Our pursuit of the last drop of oil Mother Earth has
for us has taken us to dire straits.
We have sacrificed good judgement.
We have turned over to the Technocrats
total faith, and as shown in the recent
assault against nature in the Gulf,
we have been betrayed as a nation
and as a people.
We gave BP and all like her our trust.
We went beyond "In God We Trust,"
to give to the Technocrats everything that
they asked. A recent report in
the Washington Post suggests that we did not
ask them to do environmental reports
to make sure their digs in the BP
disaster were safe. We let them do what they would
with our marine food chain just as we have let
other Big Ag Technocrats
do what they will with our food chain,
and the life of all species on land.
This of course makes total sense when you
recognize how beholding we are to oil.
Even a common burger,
all of Conventional Ag,
life in the Gulf--are beholding to oil.
Big Ag receives subsidies from
Federal Tax rebates. They in turn
support our nation's epidemic
of obesity and diabetes through
determining are push to grow corn
is intrinsically in bed with oil.
Michael Pollan speaking at the 2009
Bioneers demonstrated how much oil
it takes to make a hamburger.
It was more than a mouthful.
THE DEAD ZONE IS NOW
PROLIFERATING
Now comes another part of the puzzle.
Enter the Dead Zone, a condition
of farming in Minnisota, et all.
Pesticide and commercial
Big Ag now streams chemical run off down the
Mississippi to make worse the
already toxic condition in the Gulf.
Subsidies? Those are tax dollars collected
that we give to make sure the Technocrats get what they want
on the playing field through our Farm Bill.
Through the Farm Bill, that comes up before
congress every five years, we determine
that Big Ag is the winner in the game of monopoly.
The smaller family farmer wondera
if their very survival will be possible.
THE DECK IS STACKED AGAINST THE SMALL FARMER
The deck is stacked against the small farmer.
The deck is stacked against he/she getting out of bed
in the morning and saying, "Happiness is organic!"
We, as a national government, truly now
do not want organic to survive,
but for a handful of Washingtonites, among them
the sleeping partner of the President.
The Pro-GMO stand of so many voices
in Washington is so very obvious.
At least forces in Washington
are being honest about their positions, and most
of them are Pro-GMO.
At the recent Codex Alimentarius Commission meetings
May 3-7, 2010 in Quebec,
the US position was to knock out organic through
making sure that the right to GMO labeling bit the dust.
We faced off against most of the world. We told the
consensus that wanted GMO labeling to eat dung rather than
compost it. The US is a leader among the Technocrats.
We are the leaders of the world and we were going
to have our way.
So where are we now?
Codex, the group that makes
Trade agreements, voted to once again delay
saying no to GMO labeling through postponing the discussion
until next time. The Pro GMO forces benefit
the longer we delay saying "yes" to GMO labeling. Thousand upon
thousand of acres of land in far off places are now being
seeded GMO. More and more, on our very own soil,
building soil fertility as a way to nurture crops is being eroded
as more and more people go the way of the Pro-GMO
without even knowing what they are eating.
Hygienic mind sets fostered by
the FDA and its leafy green proposals are the dominant
new wave of thinking on the farm.
Sugar beets, they will now be grown GMO
in spite of resistance.
Alfalfa: the Supreme Court is leaning Pro-GMO
in the vote they will take soon.
Food Safety Laws: Senators march
be they know it or now, to the beat of the FDA
that beds down with Codex and its Risk Assessment
values each night. There is an alternative bill
to S-510, the Food Safety Modernization act,
and if you and I rise up now, it could be possible
to take a stand.
It was the FDA behind the
UDSA position that said No to labeling May 3-7
2010 when the Codex last met.
OIL MAKES OUR WORLD GO ROUND NOW
Oil? What does all this have to do with Oil?
The Technocrats cannot exist without it.
Our burgers, our big scale factory farms,
our tractor-oriented centralized farming system
could not exist without it.
Small farmers are less dependent on oil.
They use labor intensive methods. They can
potentially survive without the Gulf having been
drained.
Pollan is not the only one giving his Oil Burger Demos
pointing out how oil dependent we are
Raj Patel,
author of "Stuff and Starved" and
"The Value of Nothing" points out that
if we were not stacking the system
against the little guy and hiding
many other environmental costs,
we would be paying $200.00 at the McDonalds
pump. "The hamburger appears cheap
because it is cheat." says Patel.
Look to the Gulf as the last stand
where the deadly Green Revolutionaries
be they behind our rigged system at sea or on huge
trackters in the field. Oil, let's face it.
