Food

The goal of the Food group is to encourage the use of local food including local community gardens and gardening projects for children in Chapel Hill/Carrboro school district. It also aims to work with local farmers, restaurants and institutions to promote local food and improve food security.

Here is map of community food resources in our area: community gardens, farmers markets, and restaurants that serve a large percentage of food from local farms.

We have many experienced gardeners, experts on permaculture and sustainability. Get involved, participate in a community garden, support the farmers markets and restaurants, or grow some of your own food. Meet us in our forums..

Organic Farms in Mexico Challenge Sustainability

Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/01/2012 - 09:53

By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL
Published: December 30, 2011

 

Planting the Beach: American demand for year-round organic fruits and vegetables has incited a farming boom in the arid deserts of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.

Lester Brown on 21st-Century Food Wars

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 09:10

The May/June 2011 issue of Foreign Policy is a special food issue and includes an article by Lester Brown on "The New Geopolitics of Food." Brown writes: "From the Middle East to Madagascar, high prices are spawning land grabs and ousting dictators. Welcome to the 21st-century food wars."

Read the article here.

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