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Celebrating Food that is Good, Clean, and FairUppdaterades den 29 augusti 2008 kl. 09:13
Slow Food Nation
Slow Food Nation
Ancient Bali water sharing system and ecosystem destroyed by the Green Revolution - listen to Stephen Lansing's talk - http://fora.tv/2006/02/13/J__Stephen_Lan
fora.tv
Perfect Order: A Thousand Years in BaliWith lucid exposition and gorgeous graphics, anthropologist Stephen Lansing exposed the hidden structure and profound health of the traditional Balinese rice growing practices. ...
Slow Food Nation Don't forget to sign the Time for Lunch petition to get real food into schools. We're trying to secure more than 20,000 signatures by Labor Day. Go to slowfoodusa.org/timeforlunch and add your name today. Plus, don't forget to attend an Eat-In on Labor Day. It will help us make our case with Congress that our children's health is a priority.
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Slow Food USA seeks to create dramatic and lasting change in the food system. We reconnect Americans with the people, traditions, plants, animals, fertile soils and waters that produce our food. We seek to inspire a transformation in food policy, production practices and market forces so that they ensure equity, sustainability and pleasure in the food we eat.
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Slow Food Nation
Fellow Foodies Unite!
FoodBuzz is organizing a get together at Slow Food Nation- meet fellow foodies at the Taste Pavilion on Saturday Night- we're meeting at 5 o'clock in front of the cheese pavilion and between 8 and 9 at the wine stand. More information here:
http://www.foodbuzz.com/news/us/californ
den 6 augusti 2008 kl. 09:29 · Anmäl
Slow Food Nation
Some Indians fear Green Revolution is a killer
Daniel Pepper, Chronicle Foreign Service
Monday, July 28, 2008
Jagdev Singh has too much urea, a chemical fertilizer, in...A farmer sprays insecticides on a rice paddy, without pro...Organic seeds are distributed free, so long as farmers re...
(07-28) 04:00 PDT Jajjal, --
India... - Inside a hot, dun-colored courtyard, Jagdev Singh, a wheelchair-using boy of 15, jerks his body fruitlessly in search of relief. "I can't swat the flies off of my face," he says.
A debilitating muscular disorder prevents the teen from raising his arms more than few inches above his lap. Doctors say he suffers from too much urea in his bloodstream - a chemical fertilizer used in the wheat, rice and cotton fields that surround this village of 3,300 inhabitants in northwestern Punjab state. Three other children in nearby villages have a similar malady, residents say.
Singh's illness is caused by environmental pollutants, according to activists, government scie
Slow Food Nation
Slow Food Nation is offering a limited number of reduced-price Taste Pavilion tickets to students, educators, community activists, farmers, cooks and artisans. Scholarships will be rewarded primarily on a first-come, first-serve basis.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=nC
Slow Food Nation
The Victory Garden is in!! Check it out- http://tinyurl.com/5uhf2d