We are now stuck in it. Oil, let's face it, it is
pumping us dry
and taking down our food chain with it.
We are not going to get away for oil,
but oil is leaving us. Oil is peeking.
We do not have enough one way or another
to last beyond the next 50 years.
Our only solution now is a massive
shift in lifestyle, the development of
clear inventories of where we use oil,
as well as post haste investment in
alternative sources.
What is need most now is
dialogue and organization
of a movement toward something
else that is life giving.
Start talking, GMO lovers and Organic Lovers.
it is us, the American people who are asked
to get off the couch and really start
having a moment of awakening.
Let us revisit the science behind how we came to spend
our tax bucks on what the Technocrats tells us
is good for us. Take a good look at where spending
is going, and how we are banking on the Technocrats
to bring us back to sanity when all they represent
may very well be motivated by dollar bills more
than the common good.
Learn now about the forces controlling us,
The ethics behind our spending that has
women farmers around the world rising up
in tears and demanding that we take back control of
our seeds.
Food, my friend, Food! It belongs to all of us
and now is the time to start really talking
to our scientists, to our political elected
about what good food for all might look like.
What is the concept of Food Justice? How
can it be cultivated?
Let's all sit down over a good healthy meal,
real slow, and see if somehow we can digest
the future of our food supply, now in crisis,
a bit better.
2. "SHOW ME THE MOVEMENT!"
Take a stand now.
"SHOW ME THE MOVEMENT!"
Michael Pollan tells us what we need to do
to redirect and support our president
in learning toward Nature's Original
organic tech.
I define the Technocrats as those
who are banking on the recent inventions
of the last 30 years to bring us home to
financial stability. This is a Pro-GMO stance
and for more than 100 years in Ag, an approach
that grows food with use of chemical vs. natural approaches.
The aim of this kind of Ag is to find ways to subvert
the labor intensive methods of farming.
The NOTS--These are the remaining folllowers
of Nature's Original Technology. This system is still
is use in the majority of places in the world, in spite
of the intrusion on its methods. This method acknowledges
building up the soil as the primary way to produce healthy
food. This system acknowledges the existence of millions
of diverse micro-climates that produce localized individuated
seed varieties that specificially grow to create the culture
of those groups using that food. This system has an underlying
fabric of connection with the earth behind it called
organic living, not skipping steps. Organic products
may or may not be in sync with organic living.
The NOTS are currently on the rise again, creating
local Farmers' Markets wherever possible. They are speaking
in terms of Foodsheds, and Food Security that is locally
grounded in community, and the return of the neighborhood
where people go beyond the fear of terror, to once again
say hello in the morning and share foods they grown.
One of the popularizers of the NOTS,
whether is fully accepts it or not, is our First Lady
Michelle Obama, wife and mother, who is married
to a remarkable man who also lives in the White House.
Her bed partner is open to the wife feeding him
organic food from what was formerly the lawn.
He is into Food Not Lawns at home, but has his
hands tied by major lobby interests. He is willing
to promote Pro-GMO, and support the FDA stance
against labeling. He appears from the outside almost
a split personality in what he may support, but such
is the nature of politics now in America.
HOW DO WE HAVE INFLUENCE OVER
OUR PRESIDENT?
Join the movement. Be the movement.
Be the One Beet. Many Pulses.
Your journey of education begins with the remarkable
visit of our first Lady to San Diego on Tax Day.
There are more than 50 Plant Your Dream Blogs here
to clue you into your studies, an education
that will help you understand how to
Cultivate Food Justice, and much, much more.
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.
I met Tina Koenemann
from Westbridge at the California Small Farm Conference
held in San Diego in early Spring 2009.
Her company is often called
Westbridge. Westbridge is short
for 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 co-sponsoring
the Hamilton High Enchanted Garden Project, my own
contribution to the Hamilton High School garden now
in progress.
CERTIFIED NUTS! TERRA BELLA RANCH's YUMMY 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!!!!
HILLCREST FARMERS' MARKET
SUNDAYS 9 AM-2 PM
at the San Diego DMV!!!!
Come see me most Sundays for a tour at 11 AM.
Meet the the JR Organic Stall across from the music.
Call me 619.384.2631 on my cell to find me.
CITY FARMERS NURSERY,
The place to go in San Diego
for a wonderful outing! Spent time with
one of San Diego's most delightful City Farmers,
Bill Tall and staff. Outlet for Exotica Rare Fruit Nursery
Trees, herbs, berries, and flowers. A favorite hangout
for Keep the Beet Media Star, The World's First Talking Beet Plant.
A place to come and Get Away with Being a Kid!!!
