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Buying locally helps to support local farmers who are more likely to be "stewards of their land, " she said.
CNN: 'Farm fresh' movement a growing food trend
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It would be far more cost-effective to support local farmers in their breeding and evaluation of selected varieties already in community seed banks.
ECONOMIST: Letters
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We do not have the choice which everyone else can enjoy, and we'd like to support our local farmers.
BBC: Are the parties doing enough for rural areas?
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Local farmers, with encouragement and support from the Taliban, took up arms, creating additional strain on Britain's already overstretched troops.
BBC: UK troops launch Operation Tor Shezada in Afghanistan
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The map displays data about many USDA grants, loans and programs that support local and regional food systems during 2009-2011, including Farm Service Agency, Farmers Market Nutrition Program, and Seasonal High Tunnel initiative data.
FORBES: Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Data
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Timberland and Smallholder Farmers Alliance are helping local farmers learn how to improve crop yields, develop eight community tree nurseries and support agricultural training centers in the region.
FORBES: Timberland Helps Plant 2.2 Million Trees In Haiti
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Back on his Pretoria farm, Mr Mokwene hopes his poultry business will still be around to support his two young children when they are older but he says this will not be possible if local farmers are not protected.
BBC: Phetogo chicken farm in Pretoria
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They also play a key role in developing local and regional food systems that support the sustainability of family farms, revitalize communities and provide places for farmers and consumers to meet.
FORBES: The Summer Bounty from Farm to City
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Father Tom Graner, a local priest, says that more and more normally reticent and stoic farmers are coming to him for support.
ECONOMIST: Can the rules be bent just enough to keep them alive?