can locally grown support a population

Locally Grown Rise
In an article in the New York Times titled Holiday Fixing, Locally Grown, apparently there is a large rise in the number of families desiring locally farmed turkeys in Connecticut. Due to state regulation though, there are no slaughter houses in the state, which means that the small farms cannot keep up with demand. The farms on average carry 75 turkeys, and these turkeys and reserved and sold out well ahead of time. One farm in particular has 200 turkeys already claimed by families.

This article shows to me that many people want to change where their foods come from, but not the kind of food they are eating. This means that small and organic farms will do better in business, which is fantastic, but they will not be able to meet the demands of consumers. This is an interesting perspective, as we all wish to promote the rise of small farmers, and organic methods, and less slaughtering, but we do not consider whether these small farms would be able to do this.

-Niki Lesniak