Re: Food taken from the food club

July 6, 2010

kozkafarm wrote:

>

> Quite frankly, the (from my point of view) children running the

> inspection show at the Warehouse were like a bunch of puppies with a

> big, grown-up sized dog bone for the first time in their lives.

> Growling, hair on the backs of their necks raised, posturing, going to

> prove to all the world that they aren't puppies at all, but big,

> grown-up dogs and they, by God, can do a grown up job of chewing on

> that bone.

>

> Leaving you with that mental picture, I'll go do some more chores. Pat

>

Fascinating. I don't live in Minnesota (I'm just here for the food

education) so I have no first-hand experience of the Warehouse, but

having learned about it, I was inspired to conjure up a mental picture

of the people who were going in there and confiscating food. What you

just described is EXACTLY how I imagined it.

I just finished Barbara Kingsolver's wonderful book Animal, Vegetable,

Miracle. It is all about small farming efforts and a sustainable food

system. She describes terrific " wins " I wasn't aware of -- about 1/3 of

the states now have programs for bringing local fresh produce into

schools, for example. But she also mentions that these kinds of highly

visible programs are making big agribusiness much more aware of the

" growing threat " from small farmer competitors. And that's creating

backlash. I think what you are seeing there at the Warehouse is exactly

that kind of thing. They are trying to " nip this thing in the bud. "

It is going to take some serious grass roots efforts to keep the big

corporations from winning. It is time for small farmers to get the full

reverence and support they deserve!!! ly, our survival on this

planet depends on it.

Gail

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