We recognize that food security means not only making sustainable local food available but also affordable and accessible to members of the community who may be materially less privileged.  As fuel prices rise, food from the conventional agricultural food system will also rise in price putting further pressure on families that are already pressed to make ends meet.  Rising prices for conventional food may make sustainable local food look comparatively cheaper but in real terms it will be never be cheaper than it is today.

The Affordable Local Food Working Group is focused on finding ways to get healthy food on the tables of people who may not typically be able to afford to shop at the farmers market or buy a CSA share.  Some strategies that we’re exploring include: community gardens, home gardens, gleaning, and working with communities of faith.

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The Affordable Local Foods working group is being moderated/facilitated by Tami Schwerin, of Abundance Foundation. Email tami AT blast.com with a brief message explaining your interest to sign up for this working group and/or to be added to the listserve so you can here about upcoming meetings.

Folks currently signed up for this group include:

Tami Schwerin - tami AT blast.com
Mary DeMare - mary AT chathammarketplace.coop
David Hamilton - dsjhamilton AT gmail.com
Lucy Harris - lharris AT seedsnc.org
Brenda Brodie - brenbro AT duke.edu
Adah Frase - aefrase AT yahoo.com
Jack West - jilznac AT gmail.com
Doug Jones - farmerdj AT emji.net
Cameron Farlow - cefarlow AT gmail.com
Susan O’Neil - susone AT gmail.com
Katie Anderson - katanderso AT gmail.com
Tes Thraves - tes AT unc.edu
Tom Philpott - tphilpott AT grist.org
Andrea Reusing - andrea AT lanternrestaurant.com
Lauren Craig - lacraig819 AT hotmail.com
Sammy Slade - sammy_slade AT hotmail.com
Hart Pillow - hartpillowtalk AT nc.rr.com
Adam Pyburn - maidenvoyage07 AT gmail.com
Gerry Cohn - gcohn AT farmland.org

Review notes from our past meetings:

coming soon…

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