Re: community_garden digest, Vol 1 #1209 - 1 msg
- Subject: [cg] Re: community_garden digest, Vol 1 #1209 - 1 msg
- From: "Diane Dodge" d*@hotmail.com
- Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 14:38:49 -0600
Reminds me of 30 years ago, when the food co-op movement started in Minnesota. The Minneapolis Health Department was there in a flash with their so-called regulations, their white gloves and an attitude. But loyal co-opers prevailed, not so much with civil disobedience as with a form of subversive "obedience", and the movement prevailed. So charge a nickel for "membership" and go ahead and have one hell of a potluck--someone could stand down the street with a pocketful of nickels.
Go for it!
Diane Dodge
Hi Folks,
>
Recently Spokane Tilth, a local sustainable =
>food=20
>and agriculture organization and a chapter of Washington State Tilth, =
>sponsored=20
>an "evening to honor our local farmers and gardeners and celebrate the =
>harvest=20
>season."
>
The "Local Harvest Celebration & Potluck =
>Dinner" was=20
>billed as a fundraiser for the organization and folks were asked to donate =
>a=20
>minimum of $10 per family at the door. But, "no one will be turned away for=
> lack=20
>of funds, but please bring some prepared food to share." Participants were=
>=20
>encouraged to bring food that was grown or produced within a 100-mile =
>radius of=20
>Spokane. The celebration was all about local food.
>
The local health district must have decided that =
>the=20
>participants were "public enemy number 1." Their reaction is =
>probably=20
>common across the country these days.
>
"Spokane Regional Health District is cracking=
Last week, Spokane Tilth ran a small newspaper = >announcement=20 >that it was holding a potluck meal during its harvest celebration. Spokane = >Tilth=20 >promotes sustainable agriculture. Many members are organic farmers. Their = >lives=20 >revolve about being conscientious about what they eat.
But as soon = >as=20 >Health District officials saw the potluck ad in the newspaper, they called = >Tilth=20 >and threatened prosecution if the group went ahead with the potluck. Tilth = >went=20 >ahead with the event =97 sans food.
According to Health Officer Dr. = >Kim=20 >Thorburn, churches and other organizations can hold potlucks as long as = >they=92re=20 >for members only. But if they invite the public, it=92s illegal.
= >Tilth=20 >program coordinator Chris Ostrander is not happy with a law banning a = >community=20 >practice that=92s thousands of years old. He plans a statewide campaign to= >=20 >=93decriminalize community potlucks.=94 >
Steve Smoot
> Message: 7
> Date: =
>Tue, 5=20
>Nov 2002 05:54:08 -0500> Message: 7
> Date: =
> To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> = >From:=20 >Allan Balliett <igg@igg.com>
> Subject: Fwd: Re: [cg] Slow=20 >Food
>
> BACK on the recent Slow Food 'conference' in NYC...= >did=20 >anyone on the
>
> list attend?
>
> The = >registration=20 >fee was around $300, If I remember correctly. This,
>
> of = >course,=20 >confirms the elitist accusations. I'm hoping, however,
> that = >someone=20 >will tell me that there were activist rates, also.
>
> = >Expanding on=20 >Adam's and other remarks, Slow Food Movement is one of
>
> = >the=20 >several attempts to preserve the 'local taste' that is being
> = >sacrificed=20 >worldwide to the worldview that spawned NAFTA, the view
> the = >believes=20 >everything will be better if everything is the same.
> The
> = >USDA=20 >Organic Certification is another step in this worldview,
> reducing= >=20 >organics to a list of approved inputs while ignoring the
> strong=20 >ecological and biological emphasis of grassroots organic
> farming = >and=20 >gardening.
>
> Robert Graves said that when the taste for = >local=20 >cuisine is lost,
> then everything is lost and people readily follow= > men=20 >on horseback.
> A
> local taste can be lost forwever in one=20 >generation, particularly
> since the senses of taste and smell are = >so=20 >difficult to chronicle. I
>
> feel that the obligation to = >preserve=20 >these local flavors have fallen
>
> on we who are sensitive = >to=20 >realize their preciousness.
>
> A person can internalize these= >=20 >values and occasionally cook meals of
>
> AUTHENTIC = >INGREDIENTS,=20 >from FRESH, LOCAL, ECOLOGICALLY GROWN sources
>
> and still = >feel=20 >part of this movement.
>
> Great for potlucks, folks. What are= > you=20 >doing this Sunday? ;-)
>
> -Allan Balliett
> BD Now! The= >=20 >Biodynamic Food and Farming Discussion Group
> Shepherdstown,=20 >WV
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