Eat the Stimulus: Investing in a new food system should be part of the economic-spending package
So the conventional wisdom is wrong; food-system reform can’t wait. But how do we elevate it on the national agenda when the political class is focused on other things? I have an idea that wouldn’t require a radically new program or a major expenditure of political capital.
He suggests bringing back local/regional food processing facilities like slaughterhouses and canneries and returning investment to school cafeterias since they don’t actually cook food in them anymore.
(via @The_Wedge, aka The Wedge Natural Foods Co-op in Minneapolis, which — with 13,000 members — is one of the largest such organizations in the country)
