On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:37:15 -0700 (PDT), maxine >
wrote:

>On Aug 28, 8:48*am, "Pete C." > wrote:
>> "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.
>
>Might as well imagine whirled peas. I can hear the opposition
>screaming that you'll take their bacon double cheeseburger out of
>their cold dead hands before you'll shove healthy eating down their
>throats.
>
>maxine in ri
>who might be depressed again

Aww...cheer up Maxine! Take a look at these guys:
http://www.growingpower.org/

Will Allen is a real hero.
--

modom