I've just finished typing up all of the great ideas from the Summit. (believe me, transcribing from flip charts takes forever!)

At the Summit, each group narrowed down the dozens of ideas that came up in the morning into one idea to present at the end of the day. This meant that there were over 300 ideas, and only 16 of them got to be publicly heard. We don't want to miss any of the great ideas from that day because they were not presented, though, so we've transcribed them all and will release them in a report next week.

I thought it would be fun to give a 'sneak preview' of some of the ideas that didn't make it to the final 16. You will find 10 of them below. All of these ideas are from the "Living Locally" groups.

1. Edible Landscaping
2. Farmers markets - get them publicized
3.Value farmland as much as environmental land
4. Sustainable urbanism as a policy
5. Mass transit
6. Community gardens, teaching how to grow own food in neighborhood
7. Create green economy
8. Set aside arable lands in all new developments
9. Consult with local farmers to develop policies to aid them
10. Encourage restaurants, retailers to stock local resources