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City Club of Cleveland - Michael Shuman, Author

City Club of Cleveland

Despite deep agricultural roots and a budding local food movement, Northeast Ohio produces only about 1% of the food it consumes. Michael Shuman, Research and Policy Di-rector for the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE), has led a 2010 study that projects moving 25% of the way toward localizing the region's food system will create over 25,000 jobs - with myriad benefits to public health and the environment as well.

November 26, 2010