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Rising Cost of Food and Fuel: Are We Ready?

$6.50 a gallon for gas? How will that impact you? How will it impact our community? What can we do about it? Whole Foods pricing isn’t the only thing making healthy food expensive these days. Globally analysts are concerned that food prices will continue to rise for years to come. What can we do to prepare?

 

There are many factors driving the increase in the cost of food and fuel, and most of them are expected to continue and worsen in the coming decades. Working together there is a lot we can do to strengthen community resilience in the face of potential economic and ecological shocks to the system — it is time to share our ideas for action.

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 Come join the conversation with your neighbors. Let’s get to know each other and how these deepening challenges impact all of us, and let’s brainstorm actions we can take today to be more resilient tomorrow.

A community conversation hosted by JP New Economy Transition 

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