Comments on: Newsom Makes Eco News Again With Ambitious Sustainable Food Policy

By: haleh

haleh — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:50:37 +0000

Hopefully Newsom’s progressive words are followed by action, funding, and community participation! this is such an important moment for the health of bay area communities. thanks for writing about this!

By: Cyndy Abbott

Cyndy Abbott — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:36:37 +0000

This is a very thought provoking article. Congratulations to San Francisco in their efforts of ongoing sustainability. I do have reservations on the idea of the “mandatory” part of the recyling and composting. I tend to believe that through education and the community efforts being put forth, this is something that people will want to do voluntarily, therefore making sustainability more successful. Kudos to the local food advocacy groups Roots of Change and City Slicker Farms for working with the communities in this vain. I have recently moved into a small town from the country and am working on my own sustainable Urban Garden, not because it’s mandatory but for the satisfaction of being more self-sufficient through the work of my own hands.
Thank you for your informative article and I look forward in anticipation for more of your writings.

By: Haney Armstrong

Haney Armstrong — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:08:51 +0000

Thanks for covering this and for the link to Roots of Change – heres a page with lots of links about this announcement and the related Direct Farm Marketing Summit that ended today in Oakland – http://tinyurl.com/m73qln We hope this will inspire other mayors across the country.