Sustainable Food Systems Sourcebook

Food for Thought

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Rural Life Center, Kenyon College, Gambler , 43022

Type:
Agroecology
Categories:
Research, Policy, and Extension/Outreach Programs
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General info
Directed by the Rural Life Center at Kenyon College, this collaborative effort is developing a countywide food system to enable area farmers to market their products to individual consumers and institutional buyers including schools, hospitals, restaurants, grocery stores, and caterers.

Food for Thought builds on a decade of activity designed to strengthen the connections between the farm and nonfarm populations of our community.The Rural Life Center’s Family Farm Project (1994–1997) stimulated a broad public discussion about the significance of agriculture in community life.The growth of
large-scale corporate agriculture and the recent rapid expansion of metropolitan Columbus have placed considerable stress on area farms, an increasing number of which are targets for purchase by developers.