#brewers plate
“What exactly are we doing here?” was a question asked in a moment of self-reflection in the office of the local food & farming NGO where I work. It can be hard to pinpoint exactly how we measure the change we’re seeking even when we sense forward momentum. All we know is that there is a need for change, for re-evaluation of our food sources and conduct, for uncovering what is truly best for our whole selves.
I read this quotation from Chris Lowry & the Brewers Plate team in a Treehugger blog about their event in Toronto last night, and it is one of the best succinct calls-to-action for the local food movement that I’ve heard in a while.
“Food is the harbinger of where we all need to go now. The future lies increasingly in regional self-reliance all over the world, with local living economies trading fairly, useful, durable goods, food, and good low-carbon ideas. A shift toward regional self reliance, with food leading the way for the whole economy, is our best chance to stem the rising tides of changing weather and rivers, diminishing fossil fuels, scarcities of fresh water, fish, soil - what many are now calling ‘peak everything’.”
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From Treehugger:
