This is my food movement creation story, and I’m sticking to it. Disgruntlement balanced against hope; failure offset by a fire in the belly and an untiring urge to innovate. The words of Mark Twain always ring true, All you need is ignorance and confidence: success is sure to follow, And we need faith in the seed. We’re sometimes so caught up in the moment – jamming that next grant application out the door or dousing a dozen little fires – that we lose the historical connections that keep the food movement in perpetual motion. Consult Michigan State University’s Good Food Timeline found in the report authored by Rich Pirog, et. al. (foodsystems.msu.edu/resources/local-food-movement-setting-the-stage) and you’ll be astounded by how far we’ve come: 340 farmers’ markets in the 1970s – over 8,000 today; one food policy council in 1987 – over 200 today; the first pilot farm-to-school project in 1996 – over 38,000 schools involved with farm to school in 2014!
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:55:03 +0000
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