Minifesto

XXX Tweets for Rebuilding the Foodshed

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Start from the grassrootsand move all the way down to the highest levels of government.

II. Sustainable farms are run by the sun: the rest of the food system needs daylight, too.
III. When thinking about farms: management first & scale second. You figure out where location fits. (Hint:
about 1.5)

IV. Fully understanding the expanse between farm to plate demands the full distance between ones ears.
V. Local was never intended to be universal.
VI. Small successes are easier to manage than big failures.
VII. Success leads; policy follows.
VIII. Crow tastes like chicken: Be prepared to eat some.
IX. Main ingredient in a recipe for disaster: sticking to the recipe when you dont have all of the ingredients.
X. Two ingredients not needed in a recipe for success: us and them.
XI. Leave the selfie at the door. Shift to panorama mode.
XII. All white aint alright.
XIII. PC quickly becomes pass: Do whats right, not necessarily what is correct.
XIV. Get off the can (BPA, dude!) and out of the box!
XV. Change comes more from victual sharing than virtual sharing.
XVI. Food is neither left nor right of center, but in our politics we are left with the right to food question.

XVII. Food system as economic driver: A job doth not a fair wage make.
XVIII. The divide is less urban/rural than it is have/have not.
XIX. Trust the windshield view more than the dashboard indicators.
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@ackermanleistp @greenmtncollege

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Anno MMXV

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