The
growth of the good, local food movement has been a real bright spot in
Connecticut for at least a decade. Vibrant farmers markets have been growing in
number and lengthening their seasons. More Community Supported
Agriculture farms (CSAs) connect consumers directly with farms and seasonal
food. College and school farms and
gardens are expanding and new farmers, young and old, are looking for a
meaningful life producing our fundamental need.
We have a
common interest in feeding ourselves and our communities with fresh, healthy,
beautiful and safe produce. There is very little that has
so many positive effects- economic, social, health, environmental, aesthetic-
as the blossoming and vital local food movement.
But watch
out: Here comes the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) with Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) to
slow all that down, maybe even stop it, if the proposed rules are allowed to
stand. We all have an interest in
commenting on these rules.
