“The strongest and sweetest songs
Yet remain to be sung!”

Walt Whitman

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Milwaukee Training for A New American Revolution

Will Allen and Grace Lee Boggs
Are offering us visions of a
New American Revolution…

To address the yet unrealized visions
Of the First American Revolution.

Positions are now open in your city(see note)

For:

Internships

Lasting 5 years,
No pay the first 40 hours,
Negotiated pay thereafter.

Apprenticesihps

Lasting 5 years,
No pay the first 40 hours,
Negotiated pay thereafter.

Journeymon(spelling intentional)

5 years,
No pay first 40,
Then negotiated.

Elder

Lasting a lifetime
Of good service.

For more information,
Or to brainstorm on line,
send an e-mail to
godsil.james@gmail.com

• Note: this concept has been

inspired by Will Allen and Grace Lee Boggs.
They are both not directly, or organizationally,
Mobilizing New American Revolution
Intern, apprenticeship, and journeymon programs.

But the concept in this specific organizer’s mind,
That organizer being myself, James J. Godsil,
Of a 15 year self-organizing training program
Has been inspired by the life’s work and the
Wisdom passed along by, in my mind,
The Father and the Mother of the New American Revolution
For the Twenty First Century, Will Allen and Grace Lee Boggs.

Also: please spend a very, very relaxed 10 minutes looking at the
images of this wiki web site immediately before sending a note
that tells some of your story, that you are happy to share, with
the wider world.

Sueno, Egg Cartons, and Grandpa’s Worms

I have been saving Yuppie Hill egg cartons on top of my bookshelf,
Right outside the shanty bathroom door.

Perched high enough in slapdash array to make me wonder…
When would my egg shell tower topple?

They’re too lovely to throw away. And my Mother Earth Voice said,
“Wait, and their next purpose will show itself.”

I have occasionally returned them to the Co-op on Fratney,
And that’s always an option.

But upon witnessing Matthew Cain tear up egg shell cartons,
To offer his worms as resting place for sex or digestion…

Wow! Sweet Water’s Growing Power worms
Can…
“Have a Ball Tonight!”

But my arthritic thumb/hand connection
Takes some of the luster from that sweet vision.

And then my Dog GrandSon Sueno comes visit at my house.

He loves tearing up egg cartons!

Perfect symbiosis!

Tear Suano, tear!

And the worms can ball tonight!

On Urban Agriculture in Shorewood

A letter by Gretchen Mead

To my fellow Milwaukeeans:

Many of you already know that the Milwaukee area is considered to be in the forefront of the nation-wide urban agriculture movement. Maybe you saw the movie Fresh, or perhaps you heard about the proposal for chickens, perhaps you have toured the internationally famous Growing Power facility.   Furthermore, many of you have begun to understand food issues, such as food security, the dangers of corn syrup, the benefits of organically grown food, the importance to the economy of buying from local farmers, dramatic decreases in childhood learning disabilities through gardening, and finally, the issue which triggered me to write this letter, the value in growing your own food.

Over Memorial Weekend droves of Shorewood and Milwaukee residents sacrificed their holiday leisure time to go from house to house putting in raised vegetable gardens for and with their fellow neighbors.  The Village of Shorewood offered a proclamation to this cause and we were thrilled to have the support of our Trustees. It seemed for a moment that there was an understanding of the importance of urban agriculture and how it relates to sustainability and our children’s futures.  

Recently, I’ve learned that the same Shorewood Village Board that proudly handed me this proclamation, and shook my hand in congratulations and thanks, has decided to restrict front yard vegetable gardens due to some letters of complaint.  Some, it seems, are worried about property values going down because they don’t find vegetable gardens visually appealing.  I would like to respond to this issue first from my own personal experience and second from an analysis of national property values.

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Everyone needs to hear how we feel about front yard gardens. Please
take a minute to write a letter on the Shorewood Now blog!

