Casey Templeton

Artist Bio-

In late 2006, I completed a successful internship with National Geographic Magazine and now am freelancing and living in Richmond, Virginia with my beautiful bride, Ashley.

After being named the 2005 College Photographer of the Year, I graduated from James Madison University with a degree in Media Arts and Design.

While in school, I studied feature and news writing, web design with programs such as Flash, Dreamweaver, In Design, and Photoshop.

Work has been published in National Geographic Magazine, New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, US News & World Report, Washington Times, The Sunday (London) Times and various other national publications.

Explanation of Work- Casey Templeton is a photojournalist. His work is not as straightforward and documentary based as some photojournalism. He has more of a fine art style. He brings a unique style to his assignments.

Link to an Interview-
http://markhancock.blogspot.com/2006/07/casey-templeton-interview-part.html

Link to a Gallery- Casey Templeton is not currently supported by any galleries. He has done a lot of work for magazines and news papers. Two of his supporters are:

http://www.virginialiving.com/home/

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/


Artist Website-
http://www.caseytempleton.com/


I could not take any of Casey's Photographs from his website. In order to view his work, you must go to his website. I was especially interested in his series of small creameries in Virginia.

Geneticaly Modified, American Subsidized Soy Crop

Conventional

"A common complaint about organic and local foods is that they're more expensive than "conventional" (industrial grown) foods. Most consumers don't realize how much we're already paying for the conventional foods, before we even get to the supermarket.Our tax dollars subsidize the petroleum used in growing, processing, ans shipping these products. We also pay direct subsidies to the large-scale, chemical-dependent brand of farming. And we're being forced to pay more each year for the environmental and health costs of that method of food production"

Kinksolver, Barbara. "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle." New York:HarperCollins Publishers., 2007.

In this book Barbara Kingsolver sets out on a one year experiment of local eating.

This quote is explaining what goes into the processed food and nonlocal, conventional produce that so many people would rather buy than local organic foods. She also goes into some detail about the fact that big industrial crops, such as corn and soybeans are subsidized by the government, and in turn the tax dollars of American's citizens. People are very unaware of everything that goes into that box of cereal or crackers made mostly of corn and soy in one form or another, or the apples from New Zealand. traveling more distance than some will in their lifetimes.

My topic is local food. I want to inspire and inform people to start making decisions about what they are eating. I believe in supporting local farmers and organic produce and the abstinence from processed food.

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CSA Fresh Produce

Community Supported Agriculture

CSA

"The box gets you out of your shopping rut and invites you to try new things and consult your languishing cookbooks." In other words, they bring the excitement back to the age old question, "What's for dinner?" -Michael Pollan

Annotated Bibliography:

Green, Julia. "Food For Thought." Breathe. 2008: 11

In this article, in Breathe magazine, Julia Green explains the benefits of eating local through community supported agriculture, a CSA. This is where a person or family pays a local farmer a certain amount of money at the beginning of each season in exchange for a weekly supply of fresh, seasonal produce. Not only is this good for the consumer, but also the small farmer, and the environment.

"Locally grown food is better for you and the environment-it's fresher, more healthful, and simply tastes better. Although it may seem a luxury to pay more for CSA food than grocery-store food, it may not be such a significant luxury in the years to come. As gas prices continue to rise, so will prices in the grocery store. Instead of buying food that's come from thousands of miles away, consider joining a local CSA for produce that's more nutritional, flavorful, and environmentally sustainable."

In this quote Green explains why one should become part of a CSA. She also brings up the fact that so much of our food today comes from thousands of miles away.

My project is about eating local and supporting local farmers. My goal is to educate by stressing the importance of local farms, CSAs, and farmer's markets. This article is dealing with these exact issues.

Topic Summary:

Eating local and becoming part of a CSA are becoming more and more popular. If the average person was to walk into a commercial grocery store on any given day they would be surrounded, unknowingly, by asparagus from Peru and apples from New Zealand. Why spend money on produce that has traveled half way across the world, when fresh, local produce is so available. Buying local supports the small farmers, the local economy, it's better for the environment, and better for you.