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Well, this is later than intended!
As usual in the perpetual-struggle-against-the-inevitability-of-time that is my life these days, I haven’t gotten ’round to posting things I should. On top of everything else, I’ll be spending several weekends here for a workshop…
New York City, Lower Manhattan
… and thinking a lot about food:
Find the watermelon! (Joy Garden, Chicago)
The latter does not just refer to eating (though there’s been plenty of that). I’ve decided to focus my final project on local food systems, specifically examining methods of distribution (moving food from farm to consumer, with however many steps in between) and ways in which policy (planning!!) can help encourage movement “within the foodshed.” Ultimately the report will focus on implications for Chicago and its surrounding region, as the project will be written for CMAP (Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning), but will draw on literature and examples from other places.
To that end, I have a LOT to learn about this area, and need to keep the resources I gather in good order. In the coming weeks, I intend to post some of these resources online in a blog page, roughly sorted by geographic area and/or subject matter. The intent is not to create a full digital library (and license issues likely prevent me from posting actual documents anyway), but to offer an accessible collection of links about whatever I dig up on the subject that might be of interest. If possible, I will also post my finished report in Spring 2011.
I’ll try to keep the content reasonably updated, with the first steps being making the page and then pledging to update it (see above). In the meantime, much reading to be done!!
Apologies for my absence!
It’s been more than a month, and I need to get back to writing some things down. Fall semester has begun in Ithaca, and this long weekend is a bit of calm before the storm – and a bit of calm after the storm, according to the beautiful and dramatic weather we had this evening.
More substance on the way! In the meantime:
Sunset in Groton
City Forward 