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http://www.shorewoodnow.com/forums/49002671.html?c=y&commentSubmitted=y#comments

First, I can say that a good number of people do in fact find front yard vegetable gardens visually appealing.  I have an extensive raised bed vegetable and fruit garden in my front yard and nearly every time I am in it, people stop to tell me how beautiful and inspirational it is to them.  In fact, so many people told me how much they appreciate it, that I started a non-profit organization, solely for the purpose of helping others get started in their own yards.  Surely, if this many people love my yard, they’d be very happy, even encouraged to live next to me.  My neighbors like it so much, they have all started their own vegetable gardens.  We now, share veggies, build compost bins together, and spend time in our gardens together, while our children play. Sound a little like utopia?  Well, it kinda is.

This type of community, along with Shorewoods excellent school systems (which now touts an award winning urban agriculture program, built entirely by Shorewood volunteers), will make people spend the extra two grand in taxes to live here versus a different municipality where they might have more space, or a fancier more modernized house.

Now, if you don’t believe me, I’d like you to take a look at the greenest, most progressive cities in the country and take note:  the property values in progressive, green-minded municipalities are the only real estate markets in all of the country that aren’t wobbling under the pressure of our current economy - think Portland OR and Madison WI, these markets continue to grow.  As these favored cities move towards a sustainable future, they are ensuring their citizens a safety net in uncertain times.  They are moving towards a new way of thinking.  This thinking includes, among other things building resilient communities, reducing carbon emissions, preserving natural resources, localizing economies, dramatically reducing dependence on foreign oil and…. AND… interwoven amidst all of these efforts, is, you guessed it, a local, sustainable, healthy, food system. This local sustainable food system starts at home as we teach our children where there food comes from, how to cook and eat good food, and why it is important to slow down long enough to eat nutritious meals.  This local, sustainable food system includes grow-it-yourself gardens, in the backyard, on the patio, on the roof, and yes, even in your front yard. Proudly - in your front yard.  

Did you know?
-Many people donate their extra produce to food pantries.
-Many think of growing their own food and composting organic matter into rich soil, as a civic and moral duty, to make the world a better place (think “The Obamas”).
-Many people prefer to use their front yards for gardens so their children can play safely in the back yards.
- Many people only have enough sun for growing food in their front yards
- Many ornamentals are edibles and edibles are ornamentals.
- Many people cant afford to buy the healthy food that they would like and they must grow their own (YES, even in Shorewood).

If other engaged, forward thinking people learn that the Shorewood Village Trustees have created legislation to stifle these individual rights and Progressive efforts, you can bet that fewer and fewer people are going to be willing to pay that extra tax burden to live here. The Village of Shorewood has a grand opportunity to make much of the efforts of its concerned, devoted and highly educated citizens. They can sit back and ride on the backs of our Progressive efforts as we organize to make Shorewood a resilient, green community.  They can add this movement to their newest marketing efforts to attract young, educated families to Shorewood.  

Urban agriculture is not a fad… it is not going away… it is the way of the future. I am asking the Trustees to take the reigns on this one and support our efforts. Don’t restrict Front Yard Vegetable Gardens, instead, take pictures of them and put them on our Village website.

A subcommittee of the Village Board will be meeting soon, to discuss the restriction of front yard vegetable gardens. Please write a letter to the trustees, letting them know that you support front yard gardens…together we can send a message.

presidentjohnson@villageofshorewood.org
trusteeanderson@villageofshorewood.org
trusteecummings@villageofshorewood.org
trusteeeckman@villageofshorewood.org
trusteehanewall@villageofshorewood.org
trusteehickey@villageofshorewood.org
trusteemaher@villageofshorewood.org

Be welcome to stop by to see what’s growing in my front yard,

Gretchen Mead
1700 E. Olive St.
Shorewood, WI
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Will Allen wins National Governors Association Award

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Zoo Freeway versus Monarch.

Letter from member of WisDOT Advisory Committee

The Dept of Transportation’s zoo interchange expansion plan calls for the clear cutting of four acres of Honey Creek Parkway on 84th St., and five acres of Underwood Parkway near 121st St., and two and a half acres of the County Grounds’ South Berm (Monarch Butterfly Trail) at the northeast quadrant. The trees/prairie would be replaced with three separate, huge detention ponds, each surrounded by a chain link fence.

Your response to DOT’s draft Environmental Impact Statement is needed to prevent this from happening.

The clear-cutting will remove all trees and wildlife habitat, which would otherwise provide a green space buffer to counter the air and noise pollution of motor vehicle traffic, as well as the increasing encroachment of urban sprawl.

