A huge debate currently exists between supporters of sustainable, local agriculture, such as Slow Food International, and those that are working toward a sustainable source of fuel. Vandana Shiva, a Vice-President of Slow Food International, published an article titled 'Food, Forests, and Fuel,' outlining not only Slow Food's side of the biofuel debate, but also an update on proceedings dealing with the decentraliztion of food production and overall local sustainability.

You can read the article at:

http://sloweb.slowfood.com/sloweb/eng/dettaglio.lasso?cod=D4ABF2071df53222E5lILp591810

An example of Vandana Shiva's fight for de-centralized economy can be seen in Kentucky through such examples as the new construction of Interstate 69. The interstate is proposed to cut straight through the Ohio River Valley, from "Indianapolis to southern Texas. In fact, construction has begun on I-69 in northern Mississippi. This proposed extension would enter Kentucky near Henderson and leave the state near Murray and Fulton."

What better example of the destruction caused by food and fuel centralization than a highway that (through government support) steals away more family land and prospect of local economy, only to truck food grown thousands of miles away to a "local" Wal-Mart where one can shop for less?