The document discusses the benefits of local sustainable agriculture over the industrial food system. It notes that traditionally grown whole foods in Thailand cost just $1 per meal compared to imported grocery store foods that travel on average 1,500 miles. Local sustainable agriculture addresses environmental concerns like soil erosion and reduced fossil fuel usage, as well as economic issues like unemployment and corporate food supply control. The document also lists health concerns with the industrial system like foodborne illness and reduced nutrition of commercial foods, and promotes local food sources in Louisville like farmers markets and community supported agriculture programs.
2. Fulbright Thailand – More than Teaching Thirty-five baht – approximately one U.S. dollar –paid for an entire meal of whole foods in Thailand with no additives, no pre-formulated nutrient combinations, only foods grown on this Earth.
22. Grow It! Grow Food! Community Garden at the University of Louisville
23. Seriously, You Can Grow Food! The steps leading up to my apartment building. Tubs with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage. Enough lettuce harvested for a dozen salads. Yum!
