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

"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.

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

On Aug 28, 8:37*am, 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


This is Socialism! The teabaggers and the birthers aren't going to
like this one little bit. They'll be showing up in front of Merrigan's
office with guns and carrying pictures of her with a Hitler mustache
before you know it. "Keep your hands off my jumbo Milky Way!"

On Aug 28, 8:37*am, 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.

Our school district is doing it!

Look:
http://www.mrhsd.org/pdfs/Menus/2009...9lunchElem.PDF
http://www.fox2now.com/news/mornings...,3818562.story
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/lif...2?OpenDocument
http://food-management.com/fm_innova...709/index.html
http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com...tinschool0.txt
http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlou...6/daily31.html

We are not a high per capita income district. Far from it.
"Percentage of students with free/reduced lunch: 52.9%"
source-- http://www.city-data.com/school/mrh-elem-mo.html

The whole thing is really inspiring to me. Maplewood and Richmond
Heights are also starting a community garden, which I'm involved with,
and when my son is a little older, I want to start informal cooking
lessons for our neighborhood, utilizing produce from both my back yard
and my community garden plot.

So, Maxine. If you want to see those peas a-whirling, I guess you
need to come to Richmond Heights, Missouri.
>
> maxine in ri
> who might be depressed again

--Bryan

On 2009-08-28, Christopher Helms > wrote:

> This is Socialism! The teabaggers and the birthers aren't going to
> like this one little bit. They'll be showing up in front of Merrigan's
> office with guns and carrying pictures of her with a Hitler mustache
> before you know it. "Keep your hands off my jumbo Milky Way!"

.....and you speak for who? The whackos and the nutbags?

nb

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

On Aug 28, 10:26*am, "modom (palindrome guy)" >
wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for the link. I'm going to send it to the city person who is
coordinating our community garden.
> --
>
> modom

--Bryan

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:14:13 GMT, notbob wrote:

> On 2009-08-28, Christopher Helms > wrote:
>
>> This is Socialism! The teabaggers and the birthers aren't going to
>> like this one little bit. They'll be showing up in front of Merrigan's
>> office with guns and carrying pictures of her with a Hitler mustache
>> before you know it. "Keep your hands off my jumbo Milky Way!"
>
> ....and you speak for who? The whackos and the nutbags?
>
> nb

no. that would be the teabaggers and birthers.

blake