Boulder Food Policy Council And “The Sugar Beet Six”
July 13th, 2009 By Cynthia Torres
Organizations and activists across the country are calling for America to celebrate their Food Independence by making the choice to support local farmers by eating locally grown. Our choices as consumers have the potential to revitalize rural America and restock the produce aisle in every neighborhood grocery store with foods that meet our culinary and cultural desires. The freedom to have a variety of choices available to us must also be celebrated and protected. The democratic process helps many of our country’s residents define and protect their freedom of choice at the dinner table. But democracy has been a relatively forgotten opportunity and as one county in Colorado is discovering, the path that will redefine our role as eaters in our food and farm industry is clouded by a global agricultural industry that is marketing our choices right out of the marketplace. Read More