ERIK CURRENCITY COUNCIL

STAUNTON, VA

FOOD,THE REAL NEW ECONOMY & THE SMALL CITY

RENAISSANCE

FIRST, A NATION OF

FARMERS

THE IDEAL

AGRARIANCOMMONWEALTH

FARMS, TOWNS &

SMALL CITIES

IT NEVER REACHED ITS

POTENTIAL

THEN CAME

FACTORIES

AND FINALLY, THE

SERVICE ECONOMY

PROSPERITY CAME TO

URBAN AREAS

BUSINESS LEFT

RURAL TOWNS

HAVE WE NOW REACHED

PEAK BIG CITY?

MEGACITIES WILL NEED

LOTS OF FOOD

COULD URBAN AGRICULTURE LET CITIES

GROW FOREVER?

ARE YOU WILLING TO

BET ON IT?

IN THE REAL NEW ECONOMY

ENERGYWILL MATTER

SMALL CITIES NEED

LESS ENERGY

SMALL CITIES WILL HAVE

MORE FOOD

BUT THEY NEED TO CONQUER THEIR

FEAR OF FARMING

SMALL CITIES CAN BE

AMERICA’S FUTURE

CULTIVATORS OF THE EARTH ARE THE MOST VIRTUOUS AND

INDEPENDENT CITIZENS.

— THOMAS JEFFERSON