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Cultivate Food Justice 4/24-4/25 @ SDSU
2010 Cultivating Food Justice Conference,
April 24-25, 2010 will be a hot ticket.
Sign up now to attend, so we know
you are coming.
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Release March 28, 2010
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Release March 28, 2010
SIGN IN NOW
FOR THE
2010 CULTIVATING FOOD JUSTICE
FACEBOOK SITE.
"Shiow me the movement," says
President Barack Obama.
Be the movement.
Be part of the pulse
that brings San Diego to its roots.
One beat. Many pulses. Join us now.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=435552440541&ref=nf
For months I have been shaking in my skin
about the local and global food crisis.
The internet makes everything transparent.
We can connect dots as never before.
We are in the same bed--the same farm bed--
with children in India now, presumably watching
their parents writhing on the ground dying
after imbibing pesticides.
We have children locally eating substances
at "nutrition" breaks that some consider
breaking down health.
These are the approved "foods"
contracted into the schools.
Then, there is a growing U.S. Food Movement
becoming the envy of the world.
Eaters and farmers meet every day
at Farmers' Markets to foster friendship,
trust, and share fresh food picked
that very morning and grown within 100 miles.
A growing popularity of
Farmers' Markets is creating new jobs.
College graduates
imagine becoming farmers. Others,
in less fortunate neighborhoods,
want food justice through equal access
to food, the foundation of healthy self expression.
Look closely at the nature of our times.
It was Hypocrites who said, let food be your medicine.
Were he, the Father of Western Medicine alive today,
he might be subject to fines
by our very own Food and Drug Administration--FDA.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture--USDA
now holds the position that all forms of ag
from GE, to conventional, to organic
can coexist. They know GE alfalfa
as an example may drift into organic
standands, but feel most of us simply do not care.
The Food Safety Moderization Act (#s-510)
may soon go before Senators eyes in the coming weeks
and remain below the radar of most of us.
Advocates question if the bill identifies the crux of the problems
of Food Safety that lie within a contaminated
big ag system. From Washington's viewpoint,
our local family and small farmers do not have enough
paperwork. Let us regulate them more, they say.
Seeking solutions to Food Safety issues,
Others wonder if the new Food Safety regulations
that would enhance FDA powers locally
are not intended to nip the bud of the growing
food movement before it's popularity gets out
of hand.
Why San Diego?
We are a city that vyes as
the nation's leading
Biotechnology center. Our advances
in Biotechnology are esteemed around
the world. Our colleges and universities
are among the greatest of cutting edge
research institutes. Stimulus funds and national
policy are banking on Science and Technology to get us out
of our economic woes. San Diego
now receives tons of this money and wants more.
At the same time
we are a city that can feed every
one of its citizens with from its
own local organic foodshed,
and export huge amounts to feed
the rest of the nation. This is
part of our farming history, and
some say, farming future. Some here
know that it is in the Bank of Compost
where life breeds.
We are a city of
models--local city colleges and high
schools with state of the art gardens
and masterful inspired heart-centered garden teachers;
we have local sustainability projects staffed by
near full time volunteers;
Victory Gardens everywhere;
a city of advocates
working side by side with Somali's,
and others once disenfranchised.
We are a city that wants more community farms and gardens.
We're getting to know our elected leaders
and administrators to make this happen.
In the next month we will fill our parks with
more than 80,000. San Diego is the nation's
leading city for free Earth Day and multi-cultural
Earth Day happenings.
All these issues and more--are only the tip
pointing out why the upcoming
2010 Cultivating Food Justice Conference
will be a hot ticket.
We are at a national tipping point.
This tipping point will be advanced when
between 500-1000 locals
and internationals gather at San Diego
State University (SDSU) April 24-25 to discuss
these timely issues.
The venue is free and features
keynote speakers Raj Patel,
acclaimed author and activist
on global food crisis issues,
as well as Barry Logan, an astute
friend of soil and local community.
His La Milpa Organica Farm, a model
for our nation, is now
being sited for regulation infractions.
Both Patel and Logan are sympathetic
to La Via Campesina,
the international movement of peasants,
small- and medium-sized producers.
These issues and more will be voiced
at the upcoming two-day event
that will feature more than 30 workshops,
music makers, poets, ceremonialists,
and more.
The 2010 Cultivating Food Justice Conference
is Free to All--and will be well attended.
What would you imagine at an event
that offers free breakfast and lunch,
oodles of free local grown, organic foods;
natural food products;
and great April weather?
Our very own president, Barack Obama
as well as local city administrators
have said, "Show me the movement."
All eyes, local, national, and international
will have something to see April 24-25
in San Diego. A movement converges.
Be the movement. We are many pulses
now converging into one beat.
Help root our movement now.
Leslie Goldman
Your Enchanted Gardener
BIO NOTE:
Leslie Goldman directs a
Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Food,
a move to hear and understand
all voices within agriculture
and the good each desires
to bring to our world.
He is the founder of Beet Keepers, Return!
and is said to take his marching orders
from a talking beet. He was given
a U.N. Peace Medal in 1983
from Robert Muller, then
Assistant Secretary General.
Leslie inspired the book
"The Ultimate Gardener."
