City Dwellers and Local Food

From WorldChanging, an overview of Theresa Marquez's presentation at Verdopolis last week on the seeming disconnect between the local foods movement and the world's largely urban population. Marquez is marketing director for the organic faming cooperative Organic Valley, and post author Emily Gertz notes how this particular organization manages to "[strike] a balance between large scale and localism." Still, as Gertz points out, questions remain about how to connect interest urban dwellers in this issues that often arise in more rural settings...