Rayne Pegg (R) of the USDA brought
sincere care and concern to hurting farmers
at the recent California 2010 Small Farm Conference.
May all small farmers have a great, great year
and rejoice in our community of support.
Other I.D. will follow...
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"Lettuce" grow together to lessen the tension
between GMO and Organic Lovers.
Join the dialogue here, and on Facebook soon.
Your Enchanted Gardener
Leslie
Betsy Shea (L) did a wonderful job coordinating
the 2010 California Small Farms Conference.
Patricia Hinchclif brought fresh herbs the last day
that were a big hit. Patricia is a great landscaper
and does classes at Rancho La Puerta,
one of America's top destination spas.
5:44 AM
March 2, 2010
Rayne Pegg of the USDA
was a keynote speaker at the 2010
California Small Farms Conference
February 28, March 1 & 2 at the
Del Mar Marriot.
We are in a drought condition here is San Diego.
Rayne brought a deep sense of listenen
and was like healing rain for our area.
She is a gifted public servant.
She stood in from Kathleen Merrigan,
who helped Sec of Ag Tom Villsack come up with
the Know Your Farmer. Know Your Food Program.
Rayne was a fill-in for Kathleen at the last minute
due to scheduling issues. She did a wonderful job!
Kathleen is a voice for organic agriculture at the USDA.
There is a bill that goes before the Supreme Court March 3
that concerns me very much. The USDA 1500 page
report says that GMO Ag, conventional Ag, and Organic
should co-exist.
I feel for them to co-exist will need a lot more research
and development. I feel it is premature to allow my friends
at Monsanto to be deregulated at this time.
More work is needed.
The evidence that I know suggests that when
GMO drift touched organic fields, the organic fields are
no longer organic. Organic is based on a philosophy
of building up the soil.
I am asking for a healthy dialogue between Science,
Ethics, and Food. I feel biotechnology has helped many people,
and personally saved the life of one of my dearest of friends.
I feel we just need to deeply look at how to apply it.
The intent of medicine is to apply the least possible intervention.
I made a new ally at the California Small Farm Conference
from Crows Pass organic farms. I will get the I.D.'s soon.
I, as my new friend, are not into bashing any kind of farmer.
There are people in Africa who are really hurting.
So let's talk and work together as A.G. Kawamura,
the Sec of Ag of California says. We all want a strong
agriculture for our nation and the world.
Jon the Dialogue.
Become a sponsor
so I can write about these issues.
I am into America the Beautiful,
spacious skies and fields of grain.
"Lettuce" grow togehter,
says Keep the Beet Media Star,
The World's First Talking Beet Plant,
a friend of mine.
LINK TO MY GALLERY OF CLIPS
and IMAGES WILL BE UP SOON
FROM THE CALIFORNIA SMALL FARM CONFERENCE
February 28- March 1 &2.
ATTEND THE CULTIVATING FOOD JUSTICE
CONFERENCE
Many of our local committee that helped
put on the wonderful California Small Farm Conference
will be at a free two day conference at San Diego
State University. Please fly in and attend.
We need you to be in community with us.
"Lettuce" grow together, says KEEP THE BEET
MEDIA STAR!!!
GROWING YOUR OWN FOOD MAY
BE SIMPLER THAN YOU THINK.
GROW A BEET IN A POT.
GET BACK in Sync with the beat of nature.
Nature's Original Technology
that has existed for thousands of
years, can't be beat, sez,
the outspoken Czarina of Foods,
heading for Washington to help
our nation regain health reform
through supporting its small farmers.
The naughty beet tells me that
Food Safety depends on having
a nation of local growers.
Be intimate with the person growing
your food. Garden!
AND......Know your Farmer.
Know your Food.
TOM VILSACK, our Secretary of Agriculture,
CALLS FOR MORE HELP FOR KIDS.
I Support his good works.
WATCH THIS GREAT VIDEO
FROM TOM VILLSACK
announce the KNOW YOUR FARMER.
KNOW YOUR FOOD PROGRAM
KEEP THE BEET LIKES
TOM VILSACK!!!!!
Dr. Robert T. Fraley, Ph.D., the Father of
Agricultural Biotenchnololgy, Leslie, and Tami Craig
Schilling, head of Public Affairs for the Monsanto
company met at the recent American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2010 Conference
March 18-22, 2010 at the San Diego Cpnvention Center.
