{"id":209,"date":"2011-11-28T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T00:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=209"},"modified":"2017-07-06T22:22:25","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T22:22:25","slug":"local-food-and-farming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/?page_id=209","title":{"rendered":"Local food and farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most of us have become aware over the past few years that the food we eat has a &#8220;carbon footprint&#8221; that includes the pesticides and fertilizers (often petroleum-based) used to grow it and the energy used to process and transport it (often from places very distant from our own tables). As in many places, farmers and consumers in the North Quabbin area have been working to reinvigorate the local and regional &#8220;foodsheds&#8221; that were dismantled with the age of long-distance trucking and large-scale agribusiness.<\/p>\n<p>Some North Quabbin Resources related to local food and farming include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quabbinfoodalliance.wordpress.com\/about-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Quabbin Food Alliance <\/a>&#8212; A group of farmers, community organizations, land trusts, and planners working together to address the food system challenges in our\u00a0communities,\u00a0 including\u00a0the agricultural economy, food access and local food procurement, health, farmland conservation, and education.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/quabbinharvest.coop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Quabbin Harvest<\/a> &#8212; A community coop market working to provide healthy food at an affordable price while building community, supporting local agriculture and respecting the natural environment<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Seeds of Solidarity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seedsofsolidarity.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seeds of Solidarity<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8212; a local organic farm and education center, co-sponsors of the annual <a title=\"North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.garlicandarts.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Quabbin Garlic &amp; Arts Festival <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many more inside our annual <strong>North Quabbin local food brochure<\/strong>, updated periodically!\u00a0 Click below for a PDF of the brochure, or look for the current version in local stores and libraries.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2017-NQ-brochure-digital.pdf\">2017 brochure<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2017-brochure-thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2746\" src=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2017-brochure-thumb-130x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2017-brochure-thumb-130x300.jpg 130w, https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2017-brochure-thumb.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 72px) 100vw, 72px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2016-NQ-food-brochure-digital.pdf\">2016 brochure<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-NQ-food-brochure-thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2362\" src=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-NQ-food-brochure-thumb-131x300.jpg\" alt=\"2016-NQ-food-brochure-thumb\" width=\"72\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-NQ-food-brochure-thumb-131x300.jpg 131w, https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-NQ-food-brochure-thumb-65x150.jpg 65w, https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2016-NQ-food-brochure-thumb.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 72px) 100vw, 72px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/nq-food-brochure-final1.pdf\">2015 Brochure<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-thumbnail1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1932\" src=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-thumbnail1-134x300.jpg\" alt=\"2015-thumbnail\" width=\"78\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-thumbnail1-134x300.jpg 134w, https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-thumbnail1-67x150.jpg 67w, https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/2015-thumbnail1.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 78px) 100vw, 78px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2013-brochure.pdf\">2013 Brochure<\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2013-brochure-thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1900\" src=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2013-brochure-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"2013-brochure-thumb\" width=\"72\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2013-brochure-thumb.jpg 72w, https:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2013-brochure-thumb-62x150.jpg 62w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 72px) 100vw, 72px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2012-Brochure-legal.pdf\">2012 Brochure <\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2012-brochure-cover-thumb.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-518\" src=\"http:\/\/northquabbinenergy.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2012-brochure-cover-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"brochure cover\" width=\"52\" height=\"121\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; 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