Comments on: On Freedom and the Farm Bill http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Sat, 17 May 2008 01:04:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/#comment-1703 Leah Koenig Sun, 08 Jul 2007 13:51:15 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/#comment-1703 Thanks for the link Aliza! Anthony - you're right, it's amazing to see the amount of attention people are (finally) paying to the farm/food bill. Thanks for passing along the website. Thanks Lara for your beautiful vision for the future. Thanks for the link Aliza!

Anthony - you’re right, it’s amazing to see the amount of attention people are (finally) paying to the farm/food bill. Thanks for passing along the website.

Thanks Lara for your beautiful vision for the future.

]]> By: Lara De Ann http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/#comment-1694 Lara De Ann Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:29:50 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/#comment-1694 My World Peace Necklace, at www.EmpireOfTheSunspirit.com , is a great way to show the world that we care about other people, besides just ourselves. It has symbols of the world's major religions and in the middle is a charm that says ALL ONE held by three dolphins. It came to me as a vision years ago. We can share with others, even if they believe differently. As long as people are Kind, does it really matter what form their God takes? My World Peace Necklace, at http://www.EmpireOfTheSunspirit.com , is a great way to show the world that we care about other people, besides just ourselves. It has symbols of the world’s major religions and in the middle is a charm that says ALL ONE held by three dolphins. It came to me as a vision years ago. We can share with others, even if they believe differently. As long as people are Kind, does it really matter what form their God takes?

]]> By: Lara De Ann http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/#comment-1693 Lara De Ann Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:25:04 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/#comment-1693 How long ago did we live in a world where the people living in it had a say about community rules and how we could live together in more harmonious ways. It is strange to live on a planet where people are controlled by a select few people who make the rules for everyone. This would be okay if those few select people were like Moses or the Dalai Lama. But, the people making decisions for the world are waiting to get into Kindergarten while so much of the world has already graduated from college and on their way to being more spiritualy and evironmentally conscious. It is not about taking people out of the government, it is about allowing those who live in the community to have a fair share in the making of the rules, regardless of how much money they have. Just living in a community should be reason enough to contribute to the greater whole. One day the young students who are more progressive will also be more aggressive with their words and their passions for a Peaceful Planet, then the meek shall inherit the earth and the ones that are corrupt in our government will not be behind bars, they will be rehabilitated by having them work on Organic Farms, letting the Earth heal their unloved sides. How long ago did we live in a world where the people living in it had a say about community rules and how we could live together in more harmonious ways. It is strange to live on a planet where people are controlled by a select few people who make the rules for everyone. This would be okay if those few select people were like Moses or the Dalai Lama. But, the people making decisions for the world are waiting to get into Kindergarten while so much of the world has already graduated from college and on their way to being more spiritualy and evironmentally conscious. It is not about taking people out of the government, it is about allowing those who live in the community to have a fair share in the making of the rules, regardless of how much money they have. Just living in a community should be reason enough to contribute to the greater whole. One day the young students who are more progressive will also be more aggressive with their words and their passions for a Peaceful Planet, then the meek shall inherit the earth and the ones that are corrupt in our government will not be behind bars, they will be rehabilitated by having them work on Organic Farms, letting the Earth heal their unloved sides.

]]> By: Anthony http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/#comment-1691 Anthony Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:22:03 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/#comment-1691 Leah, thanks for posting the excellent article from the New York Times. I am truly impressed by the wide range of support from constituents for healthy/local food issues in the 2007 Farm Bill. Many more city dwellers are waking up and realizing that this is an important piece of legislation for all of us. As Senator Harkin, Chairman of the Agriculture Committee, said in the New York Times on July 4th, "This is not just a farm bill. It's a food bill,and Americans who eat want a stake in it." The challenge is to get the focused attention and commitment of enough like-minded Congressmen and Senators for the reform package. The coming weeks on Capitol Hill will be critical in this regard. I am focusing my work on this effort through www.healthyfarmbill.org Leah, thanks for posting the excellent article from the New York Times. I am truly impressed by the wide range of support from constituents for healthy/local food issues in the 2007 Farm Bill. Many more city dwellers are waking up and realizing that this is an important piece of legislation for all of us.
As Senator Harkin, Chairman of the Agriculture Committee, said in the New York Times on July 4th, “This is not just a farm bill. It’s a food bill,and Americans who eat want a stake in it.”
The challenge is to get the focused attention and commitment of enough like-minded Congressmen and Senators for the reform package. The coming weeks on Capitol Hill will be critical in this regard.
I am focusing my work on this effort through http://www.healthyfarmbill.org

]]> By: Aliza http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/#comment-1686 Aliza Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:40:48 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/on-freedom-and-the-farm-bill/#comment-1686 the article is only available on TimesSelect as of several days ago (I only know this off-hand because I wanted to put it in our weekly farm bill update...the full text is available here: http://www.chefann.com/blog/?p=765 the article is only available on TimesSelect as of several days ago (I only know this off-hand because I wanted to put it in our weekly farm bill update…the full text is available here: http://www.chefann.com/blog/?p=765

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