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Please see Links below regarding ending hunger, child education, child health, training for women, sustainable technology, organic gardening-farming, recycling, reducing water usuage and good books to read. BREAD FOR THE WORLD - LETTER WRITING CAMPAING Please consider writing to: President, your Senators, your Congressman (Congresswoman), your State Governor, Senators, Representatives, your County political Representatives, your city Mayor and city Councilmen (Councilwomen). SAMPLE LETTER your... read more

` Are you one of the masses who believe there is no easy answer to the problems of the rising cost of food , our dependence on foreign oil and the threat of global warming ?   Guess what, There IS an Answer! "Victory Gardens" were the patriotic food gardens that people grew at their homes during WWI and WWII. At that time, growing food at home helped reduce the price of vegetables needed by the US Dept of war to feed the troops, so our resources could be used elsewhere...

` Coconut Oil SLAMMED – Soybean Growers are making a KILLING ` If coconut oil is so good, why does it have a bad reputation? The simple reason is MONEY and GREED . Everybody knows coconut oil is a saturated fat.  We are constantly told to reduce our saturated fat intake. The words saturated fat have become almost synonymous with heart disease. Very few people know the difference between the medium-chain saturated fatty acids in coconut oil and the long-chain saturated fatty acids...

` We know that fatty processed foods aren't good for our schoolchildren, but getting more locally grown foods on the cafeteria menu can be difficult. The economic crisis may change that. Schools now have less money to spend while at the same time farmers find it increasingly expensive to transport their crops to distant markets. Connecting school lunch programs directly to local farms is good for everyone. Schools save money, farmers find nearby buyers and student health improves. According to the...

` It’s not just a way to trump up cheap labor, says Brookfield Farm’s manager, but a committed partnership that requires a real investment from both farmer and student. By Dan Sullivan Brookfield Farm’s new barn (background) is part of a recent capital campaign. August 31, 2004: To study the history of Brookfield Farm on the outskirts of Amherst, Mass., is to chart the course of the CSA movement itself. The third community supported farm ever...

` Back to school, back to the land     In North Carolina, community college students learn how to become small-scale farmers with an affordable, two-year program combining classroom and field experience By Benton Smith September 15, 2005 Reprinted with permission from Growing for Market, a monthly newsletter for small-scale vegetable and flower farmers. Since 1992, GFM has provided a forum for sharing ideas and information among direct market farmers. To learn more,...