Place-Based Food, In Iowa no less

Heard it on NPR this morning:

With some of the most productive farmland in the world, Iowa is an agricultural powerhouse known for its corn, soybeans, cattle and hogs.

But an Iowa research center says some farmers here and elsewhere should consider moving away from commodity crops to what's being called "place-based" foods.

Place-based, ecoregional eating, community food systems - these are all shades of a unifying principle: eating food that comes from close to home is better for your health, better for your area economy, better for your sense of well-being, and better for the planet.