Over at The Cleaner Plate Club (sure as heck not by way of most mainstream media channels, sigh), I found this piece on the New York Times op-ed, My Forbidden Fruits (and Vegetables), by a farmer, Jack Hedin, who wanted to grow vegetables that could be sold at local farmers’ market. And was blocked by the government, who, you know, is here to protect you.
This led over to The Crunchy Chicken, who is so outraged she’s resorted to terms like “grinding my crackers”. Gotta love that. Also gotta love that she’s created clickable banners with which to encourage your readership to go do something about this. Here’s the code:
<a href="http://crunchychicken.blogspot.com/2008/03/fix-farm-bill.html"> <img src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_8ndgSYbdkZ0/R8ub_doK2GI/AAAAAAAABGk/Igsn3VHPWRA/S1600-R/FarmBill.jpg" alt="Fix the Farm Bill"/></a>
…which will send people to her blog, where there’s a lovely sample letter to send to one’s Congresspeople, and links to several other letters as well.
So go out and do something good for your plate today.
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Thank you so much for finding these articles/info. I am not surprised sadly but had no idea that Jack was facing these specific challenges. Yes, I know Jack. Well, I know his wife a bit more intimately … I attended the homebirth of their youngest son and his wife attended Nessa’s birth. They are both wonderful, intelligent, caring people. And the farm he speaks of is gorgeous too.
With this kind of help from the goverment no wonder I can’t get my dad to grow fruits and veggies to take to the farmers market in his retirment rather than keeping all the land in govt. programs. Humph.
Tami, also a farmer’s daughter again (SE MN)
Oh my gosh Tami! Isn’t it a small, small world? I am so glad to be able to help, even in my small bloggin’ way. Spread the word, let’s see if we can’t amplify Jack’s voice as far as we can.