4832 Home Avenue (@ Euclid Ave) San Diego, CA USA 92105
Directions
Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm
NOW OPEN Sunday 9am-3pm
(619) 284-6358 http://www.CityFarmersNursery.com
PLANT YOUR DREAM BEET KEEPER BEET GROWERS
"We are all growing in the same pot,"
says Keep the Beet Media Star, The World's First Talking Beet Plant.
LESLIE GOLDMAN AKA YOUR ENCHANTED GARDENER
I am here helping by 11 AM every Sunday I am in town.
Call me for a tour to meet the Beet Keeper Farmers,
619.384.2631. With Water shortages and pressing
needs of local organic farmers, help us make sure that
every unit of food grown by Beet Keeper Beet Growers
goes where it is intended--your tummy!
JR ORGANICS, Joe Rodriguez Jr, and family.
Visit them at the Sunday Hillcrest Farmers; Market
9 AM- 2 PM every Sunday. http://www.jrorganicsfarm.com/about/
SAGE MOUNTAIN FARM and INLAND EMPIRE CSA,
Phil and Juany Noble, Justin Noble, and helpers.
Visit them at the Hillcrest Farmers' Market and many'
other locations.
HERE is ONE OF OUR BEET KEEPER GROWERS
PHIL NOBLE OF SAGE MOUNTAIN FARM
BEING INTERVIEWED. View KEEP THE BEET
MEDIA STAR, THE WORLD's FIRST TALKING BEET PLANTS.
BARRY LOGAN, La Milpa Organica Farm Community.
Hillcrest Farmers' Market every Sunday.
Potluck, third Sunday of the month at the farm.
We come together. Barry was the Sunday keynote speaker
at the 2010 Cultivating Food Justice Conference,
April 24-25 at San Diego State University.
ROOT YOUR DREAM GATHERINGS
at the ENCHANTED GARDEN INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY
4-7 PM, near SDSU, May 30, and generally once a month,
the last Sunday. RSVP only please, .
Email me or my cell if you need to be in touch,
619.384.2631. Please garden here.
Rooms coming available. The first in July 2010.
Other rooms will come available between now and
Fall 2010. Waiting list for rooms.
RSPV HERE FOR MAY 30 COME ROOT YOUR DREAM
GATHERING
We have a 1/3 acre within walking distance of SDSU.
This Gathering is intended is inspire an extended
community who want to find a home here to garden.
We continue with more conversation until around 9 PM.
MAY 9, 2010 UPDATE
ON THE DIALOGUE ON SCIENCE,ETHICS, an FOOD
How ethically was it the PB,
One of the world's largest and most trusted
oil extraction companies, was exempted
from having to turn in environment reports
before endangering the entire eco-system
of the Gulf region's marine food system?
How ethical is it that the US position of
food today is that there is no difference
between GMO and Organic food, and therefore
labeling GMO food would only make
more and more people question
the value of GMO Foods and their Food Safety?
What science is behind both of this
current Food Security Issues?
Join the Dialogue now.
Let us together look at the state of
science in America.
Let us look at the ethics that we
as a nation have committed to the road
of what some see as responsible technology
and other see as the death of life on the planet.
It is time to enter this dialogue.
It is time to recognize that we are banking
economically on scienctific reports that may
nave no truth to them, or do they?
We better find out now.
At the Codex Alimentarius Commission May 3-7,
the US Clearly stood up in the face of a conscensus
of the world to proclaim that we as a nation are
going down the BiO path. BIO means Biotechnology
Industry Organization path. Codex makes
us the Food Rules that most nations buy into.
If a nation disagrees, they do not get trade sanctions.
Favorable Trade sanctions are determined by
those who coming into agreement with the
Codex Alimentarius Commission, the body
run by the U.N., the multinational ag organization,
and financially supported by the world's leading
multi-national corps.
Where do you stand?
Who is serving your best interests now?
Are you giving your personal O.K.
to new Food Safety laws that will increase
the role of the FDA in our lives?
Are you sideing with the FDA and its
regulators who are at the forefront
ramming the U.S. Pro-GMO position
up the world's rear end?
Now is the time to vote the future of food
you want kids to eat.
Washington is now primarily Pro GMO.
This is based on science over the last twenty years
much of it approved by the FDA.
it is time to dialogue on the assumptions
we have made in Washington that are now
determining our fate both at sea and on the land.
What is the effect of chemical dispersants
we are applying in the gulf?
What technology are we using?
What basis is there for this kind of technology?
Where are the reports of its safety
for cancer and immune system impact?
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