Detention ponds will offer a dead zone collection area for carcinogenic heavy metals, grease, rock salt, smelly algae, mosquitoes and geese. It will be an eyesore instead of a parkway or nature preserve. Despite the chain link fence there will still be issues of safety and liability. It would not be a good use of taxpayer’s money.

There are alternatives to the ponds, such as underground cisterns, many of which are already in use in Milw. Co. It may raise the cost by as much as a million dollars, but considering the $2 billion being proposed for a six lane improvement, or $2.3 billion for an eight lane expansion, (Marquette interchange cost $190 million), the cistern cost is reasonable. Or some of the ponds could possibly be placed in a different area, such as amidst the interchange crossovers, rather than in a residential area or fragile prairie preserve.

DNR and MMSD are in concurrence with the detention ponds and offer as an offset to remove the concrete from the parkways in the identified areas. However, the replacement detention ponds offset any gain. Also, detention ponds are not required for the removal of concrete from the Underwood and HoneyCreek Rivers. This can be done separately.

Unless there is sufficient opposition expressed to the clear-cutting and detention ponds by Wisconsin residents, DOT plans to go forward with this plan. The deadline for public input/comment to DOT’s draft Environmental Impact Statement is July 13th. Only those comments received since the draft EIS was published in June will be considered. Prior ones will not be considered. So it is important to provide another comment form if you did so prior to the EIS draft.

The new comment form is attached. It can be completed on-line, printed out and mailed in. If you get the form to me, I will deliver them personally to save you postage. Or you can send a direct email comment to Jim Liptack at DOT at:

“Liptack, James - DOT” <James.Liptack@dot.wi.gov>

The draft EIS is accessible at the DOT website:

http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/projects/sefreeways/docs/deis-back-matter.pdf

Ironically, despite requests and protest by myself and other residents, the detention ponds are not included in the Environmental Impact Statement. However, July 13th is still the deadline for comments about the ponds to be considered.

There are public hearings tonight, and tomorrow from 4–8pm, at State Fair Park Tommy Thompson Bldg (entrance #5). At these public hearings one may elect to give an oral testimony which will be recorded, instead of providing a written comment. There will be DOT and contractor representatives present for questions, as well as large drawings and diagrams about the different alternatives, i.e., six or eight lanes. DOT’s preference is for eight lanes. Other decisions to be made include different ramp versions with varying numbers of residents relocated; and what kind of sound barrier to construct, and the use of Texas U-Turns.

Other important people to cotact are your state representative/senator, county supervisor if in Milwaukee, city mayor/alderperson if in Wauwatosa. However, this is an important environmental issue for all Wisconsin taxpayers. Every response counts.

Due to my persistent activity and vocals on the above matters, DOT recently invited me to be a member of their Community Advisory Committee. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at 414–771–1505.

Yours, Dianne Dagelen

Also:
Proposal to Destroy Monarch Habitat, Public Hearing on Zoo Interchange June 24

Download Comment Form <right click, save as>
Attach:http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/Main/HomePage/ZooPublicHearingCommentForm.pdf

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Great New Resource for Urban Agriculture

With the burgeoning interest of city dwellers in growing their own food, one of the key challenges to food gardeners has been resolved with the USA release of the www.cityfoodgrowers.com organic gardening web site.

At the click of mouse, gardeners from any town or city in all USA states can select by day, month or plant on the correct times to plant, cultivate or harvest their food plants. The web site stores temperatures from over 4000 weather monitoring points in the USA, temperature profiles of 130 of the most common plants grown by USA hobby food gardeners and daily planetary information for the northern hemisphere.

Food gardeners will no longer need to use the complicated and sometimes inaccurate broad zonal planting systems. The web site allows for localisation of the garden climate profile down to the level of town and city and even suburb within large cities. As an example, the state of Illinois has 180 weather monitoring points and 4 within its largest city of Chicago. This localisation greatly improves the potential for successful planting. For gardeners interested in taking advantage of planetary forces, such as moon planting and biodynamic planting data, the web site integrates the often complex planetary information directly into the planting calendar. The web site also provides localisation for Australia and New Zealand.

Continued at Good Food Movement Organizing
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City Hall RALLY to Keep Public Our Water(KPOW!)!

