Post Carbon Fellow Michael Shuman’s report for Fair Food Network The Economic Benefits of Food Localization for Michigan and The Capital Required to Realize Them, was picked up in this report at AnnArbour.com.

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There are lots of dimensions to growing a strong local food economy, and preserving farmland, getting new farmers going, and strengthening existing farms are only part of the equation. The entrepreneurs and food businesses who depend on that food production are another aspect.

In a recent report sponsored by the Fair Food Network called "The Economic Benefits of Food Localization for Michigan and The Capital Required to Realize Them," author Michael Shuman examines how a 20 percent shift to local food would affect 52 sectors of the Michigan food economy.

He says, "A 20-percent shift could create as many as 42,519 new jobs — 18,412 directly in new food businesses."

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