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Feedback ForumSend us your opinions, reactions, and ideas about "Growing Local, Eating Local"Submissions for this question are no longer being accepted. Previously submitted comments appear below. Comments may have been edited for content or space. Poster: Barbara Boyer Comment: In southern Idaho we now have IDAHO'S BOUNTY, local, organic growers outlet for their wonderful produce and baked goods. We can order online and pick it up locally. Thank you for the great programs on PBS Poster: Aija Thacher Comment: The Growing Local, Eating Local program needs follow-ups as does the God and Global Warming program. Both cover extremely important issues. The impact of population growth as well as lifestyle should also be covered in more depth. Keep up the good work. Poster: Sarah White Comment: Having just recently graduated from the University of Vermont this past May, I'd have to have to say Vermont is at least 10 years beyond the rest of the country as far as going local and really being interested in local organically produced food. I did very much enjoy the segment on Virginia. Its gives me hope that more people are beginning to fall back on their roots and get more healthy in the process. By being more healthy I just mean start to read ingredients and become aware that many meats and other products, not only are they shipped from far distances, which puts their quality in danger, but the fact that they don't need to be pumped with drugs to enhance them, local meat tastes better because the cows eat their natural diet, grass (not grain and corn). Thank you for airing this segment, it was very informative and hopefully it got some people thinking about their food as well as their farmer. Poster: Steve Butt Comment: I really appreciate your article. This is an important issue nationally and worldwide which is only eking through a crack of awareness. Great story and wonderful use for land previously devoted to tobacco. We love our farmer's markets in Eugene, Ore. I hope similar diversity of fresh local market opportunities are available widely. Poster: Terry Gamber Comment: The Denver-area cities seem to be interested in only buying up local farms and establishing non-producing open space or allowing wall-to-wall development. The cost of food is spiraling up as we face water shortages and high energy costs. Many truck farms along the South Platte river have been shut down in a water rights dispute that requires water wells to be shut down. The Denver Water board could provide recycled water to the farms but they are using the recycled water to keep grass green in local parks. We need new policies to be able to even consider being locavores. Poster: Eugen Dunlap Comment: I work for University of California at Davis. The UC system got a pretty good report card [College Sustainability Report Card]- you must be kidding! What they have done is 20 years behind. We have hardly any water conservation, produce very little power, hardly use environmental products! So who set up this worthless review? Poster: Jerry Charboneau Comment: Yes, it is real important to start producing food in your own neighborhood. we can do a much better job. |
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