One Beet. Many Pulses
are now coming together
to respond to President Barack Obama's
request, "Show me the movement. Make me do it!"
He turned to Michelle in April 2009 and said,
"This is your issue. baby."
Michelle came to San Diego April 15, 2010
because she knew this was the place
and this is our time
to declare to our city, the nation,
and the world:
We are the movement.
Many food groups and key environmental
groups launched our coming together, April 24-25
at the 2010 Cultivating Food Justice Conference.
It was all free. Free breakfast. Free lunch.
Free workshops. A free education to
last a lifetime and make it possible
for all people to have good food.
First Lady Michelle Obama
said about the IRC New Roots Community Farm,
"The world is watching what is going on
on this plot of land. You are truly doing phenomenal work".
April 15, 2010.
On April 22, the official Earth Day,
Jerome Ringo, who helped craft
parts of President Obama's environment election plank,
was the keynote speaker at SDSU earth day.
He was so moved, he declared SDSU the Flagship University
for environment. He gave a shout for the 2010 Cultivating
Food Justice Confere...
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VIDEO OF MICHAEL POLLAN
April 2009,
President Barack Obama's said
"Show me the movement. Make me do it!"
He was at a dinner with a friend of Michael Pollan,
author of "Food Rules," and many other books.
Pollan is also in "Food Inc. The guest at the
White House, a friend of Michael Pollan,
asked the President for support for the
Sustainability movement. The President
was sympathetic. Lot long after his
election, there was a big truck of organic
food dropped off at the White House,
but he felt that putting energy behind
the organic/sustainability movement was
premature. His hands were tied by lobbyists
from other points of view.
The President turned to Michelle Obama
and said, "This is your issue, Baby!"
One year has passed. Numbers of influences
have shown up, including the very popular
White House Organic Garden. The USDA
is pulled in various directions. One move
of interest is called Know your Farmer. Know Your Food.
Tom Villsack, in a Youtube, asks for a conversation
of local food. Kathleen Merrigan, an Organic Trade
Association player, is influential in the USDA.
So are other influences. The USDA also has an
office in Washington for the Codex Alimentarius
Commission. The FDA is strongly supportive
of their Food Rules that lean toward pharmaceutical
drugs and Centralized multi-national agriculture.
Then on April 15, Michelle Obama paid a visit
to the IRC New Roots Garden, a few miles from
San Diego State University, to launch her
national "Let's Move!" campaign.
There is so much more to tell!!!!
It is on other Plant Your Dream Blogs.
Pursue the links here:
About the farm, she said, "the world is watching what is going on on this plot of land. You are truly doing phenomenal work". She also said that the refugee farmers are making a healthier life for their children.
HUFFINGTON POST STORY WITH PHOTOS
OF MICHELLE OBAMA
"It's a model for the nation, for the world," Obama said after touring the 89 plots, where she hugged the farmers, including a Somalian woman who had Obama's picture and a map of Africa printed on her traditional bright blue dre
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE OF MICHAEL POLLAN
WHERE HE TELLS THE "SHOW ME THE MOVEMENT"
STORY
RETURNING GOVERNMENT TO THE PEOPLE
ONE BEET. MANY PULSES.
THE MOVEMENT is NOW COMING TOGETHER
Barry Logan, of the La Milpa Organic Farm Community,
has definitely got the beet. Have you got the beat too?
Strut your stuff at the upcoming 2010 Cultivating
Food Justice Conference April 24-25, 2010 at San Diego
State University. Musical interludes, Plenary
Sessions, Food Justice personal stories,
workshops featuring Food Justice 101
and practical solutions.
Barry is our keynote speaker on Sunday
from 2;30- 3:45 PM. Admission is free
to the entire conference that runs from
9 AM-5 PM April 24-25, 2010.
The "Whole" Community turned out!
Thanks for being there.
You can still join us Online
and study many of the workshops.
says Keynote Speaker Barry Logan.
He speaks at 2:30 PM on Sunday
at 2010 Cultivating Food Justice Conference.
Come for the day. Many workshops to attend.
"SHOW ME THE MOVEMENT!" "Make me Do it!--BARACK OBAMA
ONLINE QUOTE
Aaron French’s commentary yesterday on the Civil Eat’s blog raises this issue of how prepared the sustainable food movement is to take its seat at the table in Washington. An important question given the receptivity the current administration has shown of late. It seems some more organizing is necessary. Case-in-point: a statement from Obama, as quoted by Michael Pollan at the Georgia Organics conference (where I was on Saturday), in reference to taking action on sustainable food:
MICHELLE OBAMA VISITED
THE NEW ROOTS GARDEN
KICKING OFF A TEN DAY
EXTENDED EARTH WEEK
Earth Week San Diego began
April 15, 2010 and ended with
the 2010 Cultivating Food Justice Conference,
April 24-25.
QUOTE REPORTED ON THE IRC
WEBSITE ATTRIBUTED TO FIRST LADY MICHELE OBAMA
ON THE NEW ROOTS COMMUNITY FARM
She said, "the world is watching what is going on
on this plot of land. You are truly doing phenomenal work".
She also said that the refugee farmers are making a healthier life for their children.
BACKGROUND
INTERNATIONAL PRESS
EXCLUSIVELY INTERESTED
IN WHITE HOUSE ORGANIC GARDEN
By Jane Black
The international press may have been exclusively interested in what Michelle Obama was wearing on her first trip abroad last week. But the first lady said that the world leaders she met were curious about something else entirely: "The number one question I got as the first lady from world leaders -- they were excited about this garden," she told a group of students who had come to help seed the new 1,100 square foot plot on the South Lawn. "Every single person from Prince Charles on down, they were excited we were planting this garden."