Listed as author is Charlie Nardozzi,
a consultant to Michelle Obama
on the White House Garden project.
He has allies within both the
biotechology industry as well
as within conventional, and organic
agriculture. Find him most Sundays
at 11 AM pitching strawberries
for JR Organics, or potatoes for
his fellow Beet Keeper growers
Phil Noble of Sage Mountain Farm,
and Barry Logan, who loves his greens.
RELATED
SIGN IN NOW
at the
2010 Cultivating Food Justice Conference Facebook site
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=435552440541&ref=nf
SDSU CULTIVATING FOOD JUSTICE BLOG
http://cfjc2010.blogspot.com/2010/01/to-gather-diverse-san-diego-community.html
"Show me the movement!" --President Barack Obama
Be the Movement.
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1595758
Projected:
A 2010 Cultivating Food Justice T-shirt.
One Beat. Many Pulses. Be the movement.
(with Em's art of the beet surrounded by
diverse people.
La Via Campesina on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=29630293828&v=info
Raj Patel Stuff and Starved Site
http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/528
RAJ PATEL TO BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1596412
FARMER BARRY LOGAN TO BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1596493
GET EDUCATED
Videos from the 2009 Cultivating Food Justtice Conference
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1596171
RAJ PATEL WOO WOO
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1596468
FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT
(#s-510) BEFORE SENATORS EYES SOON
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1594539
JEFFREY SMITH SPILLS GMO SOYBEANS
Read my favorite quote here from
Michael R. Taylor, one of the most
influenctial men of our times regarding
food and the popularization of GMO Foods.
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1467132
Intro to the Codex Alimentarius Commission,
who I consider one of the the influencial group
in the world today dictating Food Rules
to the U.S. Government and the other
nations of the world.
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1467132
INTRODUCTION
TO THE DIALOGUE ON SCIENCE, ETHICS, and FOOD
It's time for GMO and Organic Lovers,
and those from every "flavor"
of Agriculture to talk.
That is what the Dialogue on
Science, Ethics, and Food is all about.
DIALOGUE ON SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND FOOD
FAN CLUB ON FACEBOOK LINK
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=348831351129&ref=mf
PLANT YOUR DREAM BLOG AND
DIALOGUE SPONSORS
These folks support me writing full time
on the Plant Your Dream blog
and my other non-profit activities
LIST OF NEW MEMBERS and SPONSORS
WILL BE ADDED SOON.
Biosmart's Anthony Russo is a sustainability expert who is helping
200 small farming families in Asia through making this
wonderful alternative to styrofoam. Biosmart compost friendly
take out ware are made of sugar cane bagasse,
a byproduct that could be a waste. Through his efforts,
we know have an industry creating a wonderful green solution.
Anthony is Keep the Beet Media Star's lead on her "The End of
Stryofoam" campaign. His pots are the centerpiece of our planting
program with kids, and kids of all ages. We plant the beet seeds
in these pots, and prefer Foxfarm soil as the base.
Ordering the product at this link
helps support the Plant Your Dream Blog and
my many Non-profit projects,
including the new Diaglogue on Science, Ethics, and Food.
http://www.biosmartbiodegradable.com/s.nl?partner=Beetkeepers
Great pictures of Biosmart on this Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Earthsmart-LLC/186907372812#!/pages/Earthsmart-LLC/186907372812?v=photos
WESTBRIDGE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1582616
Tina Koenemann from Westbridge Agricultural Products.
Her company manufactures Organic Liquid
Plant Nutrients, surfactants.
Tina is a cosponsor of the Dialogue on
Science, Ethics, and Food. She is also a projected co-sponsoring
the Hamilton High Enchanted Garden Project, my own
contribution to the Hamilton High School garden.
CERTIFIED NUTS! TERRA BELLA RANCH's YUMMING OFFERING
I have been admiring the products of Terra Bella Ranch at our Hillcrest Farmers' Market for weeks I enjoy their certified Organic Nuts.
Watch the Youtube here!
http://curezone.us/blogs/fm.asp?i=1586540
WARREN SHEIR, ANCIENT WISDOM. MODERN KITCHEN
This new book just came out the week of March 11, 2010.
Warren is my acupuncture supervisor at the Pacific College
of Oriental Medicine.
http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Wisdom-Modern-Kitchen-ebook/dp/B0038ZR0KW
RELATED
SHIFTING THE NATURE OF OUR WORLD
My Blog describing the meeting with
Robert T. Fraley, the father of Biotechnology
Agriculture. He spoke in San Diego February
21, and we planted seeds together to lessen
the tension between GMO and Organic lovers.
This is some of the most important work
I have done in my life.
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1578350
YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS WELCOMED
TO SUPPORT THE DIALOGUE ON SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND FOOD
Please use this Paypal here to make a contribution
to support the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Food.
Please use this Paypal here to make a contribution
to support the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Food.
SPRING GARDEN IMMENSION EXPERIENCE
SUNDAY. MAY !, 3 PM-9 PM. Live nearby San Diego?
Stop on by and smell some fragrant trees
that want to meet you.
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1594997
RSVP NOW and come over!!!!
Plantyourdream@cox.net.
Call me, 619.384.2631.
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