April 24-May 11
The Auction for the Grassroots
Right Now!
Programs and services of the Dane County TimeBank, Grassroots Leadership College and Wisconsin Partners for SustainAbility will all benefit from the bidding on more than 150 items in this exciting online auction. Click here to join in the fun and find wonderful products and services. Bid early and often, then make sure you don't miss the last hour on WYOU TV Monday, May 11.
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And for you deep thinkers and detail-oriented readers...
In the latest issue of World Watch magazine, Sarah DeWeerdt explains that our environmental "foodprint" is determined not just by how far food travels, but also by what we eat and how it was produced. Final delivery from producer and processor to the point of retail sale accounts for only 4 percent of the U.S. food system's greenhouse gas emissions. Overall transportation, which includes so-called "upstream miles" and emissions associated with the transport of fertilizer, pesticides, and animal feed, accounts for about 11 percent of emissions, according to "Is Local Food Better?" "Agricultural production accounts for the bulk" of the emissions, writes DeWeerdt.
Read: "Is Local Food Better?" May/June issue of World Watch
