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DESCRIPTION:Climate change and peak oil mean big changes, not just in our economy, but 
 also in the way we get our food. The best way to tackle huge challenges 
 like this is to get together and tap the collective genius of our 
 community. That is the purpose of this free Transition Santa Cruz workshop, 
 which is designed for maximum fun as well as benefit.\n\nCome for the whole 
 day (10 to 4) in order to participate most fully. A delicious, homemade 
 organic lunch is available for $10 with an RSVP (please go to the website 
 at transitionsc.org.)\n\nCommunity members are invited to set the agenda 
 themselves in an "Open Space" day of small group conversations on the topic 
 of the future of food in Santa Cruz. Open Space Technology is a format 
 developed over the past 20 years in corporate, non-profit, and community 
 settings to enable groups of any size to take on important, complex issues 
 with input from all. It works by providing a schedule of small group 
 meetings, but no agenda. The participants fill in the schedule by proposing 
 topics (in this case about local food supply) according to their interests. 
 (More information at http://www.openspaceworld.org/.) \n\nThe need for 
 locally produced food sources is becoming more and more pronounced 
 everywhere as the globalized economy loses its stability. As the price of 
 oil resumes its inevitable upward climb, we are going to see higher and 
 higher prices of food grown with fossil fuels and shipped from far away. 
 Mark Lipson of Organic Farms Research Foundation adds, "Large parts of 
 our everyday food supply, even in Santa Cruz, are fragile and 
 unstable....The greater Santa Cruz County foodshed is still very far from 
 self-sufficient, but it could realistically be largely so."\n\nTransition 
 Santa Cruz was started by a small group of concerned citizens last summer 
 as part of an international network of "Transition Initiatives," begun 
 several years ago in England. These initiatives aim to foster "resilience," 
 the ability of a community to thrive despite major challenges such as 
 climate disruptions and the loss of fossil fuels as usable energy sources. 
 For more information, see the website at http://transitionsc.org.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/12/18562234.php
SUMMARY:What is the Future of Local Food? Community Workshop
LOCATION:United Methodist Church\n250 California St.\nSanta Cruz
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/12/18562234.php
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