Monday, June 15 at 12:30.

Be there at 12:30!
Please Sign the petition against leasing our water for 99 years at the link below.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/Stop-Water-Privatization-Wisconsin

Milwaukee water is vital for families, businesses and community safety. It is also a major resource for jobs and economic development in the coming years. But, there is an effort underway to privatize the Milwaukee waterworks by leasing it to a multi-national corporation for 99 years. The reason that city leaders are planning this is to raise money for the city which is losing state aid.

This plan will hurt the people of Milwaukee. If the city privatizes the drinking water system, costs will go up and water quality will go down. It has already happened in Indianapolis. We can find other ways to support city services.

Here’s an extensive collection of information about this issue:

http://www.afscmelocal952.org/filecabinet.html

Call your alderperson and let them know how you feel! Call 414 286–2221

Stockton, CA privatized: Prices soared.
Stockton, CA privatized: Voters Thwart City Council
Stockton, CA privatized: Citizens Sued and Won.
Gary, IN privatized: Infrastructure failed.
Cranston, RI privatized: Pollutants increased.
Atlanta, GA privatized: Costs soared.
Atlanta, GA privatized: Fire Hydrants Fail
Atlanta, GA privatized: Faucets Spew Dirty Water.
Atlanta, GA privatized: New Mayor Voted In, Cancels Contract
Atlanta, GA privatized: Basic Repairs Neglected
Atlanta, GA privatized: Federal Drinking Water Standards Violated
Milwaukee, WI privatized: Illegal Sewage Dumping
Cleveland, OH privatized: Public Scandal
Hingham, MA privatized: Rate Hike
Tom’s River, NJ privatized: Radium in Drinking Water
Pekin IL privatized: 204% Rate Hike
Peoria IL privatized: Highest Water Rate Bracket

Water privatization press release!

Click here.

An open letter to the Milwaukee County Board

In an op ed published last Sunday in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel I wrote that whether or not to locate the UWM College of Engineering and Applied Science on the county grounds was the wrong debate. The right debate should have been how to use the precious amount of open land we have left in Milwaukee County. At the board meeting yesterday I realized that this issue is broader and more critical than I had thought.

During the approximately two hours of debate over whether to sell 89 acres of the county grounds there was much talk about UWM and the quality of the development that would result from this sale, but only once did I hear the larger question addressed. Although the rest of the debate was not without merit, Supervisor Weishan cut to the bone when he observed that this question was not about economic development, not about UWM, not even about the county grounds: it was about balancing the budget. Because the board has found itself in a financial pinch, once again it has decided that selling off irreplaceable county land is the best way to balance the budget. If the emails I received after my op ed appeared are an indication, we are rushing into a proposal that most of the public opposes and about which even the UWM community is deeply divided–simply because the county grounds was “the easiest thing to sell.”

In fairness, the county board certainly listened to the environmental community and went to great lengths to add language that restricts the proposed development in a number of ways as well as proposes protections for the monarch migration habitats. I appreciate the time and effort that went into these deliberations and I do not doubt the sincerity of the board’s intentions. Unfortunately the urgency of closing this sale seems to have won out over making certain the language is enforceable. William Domina, the corporation counsel, made it clear that the proposed language was ambiguous and could be interpreted in different ways. I thank Supervisor Weishan for the request that this decision be delayed until the language was clarified and strengthened. As you know, that request was rejected on a 15–4 vote.
Click here for the rest!
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Wall Street To Become Custodian of Great Lakes and Mississippi River Waters?

Is this surreal or not?

If Wall Street can privatize Milwaukee water,
Any city’s water can be won for single mindedly
Profit focused corporations.

Milwaukee has perhaps the finest tradition of
Responsible public servants and efficiently run city services
In the United States.

Who would dare defile this tradition
By ceding our birthright, our commonwealth waters,
To privatizing profiteers?

That we are even this far along the privatization fix,
Insults the ecological intelligence of perhaps
The most politically progressive commonwealth citizens of
Our great but imperiled nation.

Commonwealth Citizen

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Keep Public Our Waters! (KPOW!)

You can track a YahooGroup at their web site KPOW at

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/KPOW/

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Mayor Barrett Can Inspire a Change In State Law to Keep Public Our Waters!

