Localist Roundup: Smorgasbord

Recently, the USDA announced a new federal initiative encouraging local food.

This article takes a somewhat critical view of New Urbanism based on the recent Congress in Buffalo. Meanwhile, this piece encourages urban renewal projects to work around the existing city, rather than tearing-down and starting again.

This piece relies on historical analysis to make the case for fiscal discipline in American government.

The author of this article considers the despair connected to the ‘death of the humanities.’ This piece lists the top apps for food sustainability. And this piece from America’s Finest News Source offers some diversion.