time comes to inherit the earth.
Food is a huge part of that. You can start today by
paying attention to the food you eat. |
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Fedele Bauccio, Founder and CEO of Bon
Appetit Management Company
and keynote speaker at the 2012
Practical Farmer of Iowa annual meeting.
Read his editorial about local,
sustainable, and profitable food in the
Register. |