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BIOREGION = LIFE-PLACE

In general terms bioregionalism refers to living a rooted, connected life - living with an awareness of the ecology, economy and culture of the place where you live, and making decisions that support and enhance these features. .

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BIOREGION = LIFE-PLACE

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  1. In general terms bioregionalism refers to living a rooted, connected life - living with an awareness of the ecology, economy and culture of the place where you live, and making decisions that support and enhance these features. In general terms bioregionalism refers to living a rooted, connected life  - living with an awareness of the ecology, economy and culture of the place where you live, and making decisions that support and enhance these features. BIOREGION = LIFE-PLACE BIOREGION = LIFE-PLACE

  2. What is a Foodshed? Words are tools that shape our thoughts and actions. A useful coinage for thinking aboutand acting on food issues is “foodshed,” which marries the cultural concept of food to theecological sense evoked by “watershed.” A foodshed, in its simplest definition, is theregion and resource flows that produce the food for a particular population. ~Toby Hemenway, The idea of a natural foodshed restores a sense of place to the growing, transporting and eating of food. We need to identify, embrace, localize, and protect the sources of our food with the same urgency that we give our water supply.

  3. A Foodshed is a vision of moving to the food system we want to have. The foodshed is a healthy environment and culture. This means there are sustainable relationships between people and the land that feeds them. A foodshed embraces local, small-scale, cooperative methods, such as CSAs and farmers markets, that support the expanding desire for organic, locally grown, fresh food. Community gardens, low-income food access programs, and food policy councils are all hallmarks of improving foodshed health.

  4. QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER: What key foods are not being produced in your foodshed? What types of agricultural processing and other food-related jobs exist, or are missing, in our foodshed? What kind of land use planning best supports this foodshed? What other resources, such as water, equipment, and fertilizer, are needed for a functional foodshed and where do they come from?

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