by David G Fisher | Feb 3, 2023 | Informational
By now you know—if you’ve been following my blogs—that I intend to build up a GFS (Garden Food System) as a viable alternative to the IFS (Industrial Food System). But just how would that rather ambitious goal play out? Perhaps the best way to describe it is in terms...
by David G Fisher | Feb 3, 2023 | Informational
Rate of adoption All successful innovations go through an adoption curve in which the new technology or idea reaches a critical mass, at which point it becomes self-sustaining. But not all innovations are successful. Over decades, many have predicted that some form of...
by David G Fisher | Jan 9, 2023 | Informational
The (Now Even Greater) Field-to-Fork Dropoff I was really happy to discover the material food flow chart (below) published by the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan. It’s been so useful in my blogs e.g, The Evidence and webinar....
by David G Fisher | Jul 26, 2022 | Informational
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series The Garden Food System Basic Structure Contrary to popular belief, the importance of home gardens is not confined to small scale, individual use. I believe I’ve now clearly documented that they can provide a substantial...
by David G Fisher | Jul 21, 2022 | Informational
This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series The Garden Food System Why The Garden and Industrial Food Systems Are So Different First, just to map out some context, how are the two systems alike? Well to begin with, as their titles denote, they are both systems. A system...
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