Opportunities for local food systems
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Macroscope = an imaginary instrument devised by French scientist Dr. Joël
de Rosnay in his 1975 book The Macroscope: A New World Scientific System (Le Macroscope: Vers une vision globale) to introduce the systems view of the world to a wider audience.
~70,000 gallons of milk in 1 year
Most comfortable at a temperature of -18 C
Macroscopes are not just imaginary – the term is now used to describe the real tools and techniques used to study complex systems (like food systems).
The business acumen that created our industrial food production, distribution and marketing systems is worthy of respect – equal acumen is needed to create successful local food systems
WIU/Allison Organic Research Farm in Roseville, IL
We mostly investigate management strategies for highly mechanized “organic” row crop systems that produce low-value grains for sale by the semi-load to grain merchants
but we are also starting to explore higher value crops
Microwave popcorn packing facility in Central IA where “Rocky Popcorn” gets packed
We are dabbling in a few other purple and gold crops!
“pepperonis” are slices of purple
fleshed sweet potato
2 salads featuring local farm products, prepared by Cornucopia and served at the 2010 Allison Farm field day
Chicago’s Downtown Farmstand
A venue for IL crops including our popcorn
Barefoot Gardens CSA
Late May Early June
Mid June Late June
Good Hope Gardens CSA
FIG Local Food Dinner – 5 courses of fine dining
FIG Local Food Dinner – free event featuring fall produce in January
Distributing transplants during the Heritage Day parade
FIG Children’s Tent at Macomb Farmer’s Market
Container gardening at WIU and housing projects
Container gardening at Lincoln elementary school
Growing Power garden in Chicago
“Mound Farm” in Galesburg
Only 2 hits within a 10 mile radius :-<
Harnessing the power of entrepreneurial ingenuity
Key to the success of local food systems