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Cuyahoga Valley National Park's program raising local-food movement with farmland leases - The Plain Dealer

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Local farmers want to bring Buckeye chickens back home to Ohio - The Plain Dealer, 6/24/09
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Started this conversation. Last reply by melissa miller Jul 1.

Have you made a valuable connection through LocalFoodCleveland.org? Tell us about it!
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Pollinating the model: Local Food Miami

I recently received a call from Mario Yanez of Earth Learning in Miami, FL.

Mario recently came across Local Food Cleveland and wanted to talk about how he might develop a similar online space for his region. After an inspiring presentation from Will Allen of Growing Power, a group of local food advocates in Miami came together to see how they might carry forward the ideas of urban agriculture and sustainability. Mario has modeled their website -… Continue

Posted on May 4, 2009 at 12:00pm —

10% Grown Locally = 4,000 acres, 8,000 jobs and a $360 million economy

What would it look like if 10% of the food that families in Cleveland ate was grown within the city limits?

This question leads to an interesting and pretty inspiring story problem.

Follow me for a bit here:
1. According to the latest U.S. Census data, the City of Cleveland is home to about 438,000 people.

2. According to… Continue

Posted on September 25, 2008 at 12:00pm — 6 Comments

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At 2:55pm on June 30, 2009, erich hooper said…: pete, im just now realized who you dad is! they stopped by sat on the farm tour. cool grown ups

At 12:45pm on June 30, 2009, Michael Ford said…: Tell me more....how do I get involved...?

Mike Ford
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At 10:05am on June 24, 2009, Jennifer Burger said…: I see how to do it on my page, just not in communities.

At 10:03am on June 24, 2009, Jennifer Burger said…: Hi Peter,
Is their any way to post videos on LFC?
Thanks,
Jenny

At 11:05pm on June 21, 2009, Gordon Square Farmers' Market said…: Hey Peter, please change the Gordon Square Farmers' Market to July 11, not July 5. Thanks!

At 2:44pm on June 15, 2009, Matt Russell said…: Peter:

Do you have a website for your farm? If so, what is the address?

Hope your well.

-mer

At 11:17am on June 15, 2009, erich hooper said…: would like to tell you of a couple of stories of connections ive made

At 12:24pm on June 8, 2009, Michell said…: I need some suggestions, I may be doing my first garden and it will be a Forest Garden and then a few annuals also. I know which things I need for this area but its my first garden project. Thanks

At 3:24pm on June 6, 2009, Jody Lathwell said…: Hi Peter,
Great article in EcoWatch Journal. Just noticed the farmers' market schedule. Kamm's Corners market is actually on Sunday, not Saturday.
Jody

At 8:23pm on April 30, 2009, Blue Pike Farm said…: Peter;

The BPF Market days in 2009 are June 11 - October 29. Please make the change at your convenience. Thanks.

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20% Local@Home

By joining this group you pledge to spend 20% of your household food budget on local foods by 2019. Start with 10% in 2009 and add just 1% per year for the next 10 years. How many households will pledge in 2009?

melissa miller replied to Peter McDermott's discussion 'Local farmers want to bring Buckeye chickens back home to Ohio - The Plain Dealer, 6/24/09'on Wednesday

We've raised Buckeye chickens in the past for their eggs. We're interested in promoting the local connection as we're from the Warren area.

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Your business or organization:: E4S

Your website:: http://www.e4s.org

Your e-mail (if you want to share):: peter@e4s.org

Tell us about yourself:: I work at E4S. We facilitate, inspire and host the emergence of sustainable regional economies. Two things I really care about are local food systems and web-based social technologies. This site is an ongoing experiment and action research project exploring the intersection of these ideas. Thank you for being here.

What gifts can you give to Cleveland's local food community?: Connections to the local food network, vision for urban agriculture, and locally grown food (next season at least)...

What knowledge and practices do you want to learn?: Permaculture design practices, food preservation, sustainable business models

What about local food makes you most excited?: Growing healthy economic relationships around food. Opportunities for green-collar jobs and entrepreurship in urban agriculture.