Getting to know each other is a beginning stage of
dialogue, I believe.
The idea for a Dialogue was inspired when I met
Dr. Robert T. Fraley. There is a lot of tension now between
GMO and Organic Lovers that I feel is not helping get to the
basic issues that need to be discussed.
Dr. Fraley said he liked where I was coming from.
"Let's close the gap," he wrote to me in a note.
We planted Seeds toward that intention in
a small sugar cane compost Friendly pot,
a gift from Anthony Russo, of the Biosmart Company,
and a Beet Keeper Sponsor. There are 30 or more
Plant Your Dream Blogs on the recent AAAS meeting
in San Diego.
The Beet Keepers function as a non-profit and aim
to help each person regain their beat with Nature through
planting beet seeds or repotting a fully growing beet
in a pot.
Here is a description of the KEEP The BEET project.
THE BEAT, THE BOX, OR BOTH?
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1544951
LESLIE IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE
HILLCREST FARMERS" MARKET COMMUNITY
in San DIEGO. Three local, organic San Diego
Beet Keeper Farmers provide beets for the project
that aims to help small farmers through creating
a moment of Awakening among shoppers.
http://san-diego-farmers-markets.ning.com/group/hillcrestfarmersmarket
From the BROOK LARIOS story
in the EXAMINER, June 3, 09
“I’m playing with the story of an actual beet
that decided she was tired of just sitting
in the ground, watching the human race
become more and more fragmented,
and the beet, whose name is Keep the Beet,
decided to speak up,” said Goldman,
also known to friends as The Enchanted Gardener.
Keep the Beet encourages people to make friends
with a local, organic farmer; purchase the largest beet
they can find and repot it, keeping it alive
as it sprouts billowing, edible green leaves.
Leslie with the Seeds of Change staff
at Sage Mountain Farm in 2009.
Leslie loves local, organic food, and moves more
healthy dialogue. He has friends in every branch
of agriculture. He was given a U..N. Peace Medal in
1984 for the work he would do in his life.
As a blogger, he attended the 2008 BIO
Biotenchnology Industry Organizaion Conference
in San Diego, and most recently the Associaition
for the Advancement of Science Conference.
"We all need to be open to each other. We
are in agriculture because we love food
and want to feed the world. I make friends
where ever I go. Leslie inspired the book
"The Ultimate Gardener. The book is dedicated to him.
Charlie Nardozzi, a consultant to Michelle Obama
on the White House Organic Garden Project
is listed as the author of that book.
Another favorite book of his is
"Mendel in the Kitchen," by incoming
AAAS president Dr. Nina Federoff.
The book describes a scientists support
for GMO Foods. It is a great takeoff point
of looking at the issues I want to discuss
in our Dialogue on Science, Ethiics, and Food
that is beginning here on the Plant Your Dream Blog.
Come visit often!
You are always welcome!
HELPING THE WOMEN IN AFRICA
GET RID OF WEEDS.
BIOTECHNOLOGY and ORGANIC
APPROACHES CONSIDERED.
THERE IS AN EXCELLENT UNDERSTANDNG
FROM CROPLIFE ON THIS LINK.
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1579676
KEEP The BEET On TEMECULA VALLEY NEWS VIDEO!!!
This interview with
PHIL NOBLE of SAGE MT FARM
on TEMECULA VALLEY NEWS
includes an explanation
of the KEEP The BEET Media Star
Project.
Uploaded May 10, 09
WEALTHIEST MAN I KNOW
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1412458
This PLANT YOUR DREAM BLOG is
about PHIL NOBLE, SAGE MOUNTAIN FARM,
a grower of KEEP The BEET Media Star
In a time of water shortage facing our local So Cal Farmers,
Phil has a knack for finding land with water.
JR ORGANICS JOE RODRIGUEZ, JR
DESCRIBES HIS FARMING PRACTICES
Uploaded
6:38 AM
May 5, 09
FIRST VIDEO of KEEP THE BEET
PROJECT EXPLAINED ON YOUTUBE:
Made Earth Day 07
SDSU 2008
THIS IS ONE OF THE CERTIFICATES
WE FILL OUT WHEN WE DO THE PLANT YOUR DREAM
WORK
What will you be celebating one year from now,
KEEP The BEET Media Star,
The World's First Talking Beet Plant wants to know??