Please Send Mayor Barrett An E-Mail Asking For His Help in Changing a State Law
So Milwaukee’s Well Run Water Works’ Profits Can Flow Into General Fund To Ease Tax Burden

Mayor Barrett <mayor@milwaukee.gov>

(cc his top aid “Patrick Curley” <Patrick.Curley@milwaukee.gov> and godsil.james@gmail.com)

Why don’t we ask the mayor’s office about why they just don’t change the law. The next week is very critical as Joint Finance Committee finishes up the budget. There will be a few other chances to get something in the budget, but if the Mayor wants this and he is an experienced state legislator having served in both houses, he should be able to prevail. It would then become law by the middle of the summer.

From Journal Article on Water Privatization:

Morics is interested in a deal because Milwaukee can’t simply raise more money for city services by charging more for the water it sells to its residents and the ever-expanding markets outside city limits. State law requires all of the money Milwaukee takes in for water to be spent on the Water Works. None of it flows into the city’s general fund to ease the burden on city taxpayers. Thus, Morics sees the long-term lease as a way to pump money out of an essentially frozen asset.

From “Journal” article today:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/45969117.html

It’s not that Milwaukee is doing a lousy job of running a system that supplies this most basic life necessity to its 600,000 residents as well as 15 suburbs - the city is lauded as a national leader in delivering quality drinking water.

It’s not that the system needs an infusion of private cash to keep functioning - it’s actually a money maker, bringing in about $70 million in annual sales.

It is, basically, about accounting.

In October, Milwaukee Comptroller W. Martin “Wally” Morics floated the idea of privatizing the city’s Water Works as a possible solution to Milwaukee’s long-term financial problems. Barrett and the Common Council reacted warily but agreed to let Morics search for a consulting team to study the idea.

Morics is interested in a deal because Milwaukee can’t simply raise more money for city services by charging more for the water it sells to its residents and the ever-expanding markets outside city limits. State law requires all of the money Milwaukee takes in for water to be spent on the Water Works. None of it flows into the city’s general fund to ease the burden on city taxpayers. Thus, Morics sees the long-term lease as a way to pump money out of an essentially frozen asset.

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We Need Gwen Moore To Keep Public Our Waters(KPOW!)

This is a federal issue,
A state issue,
A city issue.

Gwen could KPOW!
As part of a mornings work.

KPOW!

Says, I’ll bet,
Sister Gwen

Visit Gwen Moore’s blog Here

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Water Panel Weak On Specifics

The Politics of Water. Thursday, May 21.

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Milwaukee Riverkeeper’s Cheryl Nenn and Karen Royster of the Institute for Wisconsin’s Future, have sparked a movement to

Keep Public Our Water

KPOW!

Next meeting: Tuesday, June 2 at 4:00pm at 1845 North Farwell

Mary Lou Lamonda has created a web site for this sacred cause:

http://kepow.wordpress.com/

Cheryl offers these concepts to KPOW!

1. Privatization is bad for Milwaukee: Privatization or a long term lease of Milwaukee Water Works is bad for the Region, and backhanded taxation at the tap. Privatization will likely lead to increased water costs and less accountability to the public. Increased water rates could hurt the poorer members of our community. Across the world ranging from Pennsylvania to Bolivia, poor people who can not pay their higher water bills instituted by private companies are cut off. While rates paid to public utilities tend to be pumped back into the system, private water companies (most of which are French multinationals) can spend our money any way they want, and often send profits outside of the region and outside of the country to reward distant shareholders.

2. Privatization harms the environment: Private companies have little incentive to encourage or implement conservation and efficiency programs that conserve our water resources, and minimize negative effects on ecosystems. Likewise, private companies are less likely than public utilities to employ monitoring systems that go above and beyond current regulations to ensure our water safety, as is the case with Milwaukee Water Works (who tests for over 30 additional contaminants than those required by law).

3. Water is a part of the Public Trust: Like the air we breathe, everyone has an essential right to safe, clean, affordable water---and this right should never be subject to control by private corporations. Private companies do not carry a moral responsibility to provide water to everyone, they generally charge up to four times that of public utilities, and are not accountable to the public for poor operations and maintenance or spending our money unwisely. While we can vote a public official out of office, we can not vote out an incompetent CEO.

