Central Ohio Relocalization Effort (CORE), Columbus, Ohio

The local food network in Central Ohio is still quite small. Here's an assessment of our local organic food system by an enlightened member of Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association: http://www.relocalize.net/file/LocalFood_CentraOH.pdf

Buying from Farmer's Markets is a great way to encourage the growth of the local food system. Here is a list of the Farmer's Markets in our area: http://relocalize.net/files/COFarmersMarkets.pdf

We also have a handful of Community Supported Agriculture enterprises: http://www.relocalize.net/files/CSA_CentralOhio.pdf

For those who live in an urban or suburban setting, this piece about "Edible Landscaping" offers some great ideas: http://www.postcarbon.org/files/EdibleLandscaping.pdf

However, one author, Matthew Mariola of OSU, believes establishing a regional food system is the most efficient way to go: http://devsoc.sals.cornell.edu/cals/devsoc/upload/mariola.pdf

The Local Harvest website is another good source for locating local food producers: http://www.localharvest.org/

As we seem to be surrounded by yellow dent corn in Ohio, it might be good to look at it as a source of food. After all, corn has been grown by the original peoples of North and South America for 7,000 years. http://waltonfeed.com/self/corn.html

Anita Laurin, Coordinator