"modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>
> Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan issued a memo
> yesterday that read in part:
>
> "Imagine an NGO receiving USDA grant money to construct a community
> kitchen where farmers drop off produce and families join cooking
> classes that teach about healthy eating while everyone prepares fresh
> nutritious meals to bring home...Imagine a community using USDA money
> to construct an open-sided structure to house a farmers
> market...Imagine a school using USDA loan money to set up cold storage
> as part of a larger effort to retrofit the school cafeteria to buy
> produce directly from farmers and return cooking capacity for school
> lunch...Imagine..."
>
> Are we about to see a real change in USDA policy, a change that favors
> farmers and cooks and eaters over ag corporations?
>
> Full memo is he
> http://civileats.com/wp-content/uplo...d-memo.doc.pdf
> --
>
> modom

Imagine public schools teaching a composite nutrition / basic cooking
type class so people have the knowledge and skills to purchase healthy
foods regardless of whether their lettuce comes from a small farm in the
same state, or one of those evil aq corporation hydroponic greenhouses
in Canada. Imagine local school boards spending the funds they receive
wisely upgrading their cafeteria instead of hiring more administrators.