There are approximately 23 Plant Your Dream Blogs
written between February 18-25 on my experience
at the 176th Annual meeting of AAAS This represents
approximately 60 hours of work. I have
20 more hours of debriefing and followup I would
like to do about the conference.
If you would like to be a sponsor
for these freelance writings that are intended
to further the dialogue, please contact me through the
email above, or through my personal email.
Your name will be listed on
a blog of sponsors of the dialogue, or you may
ask your contribution to remain anonymous.
NEW SPONSORS
WESTBRIDGE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
THANK YOU TINA FOR SPONSORING OUR DIALOGUE
and PROGRAM TO PUT IN A GARDEN AT
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES.
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1582616
March 1, 2010
ART UPLOADED
11:44 AM
February 23, 2010
I was given a United Nations Peace Medal in 1983 by Robert Muller,
then Undersecretary General of the U.N. for the work I would do
in my life. The image is the UN Peace Medal Surrounded by
beet seeds. That story is told here.
http://lesliegoldman.com/AboutLeslie/id33.htm
LESLIE's YOUTUBE CHANNEL
LOTS OF VIDEOS
http://www.youtube.com/user/YourEnchantedGardene
JOIN THE ENCHANTED GARDEN CLUB HERE
http://www.lesliegoldman.com/id28.htm
SUPPORT LESLIE's MINISTRY
and the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Food.
USE THIS LINK TO ORDER
BIOSMART COMPOST FRIENDLY SUGAR CANE
BAGASSE TABLEWARE. Your purchases
help keep me writing. Thanks to Anthony Russo,
Sustainability Expert,
for his Angel activities in my life and in the world.
http://www.biosmartbiodegradable.com/s.nl?partner=Beetkeepers
NEW SPONSORS
WESTBRIDGE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
THANK YOU TINA FOR SPONSORING OUR DIALOGUE
and PROGRAM TO PUT IN A GARDEN AT
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES.
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1582616
NEW SPONSOR
TERRA BELLA ORGANIC FARMS
ADDED
March 8, 2010
There are approximately 23 Plant Your Dream Blogs
written between February 18-25 on my experience
at the 176th Annual meeting of AAAS This represents
approximately 60 hours of work. I have
20 more hours of debriefing and followup I would
like to do about the conference.
If you would like to be a sponsor
for these freelance writings that are intended
to further the dialogue, please contact me through the
email above, or through my personal email.
Your name will be listed on
a blog of sponsors of the dialogue, or you may
ask your contribution to remain anonymous.
NEW SPONSORS
WESTBRIDGE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
THANK YOU TINA FOR SPONSORING OUR DIALOGUE
and PROGRAM TO PUT IN A GARDEN AT
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES.
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1582616
March 1, 2010
ART UPLOADED
11:44 AM
February 23, 2010
I was given a United Nations Peace Medal in 1983 by Robert Muller,
then Undersecretary General of the U.N. for the work I would do
in my life. The image is the UN Peace Medal Surrounded by
beet seeds. That story is told here.
http://lesliegoldman.com/AboutLeslie/id33.htm
LESLIE's YOUTUBE CHANNEL
LOTS OF VIDEOS
http://www.youtube.com/user/YourEnchantedGardene
JOIN THE ENCHANTED GARDEN CLUB HERE
http://www.lesliegoldman.com/id28.htm
SUPPORT LESLIE's MINISTRY
and the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Food.
USE THIS LINK TO ORDER
BIOSMART COMPOST FRIENDLY SUGAR CANE
BAGASSE TABLEWARE. Your purchases
help keep me writing. Thanks to Anthony Russo,
Sustainability Expert,
for his Angel activities in my life and in the world.
http://www.biosmartbiodegradable.com/s.nl?partner=Beetkeepers
NEW SPONSORS
WESTBRIDGE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
THANK YOU TINA FOR SPONSORING OUR DIALOGUE
and PROGRAM TO PUT IN A GARDEN AT
HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL IN LOS ANGELES.
http://curezone.com/blogs/fm.asp?i=1582616
NEW SPONSOR
TERRA BELLA ORGANIC FARMS
ADDED
March 8, 2010