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Today, most of us are consuming foods from so far away it takes more calories to transport the food than the energy it actually supplies us.  So the question then becomes, is it possible to grow enough food year-round, organically, in the Portland area to feed ourselves fruits and vegetables?  The answer is yes it is.

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Cover:  Illustration by Dianne Tolman, a small business owner of Big Pine Native Plants.

© 2008 Deborah Tolman, Ph.D., Michelle Lasley, and Joe Parker