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Buy Fresh Buy Local is the name of project sponsored by the Kerr Center for Sustainable Agriculture and the Oklahoma Sustainability Network. The program is starting in the Tulsa area and hopes to widen its reach over time. Last night in Bristow at the Living Kitchen farm table dinner two of Tulsa's farmer's market managers sat with us. Rita Scott manages the Thursday night market at 6Th and Peoria and is working with Doug Walton of the Kerr Center on the Buy Fresh Buy Local roll out. Another key player, Leslie Moyer, manages the Wednesday farmer's market at 41st and Peoria in Tulsa. Garden Rant, one of the most popular gardening blogs on the Internet, sent out a piece on sustainability yesterday, called "Carbon Calculations in the Garden" that discusses some of the issues surrounding the eat local movement that is stirring up conversation and controversy around the world and across world markets. The Living Kitchen Farm and Garden grows much of the food they ...