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Joan Dye Gussow is one of those rare individuals who listen to their own convictions whether it is of popular held belief or not. Raising a young family in Congers, NY, and working on her graduate degree at Columbia University, she came to the realization that accessing our food in a global way, one that was dependent on transportation (and a finite resource of oil), was not going to be long lasting over time. It did not make sense to her. What did make more sense was to obtain food locally - from farmers, food producers, and yes, even your own back yard.