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In general, I think the implications of Peak Oil for food security are well-understood yet much-neglected by many Peakniks, at the main The Oil Drum site especially. My post at The Oil Drum in Philly, "Peak Corn? As Wal-Mart Shifts from Petroleum to Corn, Farmers Flee the Crop", reveals a few of the problematic feedback loops that we're likely to face.
Peak Food is going to be an enormous issue. In the last few years, virtually overnight, China has gone from being self-sufficient in grain to a net importer of 100s of millions of tons.
What do you think about starting a new site for "A Community Discussion About Peak Food"?
There are lots of community gardens (www.cenyc.org), but hardly any of them are food gardens. But perhaps the Council on the Env't is the place to start. As for greenmarkets, there are a bunch on the upper west side, not on the east side. But that website is where to find who to contact re: green markets.
peakguy--I'm not the kind of person who's good at making contacts, but if you make headway somewhere, I'll help you out in the garden. The upper east side is certainly closer than the Bronx for me...