Afternoon breakout sessions for the Summit for a Sustainable Tennessee moved into several working groups; Sustainable Energy, Healthy Communities, Quality Growth, and Natural Infrastructure.
I attended the Healthy Communities session which was focused on things such as food security, sustainable agriculture. Some of the points presented were…
Small farms are good. For every 6 or 7 small farms, a new business is created.
Good farming is good for the land.
Local food sources are better for the health and well-being of communities.
Quality of life is higher when there is less disparity between the rich and poor.
Access and affordability for healthy food is an issue.
State self sufficiency when it comes to access and creation of food is important. Not having to ship in food from other states saves fuel costs and local food tastes better.
Food safety, access and availability via better agricultural infrastructure.
All of these ideas and recommendations will be added to the working group agenda that will be made into policy recommendations on a statewide level.
