Bush (yes that one) promotes local sustainable food

A little over a year ago Time magazine proclaimed that ‘local food is better than organic,"  in an article I didn’t much care for. Someone must have given President Bush a copy…

Thanks to Aloma Dew of the Sierra Club for passing this along to me. Despite my deep trust in Aloma I had to Google the speech Bush made today just so I could believe my eyes. Somebody pinch me (not that the speech didn’t include some cluelessness re alternative fuels, the economy in general, etc.).

"One thing I think that would be — I know would be a very creative policy is if we — is if we would buy food from local farmers as a way to help deal with scarcity, but also as a way to put in place a — you know, an infrastructure so that nations can be self-sustaining and self-supporting.

It’s a proposal I put forth that Congress hasn’t responded to yet, and I sincerely hope they do." 

                                                                            — George W. Bush, April 29, 2008

How about , as a start, subsidizing  small farmers with diverse crops that feed people in their region rather than giant agribusiness Mr. President?