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First Lady Michelle Obama’s nationally-televised visit to a new farmers’ market a few blocks from the White House last week was the latest sign that the local/sustainable farming movement is ready for prime time. The fact that she was seen and photographed at the stand staffed by Rappahannock’s own Farm at Sunnyside, talking tomatoes with farm vegetable manager Emily Cook - brings these issues about as close to home as you can get. Much as it means to the lives of so many in our purposefully still-rural, still-agricultural county, the importance of these issues - sustainable farming, eating local - may not be fully clear to others. What a propitious moment to be having the firstever Rappahannock County Farm Tour this weekend.
If you have wondered what mhkes farming “sustainable,” your visit to any - or all - of the 22 participating farms, nurseries and vineyards, or the exhibits and Farmers’ Market at The Link and the screening of “Fresh” on Friday at the high school, will fill this picture in for you in great detail. If you have wondered why “eating local” was important - aside from the obvious health reasons and enormous savings of energy otherwise used to transport food over long distances - you’ll want to check out the region’s ever-growing number of CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farms, co-ops, buyers' clubs and see how they make it easier to connect smaller and local farmers with larger pools of consumers. All will have exhibits and information at The Link. Mostly, you can be happy that Americans are coming around to caring more about where and how their food is produced - concerns that directly relate to the “sustainability” of this place we call home. Letters to the Editor We welcome your opinions and comments. Letters must he exclusive to the Rappahannock News, must be signed and include the writer’s telephone number and home address which can be verified 'not for publication >. Due to space limitations, published letters are subject to abridgment for length, accuracy and clarity. For the best chance of publication, letters should be 250 words or less Longer letters from those with special experience on a current issue may be published as a guest column 'with your photo) While unable to acknowledge letters, we appreciate your views towards the newspaper’s editorial values , Letters should be addressed to Letters to the Editor. Rappahannock News, PO Box 59, Washington, Va. 22747 and submitted via lTS Mail, Fax 1675-3088> or by e-mail (mkuhnC^timespapers comi.
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