Via online access. 7 pages., Comments on an article in the fashion and style section of the New York Times about urban residents creating small-space farms near urban areas where people are "hungry for quality produce and willing to pay a premium."
Online from publisher. 3 pages., Case examples in the eastern U.S. of consumer food buying from local, -in-state, and regional producers, with expressions of increased interest and preference.
Starr, Douglas Perret (author / Texas A&M University)
Format:
Commentary
Publication Date:
2009-03
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 171 Document Number: C28812
Notes:
3 pages., Professor of agricultural communications and journalism at Texas A&M University describes current economic pressures on inews media in terms of risks to the role of an independent press in a democratic society. Cites seven things that should happen, for the good of all in the United States.
