Abstract: . . .  heart surgery to save his life. On the other hand, both in New York City and Seattle, Drewnowski found community neighborhoods where median incomes were low, but so were obesity rates. Interestingly, these neighborhoods are mostly populated by recent immigrants who grow sub- stantial amounts of food in urban gardens, and whose na- tive food traditions probably help them choose and prepare foods in healthful ways. In sum, holistic health and holistic economics go hand in hand. It would seem that everyone could enjoy the holis- tic high-life if we strengthened community-based, local food production. For the sake of a healthy environment, healthy communities, and healthy people, food growers and food consumers need to re-establish the local connection. Henning Sehmsdorf and his wife Elizabeth farm and teach at the S & S Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Homestead Farm on Lopez . . .
. . .  Seattle. One of these interns will be dividing his time between work and study on the farm and on developing our Future Farm Project through the Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT). My wife and I feel strongly that the production capacity, cumulative experience and research-based knowl- edge accruing over the years on a holistically managed, small farm should not be allowed to vanish once the current own- ers get too old to carry on the work. The Future Farm Pro- ject envisions collaboration between the land trust which would own the farm, the Lopez Public Schools, and WSU’s CSANR which would develop a region-wide training pro- gram on the farm. Together with CSANR, we have applied for an implementation grant from SARE and are waiting to hear this spring whether the application has been successful. Elizabeth and I hope that the project will go forward. We share Thomas Jefferson’s view . . .
. . .  foods in healthful ways. In sum, holistic health and holistic economics go hand in hand. It would seem that everyone could enjoy the holis- tic high-life if we strengthened community-based, local food production. For the sake of a healthy environment, healthy communities, and healthy people, food growers and food consumers need to re-establish the local connection. Henning Sehmsdorf and his wife Elizabeth farm and teach at the S & S Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Homestead Farm on Lopez Is- land, Washington. They recently hosted a workshop entitled “Real Food On The Farm: A Workshop Presenting Nutritionally Vital Foods that Pro- mote Health and Healing. Photograph of cattle courtesy of Stephen Bramwell.  . . .
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