Food Issues Getting Some Play

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Monday June 25, 2007 · 8:22 AM PDT

2007/06/25 · 08:22

I'm at work, so this diary will be light on writing and heavier on links.

I was pleased to hear three food-related bits on NPR this morning. OK, it wasn't heavy-hitting stuff like tainted food additives from China, or the decimation of organic standards, or the current Farm Bill debate, but they WERE pieces that present the food system the way regular, not-very-well-informed people need to have it presented to them - anecdotally.

Siena at World Hunger Year posted the links to a listserv we're both on on this morning - thanks to her, I've posted them here for you... with just a tiny bit of my own commentary:

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Monday April 16, 2007 · 6:00 PM PDT

2007/04/16 · 18:00

Just got this email from Bob McChesney, Professor at the University of Illinois, author of The Problem With the Media, and host of the Media Matters radio show/podcast.

The Postal Service isn't just raising the rate of the first-class stamp; the new rate structure they're proposing - with very little fanfare or publicity - could effectively put small magazines and journals out of business.

See below for the email, posted with Mr. McChesney's permission:

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Friday November 17, 2006 · 7:59 AM PST

2006/11/17 · 07:59

As a food banker, I pay special attention to how hunger issues in the United States are portrayed in the media - I look at everything. I look at statistics, I look at anecdotes. I read client stories, I read about access issues.

I'm not a big fan of euphemisms to begin with, but the USDA just came up with one that's leaving me here at my desk scratching my head and wondering how the hell I'm supposed to be doing my job when the USDA is going around acting like the hunger issues in the US are well on their way to being solved. Read More

The Ultimate Act of Protest

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Thursday November 09, 2006 · 1:29 PM PST

2006/11/09 · 13:29

My husband just sent me a link to Chicago Reader columnist Peter Margasak's column from two days ago. Please click through. I think it's an important story. Read More

My Kid's Letter to MLK

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Monday January 16, 2006 · 5:29 PM PST

2006/01/16 · 17:29

My son's 8th grade history class - and many other history classes - - was required to write a letter to Dr. King regarding the current State of the Nation.

There were over 400 entries city-wide; his essay was one of ten selected to be read on the air of our community radio station this evening and at an event earlier today.

I cried, you know? What kind of world are we leaving these kids? Will they have the tools to deal with it?

His essay - unedited for grammar, etc - is on the flip. Read More

WANTED: Info about your local food co-op

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Wednesday November 30, 2005 · 12:59 PM PST

2005/11/30 · 12:59

After reading a few diaries in the recent past regarding food security, organic food etc, I noticed many Dkos readers mentioned their food cooperatives.

I work in member services and outreach for our local food coop. We're expanding, and we're also coordinating with other local organizations to help get clean, nutritious food to all people in our community. I'm looking for new ideas, inspiration, commentary, etc!

So.

Who's your co-op? Big or small? Lots of local stuff or mostly procesed foods? What kind of member services do they provide? How can members be of service to the coop? Do they offer classes or workshops? Do they take food stamps? How are they active in your community?

Just post links or comments and I'll file them away as part of my research.

Thanks!

Viggo Mortensen Nails It

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Saturday September 03, 2005 · 1:26 PM PDT

2005/09/03 · 13:26

From Viggo's website:

In the often and rightly quoted words of Bill Clinton, "There's nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed by what's right with America." We see now how individuals and groups around the country are acting in any way they can to help their fellow citizens in Louisiana, Mississippi and other devastated places near the Gulf of Mexico. They refuse to stand idly by and wait for President Bush and his morally-bankrupt, pirate administration to respond in an appropriately urgent and compassionate manner to the escalating agony and desperation of our fellow citizens.

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Round Two

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Tuesday August 23, 2005 · 9:20 PM PDT

2005/08/23 · 21:20

Just heard from my mother that my Uncle Pete, age 51, is being redeployed to Iraq in a few weeks. He was in Afghanistan a couple years ago. It was an open secret he'd be called back up, but it was still shocking to hear he'd be going There, just after his new house - his first ever - got built.

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This is What Being a 12 YO Current Events Geek Gets You...

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Tuesday March 08, 2005 · 8:35 PM PST

2005/03/08 · 20:35

A friend and I took my 12 YO son to listen to Richard Clarke speak on the University of IL campus this evening.

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I Heart Will Ferrell!

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Wednesday July 28, 2004 · 6:58 PM PDT

2004/07/28 · 18:58

Funny Quicktime movie here:

http://john.fhmus.com/ferrell.mov

His impression of Bush is really uncanny.

Sorry if this has been posted already!!

Repub Want Ad For IL Senate Race!

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Saturday July 24, 2004 · 8:03 AM PDT

2004/07/24 · 08:03

Sorry if this has been posted already, but here's the "want ad" that appeared in my v conservative local rag... on the opinion page! Under the editorial! (the paper is the News-Gazette of Champaign-Urbana) Read on! Read More

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Food Issues Getting Some Play

It's Not Just Stamps Whose Rates Are Going Up

Hunger Issues Get the Newspeak Treatment

The Ultimate Act of Protest

My Kid's Letter to MLK

WANTED: Info about your local food co-op

Viggo Mortensen Nails It

Round Two

This is What Being a 12 YO Current Events Geek Gets You...

I Heart Will Ferrell!

Repub Want Ad For IL Senate Race!