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  1. Latino poultry co-op builds ownership opportunities http://bit.ly/5zTGL3
  2. Big Island, Hawaii drafts plan for 30% of food to be local: http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2009/10october/20091029agplan.htm
  3. Oregon State study focuses on food for rural poor: http://bit.ly/yzaKq
  4. I just posted Minnesota food system study -- building trust is good business: http://www.crcworks.org/mnfood.pdf
  5. Food security funding -- USDA announces $4.8 million of Community Food Project grants. http://bit.ly/2oFucF via @addthis
  6. Gary Nabhan just awarded honorary PhD from Carleton College here in Minnesota. He has new book on sources of our food.
  7. Just posted a review for a Winter Greenhouse guide: http://bit.ly/18jx3R
  8. Latino farming project in Iowa featured in Register: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090913/LIFE/909130303/1039
  9. Thx to Jane Black, for fine coverage on Wash Post "All We Can Eat - The Economics of Local Food" http://bit.ly/1pgh7k
  10. Lawrence, KS local foods featured - http://bit.ly/vgdC0
  11. News from partner in Flint, MI: first “Edible Flint” tour. Planned for 50 people, quit at 160, waitlisted another 100, turned more away.
  12. Crossroads' work is featured on Smart Growth Online this week -- look under New Resources at top right: http://www.smartgrowth.org/
  13. WorldWatch covered the economic arguments for local food in its July issue. Here is a teaser: http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6161
  14. I just posted a proposal for new Census of Agriculture data on Grist: Also http:www.crcworks.org/crcagcensus.pdf (corrected link).