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Derrick Jensen and “green revolution”

der­rick jensen is a NATURALIST who has writ­ten much about demol­ish­ing dams and the return to a cer­tain type of nature, a time before lan­guage. In a recent Orion mag­a­zine arti­cle he boldly states that the per­sonal is not nec­es­sar­ily political.

“You Say Tomato, I Say Agricultural Disaster”

An inter­est­ing arti­cle from the New York Times. As we begin to grow more of our own food, we need to reac­quaint our­selves with plant pathol­ogy and under­stand that what we grow, and how we grow it, affects every­one else.

Support the new Community Garden Bill

Taqwa Community Garden, Bronx, NYExcit­ing news! Recently sev­eral mem­bers of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives intro­duced the Com­mu­nity Gar­den Act of 2009. The bill would make it eas­ier for the USDA to issue grants to help non-profit & com­mu­nity groups estab­lish or main­tain com­mu­nity gar­dens. To read the bill’s text, fol­low this link.

Please call Dis­trict 30 Rep. Xavier Bac­erra and ask him to sup­port this very impor­tant bill. (213) 483‑1425 local, (202) 225‑6235 DC