The Food Chain
We are all familiar with the adage that all politics are local. Soon we may have to amend this to all food is local if a number of groups are successful in their attempts to change our culinary habits.
Locally there is a group called the Plow-to Plate Community Coalition. This group is trying to encourage better eating habits with the goal of fighting cardiovascular disease. New Milford Hospital is encouraging people to use locally grown fresh fruits and vegetables to improve their diets. (www.hunthillfarmtrust.org)
Another perspective on this topic is provided by Barbara Kingsolver's book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle. She and her family moved from Arizona to Appalachia. They bought a farm and vowed to buy only food raised in their neighborhood, grow it themselves or do without it. The book chronicles their life on the farm.
