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Subject:        Geography students put local foods on the map
Date:   Fri, 16 May 2008 14:37:00 -0500
From:   AJ Wortley <[log in to unmask]>
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Congrats to 4 GIS Certificate women on their recent write-up in WiscNews
in addition to coverage by Wisconsin Public Radio for their 100-Mile
Diet Map
... well done !

Their Map: http://www.chickmappers.com/100miledietmap/

The article: http://www.news.wisc.edu/15251

and from http://www.wpr.org/news/newsheadlines.cfm


      * Map Helps Madison Residents Eat Local *

*By Jesse Boyett-Anderson
Thursday, May 15, 2008 *

(MADISON) A group of UW-Madison students wants locals to eat local as a
way to support community growers, promote healthy diets, and cut travel
costs. They’ve created the “100-Mile Diet Map” as a final project for
their Geographical Information Systems class.

The current version of this online reference pinpoints farms, farmers’
markets, co-ops, and restaurants within 100 miles of Madison. Althea
Archer is one of the students who created the map. She says taking the
“100-mile challenge” benefits more than just the local economy. She
notes that the typical American diet travels 1,500 miles to reach the
plate, and even if it’s organic, it’s still necessary to transport
organic spinach from California in a refrigerated truck to Wisconsin and
that has a huge impact on the environment.

Archer says her group will expand the statewide database, to help people
in other towns and cities eat local.


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  AJ Wortley
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  WI State Cartographer's Office
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