Newsvine - Montana Food Efforts a Great Model for Hard Times

Local food systems - including farm-to-school programs - can mean real money for local farmers, local food processors and local/state economies, as the state of Montana has learned.

Montana Food Efforts a Great Model for Hard Times

In mid-September, while the market experienced a kind of volatility that had nearly everyone drawing parallels with the Great Depression, I had the privilege of participating in the Western Regional Assembly on Farm-to-School, which was sponsored by Ecotrust.

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Newsvine - Victory Garden Revival Needs a Presidential "Ask"

A Victory Garden Revival makes so much sense right now, on so many levels. Read this opinion piece and pass it on.

Victory Garden Revival Needs a Presidential Ask.

The Victory Gardens of World War I and World War II - and the garden efforts of the Great Depression - helped Americans successfully negotiate hard times.

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