Ian Miller of Food Not Lawns
was out at the San Diego Earth Fair
April 18, 2010. That's a corn suit
he is wearing. The Puppet Insurgency
lent us the outfits. They will be
performing at the conference.
HELPING THE WOMEN IN AFRICA
GET RID OF WEEDS.
BIOTECHNOLOGY and ORGANIC
APPROACHES CONSIDERED.
THERE IS AN EXCELLENT UNDERSTANDNG
FROM CROPLIFE ON THIS LINK.
For information about growing your own organic garden with Renee's Garden seeds Click Here. We are strong supporters of sustainable farming practices and give our business to a wide range of small organic growers whenever they can provide the grade of seed we want to supply to our customers. We do not sell treated or GMO seeds and have signed the "Safe Seed Pledge" developed by The Council for Responsible Genetics.
FROM RENEE WEBSITE
We trial all our selections rigorously in our main Felton, northern CA trial garden and in a variety of trial locations around the country including Vermont, Washington and Florida before offering them to our customers, so you can grow them with confidence. We have also signed the Safe Seed Pledge developed by The Council for Responsible Genetics:
"Agriculture and seeds provide the basis upon which our lives depend. We must protect this foundation as a safe and genetically stable source for future generations. For the benefit of all farmers, gardeners and consumers who want an alternative, we pledge that we do not knowingly buy or sell genetically engineered seeds or plants. The mechanical transfer of genetic material outside of natural reproductive methods and between genera, families or kingdoms, poses great biological risks as well as economic, political and cultural threats. We feel that genetically engineered varieties have been insufficiently tested prior to public release. More research and testing is necessary to further assess the potential risks of genetically engineered seeds. Further, we wish to support agricultural progress that leads to healthier soils, genetically diverse agricultural ecosystems and, ultimately, people and communities."
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White denied granting a ban on producing genetically modified sugar beets, for at least one year, that was sought by environmental organizations, organic producers, as well as food safety groups.
"That's the problem with genetically engineered crops — they inevitably get out," said Paul Achitoff, an Earthjustice attorney representing the plaintiffs in the case. "The more you use these crops the more risk there is of unanticipated contamination."
But, the judge said groups seeking the ban waited too long. The potential harm from a last-minute ban on the beets outweighed the possible damage caused by allowing them to be planted for another season.
"This ruling provides clarity that farmers can plant Roundup Ready sugar beets in 2010," Steve Welker, Monsanto's sugarbeet business manager, said in a statement.
The sugar beet lawsuit follows a similar case involving genetically modified alfalfa. A federal appeals court banned any new planting of that crop until the USDA completes an environmental impact statement.
In January, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Monsanto Co.'s appeal of the alfalfa ban. Oral arguments are set for April 27 and a decision is expected by mid-year.
USDAA has recommended approval of Monsanto's genetically modified alfalfa. The matter is scheduled for oral argument by the court on April 27. A decision is expected by June.
Monsanto defends its products, saying that cross-pollination is unlikely and that the environment receives a benefit because because less weed killer would be used.
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will not take part in the alfalfa case because U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco, who issued the initial ruling against Monsanto, is his brother.
Posted in Local on Saturday, March 20, 2010
11:30 pm Updated: 5:14 pm. | Tags: Agriculture, Alfalfa, Supreme Court
MICHAEL POLLAN
on the locavore movement
"think like a foodshed!"
Pollan says we have a president
who can connect the dots.
"There is a sound emerging
from Washington that we have
not heard before."
"Is there a mandate for change?
We have not built that mandate
yet." --Michael Pollan
While Obama’s comments are encouraging,
they point to the need for stronger organization
within the movement. Obama needs to see a strong,
organized movement in order to take action
and work with Congress to fix our food system.
Obama isn’t the first to note that the movement
doesn’t have a unified voice.
PROFOUND lIFE SHIFTING
AMONG THE SCIENTISTS
This is where I witnessed an
look at the committment of Washington
to Science and Technology http://curezone.org/blogs/fm.asp?i=1576571
According to the FDA's website, the agency concludes that genetic engineering that occurred in the maize varieties, MON 810, NK603, MON 863 was not different enough from past approved products and did not need a pre-market review. The FDA essentially takes Monsanto's word that the company had done adequate testing to ensure its safety, as shown clearly in this letter. Several countries in Europe, such as Germany and France, have recently banned GM crops, specifically MON 810 after it had been approved for consumption in the European Union.
Furthermore, there are no laws requiring companies to label if their products contain GMOs. Even food labeled "Organic" that is processed with multiple ingredients must only be 95% organic, leaving loopholes for obscure ingredients that are genetically modified to be included. HuffPost Blogger and Eco Etiquette columnist Jennifer Grayson has written a comprehensive article detailing the ways to avoid genetically modified foods in light of the fact that there are no labeling requirements in the US.
OBAMA PLANTS MONSANTO AND CROPLIFE
OFFICIALS IN KEY POSTS
Obama Plants Monsanto And CropLife Officials In Key Agriculture Posts
Our guest bloggers are Kathy Ozer, the executive director of the National Family Farm Coalition, and Marcia Ishii-Eiteman, PhD, the senior scientist at the Pesticide Action Network North America and a lead author on the UN-sponsored International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science, and Technology for Development (IAASTD).
Vision: One in Ten households will grow or purchase food within 100 miles of San Diego for the year 2010.
Mission: "1 in 10 for 2010" promotes policies leading to local food production and long term food shed sustainability in San Diego through advocacy, education, and organizing.
San Diego, CA (June 17, 2008) –The Biotechnology Institute announced that Jay Vavra, a teacher at High Tech High in San Diego, CA, as the recipient of the Genzyme-Invitrogen Biotech Educator Award, the nation’s top award for biotechnology education.
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