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....
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series The Garden Food System Basic Structure Contrary to popular belief, the importance of self-sufficiency gardens is not confined to small scale, individual use. I believe I’ve now clearly documented that they can provide a...
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...
This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series The Garden Food System Current IFS System Fixes Fall Short of an Optimal Solution How do we assess the viability of food system fixes? First, let’s consider what constitutes an optimal “system fix.” One of the most comprehensive...
This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series The Garden Food System How Will an Expanded GFS Impact the IFS? Suppose, just suppose, that at some point self-sufficiency gardens began to supply, say, 20% of all our food. How would that affect the industrial food system,...