4. We need a Public Hearing. The City of Milwaukee should hold a public hearing before expending any money to procure a biased Fiinancial Advisor, who will only grease the wheels of privatization, and who is handsomely rewarded with a “success fee” should the city decide to privatize. Citizens should be able to express their concerns and viewpoints regarding privatization prior to the City deciding whether or not to hire a Financial Advisor. We need a transparent public process, and the public needs to be educated about what’s at stake if we lose control of a precious natural resource and strategic asset.

5. People Before Profit: Publicly operated water systems need not turn a profit so they can focus exclusively on ensuring a clean, safe water supply—instead of the bottom line.

Call the Alders!

Please call/email your Alder (handy list is below). and then feel free to pass this on, or link to or cut and paste into your blog, facebook, etc.

http://www.suraforchange.com/2009/05/21/will-milwaukee-privatize-our-water/
Will Milwaukee Privatize Our Water?

The City of Milwaukee is moving toward privatizing Milwaukee Water even as they speak of making Milwaukee the Fresh Water Capitol of the world (privatization is part of that scenario too).

Other cities and communities that have privatized water have seen terrible results, including skyrocketing prices, neglect of infrastructure maintenance, reduced water quality and destroyed public confidence. Water is becoming more precious by the day and it makes no fiscal sense to bid it out at today’s values.

If you want to be involved and active on fighting this short-sighted, fiscally irresponsible idea, join the “Keep Public Our Waters” group by sending an email to kpow-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

You can find your Alder here. Their email addresses are below or you can call them at 286.2221

1. Ashanti Hamilton ahamil@milwaukee.gov
2. Joe Davis jldavis@milwaukee.gov
3. Alder Nik Kovac nkovac@milwaukee.gov
4. Robert Bauman rjbauma@milwaukee.gov
5. Jim Bohl jbohl@milwaukee.gov
6. Milele Coggs mcoggs@milwaukee.gov
7. Willie Wade wwade@milwaukee.gov
8. Bob Donovan rdonov@milwaukee.gov
9. Robert Puente rpuent@milwaukee.gov
10. Michael Murphy mmurph@milwaukee.gov
11. Joe Dudzig jdudzi@milwaukee.gov
12. James Witkowiak jwitko@milwaukee.gov
13. Terry Witkowski twitko@milwaukee.gov
14. Tony Zielinski tzieli@milwaukee.gov
15. Willie Hines whines@milwaukee.gov

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Sura Faraj
www.SuraforChange.com
sura@suraforchange.com
414.263.1513
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Keep Our Water Public!(KPOW!) Join Our Yahoo Discussion Action Group

We are committed to the proposition that water cannot be owned by private interests; that water is a community treasure; that water must be managed by the public community nearest to the water source; that that natural and historic movement of the peoples has been towards water.

Join this group by e-mailing…
kpow-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

More information at CommunityWealth

A Good Food Manifesto for America

By Will Allen
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

I am a farmer. While I find that this has come to mean many other things to other people – that I have become also a trainer and teacher, and to some a sort of food philosopher – I do like nothing better than to get my hands into good rich soil and sow the seeds of hope.

So, spring always enlivens me and gives me the energy to make haste, to feel confidence, to take full advantage of another all-too-short Wisconsin summer.

This spring, however, much more so than in past springs, I feel my hope and confidence mixed with a sense of greater urgency. This spring, I know that my work will be all the more important, for the simple but profound reason that more people are hungry.

For years I have argued that our food system is broken, and I have tried to teach what I believe must be done to fix it. This year, and last, we have begun seeing the unfortunate results of systemic breakdown. We have seen it in higher prices for those who can less afford to pay, in lines at local food pantries, churches and missions, and in the anxious eyes of people who have suddenly become unemployed. We have seen it, too, in nationwide outbreaks of food-borne illness in products as unlikely as spinach and peanuts.

Severe economic recession certainly has not helped matters, but the current economy is not alone to blame. This situation has been spinning toward this day for decades. And while many of my acquaintances tend to point the finger at the big agro-chemical conglomerates as villains, the fault really is with all of us who casually, willingly, even happily surrendered our rights to safe, wholesome, affordable and plentiful food in exchange for over-processed and pre-packaged convenience.

Read the rest here

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