http://looncommons.org/2008/07/03/the-numbers-that-ate-main-street/ A forum for current and emerging environmental and conservation issues in Minnesota. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:20:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://looncommons.org/2008/07/03/the-numbers-that-ate-main-street/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Loon Commons: Dedicated to Protecting and Restoring Minnesota’s Environment » Blog Archive » Local Food’s Toughest Customers Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:30:11 +0000 http://looncommons.org/2008/07/03/the-numbers-that-ate-main-street/#comment-559 [...] On an overcast fall day, I got a tour of the Meat Center of Appleton (population: 2,871) in the heart of western Minnesota’s wild goose and domestic corn country. If an extensive local food system is to take root throughout the Midwest and beyond, its reach can’t be limited to hip urban neighborhoods and earnest college campuses. It also has to catch on in places like Appleton — and it starts with people like Alyce Fust. [...] [...] On an overcast fall day, I got a tour of the Meat Center of Appleton (population: 2,871) in the heart of western Minnesota’s wild goose and domestic corn country. If an extensive local food system is to take root throughout the Midwest and beyond, its reach can’t be limited to hip urban neighborhoods and earnest college campuses. It also has to catch on in places like Appleton — and it starts with people like Alyce Fust. [...]

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