The US Farm Bill will be debated again in 2012 and its time to begin the local and national discussion of what do we want from our food industry? how can it be organized? and even here locally in Jefferson County what would it take to move us from 4% local food consumption to 20% by 2020-- what would it take???
John Reganhold from WSU just printed a provocative article in SCIENCE magazine- a major international crops and soils scientist suggesting with his colleagues
Its the socio-political discussion not the science and technology that is the barrier to a sustainable food system-- read more:
Science magazine
http://www.news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=9863
Katherine Baril is faculty chair and Director at the Washington State University Community Learning Center in Port Townsend, Jefferson County on the North Olympic Peninsula in Washington.
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