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A Year Goes By

16 Saturday Mar 2013

Posted by Jessica Y in Altadena, Food Politics, Garden, Label GMOs

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blogging, food politics, food systems, garden, gardening, Proposition 37, sustainable food, sustainable living

Eggplant

A year can be marked by what is growing in the garden, birthdays, the start of school, by anniversaries, by so many things. A blogging anniversary is a milestone, especially the first year. I started this blog not really knowing what to expect. It was a completely new endeavor. I like to write, but need “assignments” to motivate me to actually do it. Blogging seemed like a good way to give myself assignments, and gave me a forum to write about something I am very passionate about.

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Label GMOs: Everyone’s Right to Know

16 Thursday Aug 2012

Posted by Jessica Y in Food Politics, Label GMOs

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California's Right to Know, food justice, food politics, food systems, garden, gardening, GMOs, Monsanto, Proposition 37, sustainable agriculture, sustainable food, sustainable living

(This post is also posted on the Food Renegade blog’s Fight Back Friday for August 17)

In California we have a process known as ballot initiatives or propositions, by which laws can be created by citizens and passed into law by votes at the polls. This November Californians are voting to require that genetically modified food be labeled as such. I firmly believe that labeling GMOs is a step in the right direction toward a more sustainable food system. This fight is a people vs. mega corporations fight. The “No” campaign is outspending the “Yes” campaign by millions of dollars. Recently the “Yes” campaign asked: What is more powerful – a million dollars or a million people? I am betting on the latter. Out here in the gardening, sustainable food/living blogosphere, I know I may be preaching to the choir, but the time is now to get involved and help California pass Proposition 37. No matter how little or much you know about GMO food, please get informed about the proposition and consider getting involved.

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Crop Swapping Grows a Community

28 Monday May 2012

Posted by Jessica Y in Food Politics, Garden

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community, crop swapping, food politics, food systems, garden, gardening, sustainable living

Some of the backyard produce brought to the swap.

(Also posted at Food Renegade)

Yesterday afternoon, I took with me to the park nine tomato seedlings that I did not have room for in my garden and came home with a pile of Swiss chard, avocados, a zucchini, mint, mixed salad greens, a sage plant, loquats, a sweet potato start, and enough basil to make a batch of pesto. Yesterday, members of RIPE Altadena (Residential In-season Produce Exchange of Altadena) met in the park to swap their garden excesses. People went home with a week’s worth of produce, additions to their gardens, and, most likely, a whole lot more than that.

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