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[Linda Ray <lindaray@att.net>]

I *really* want to see this trend go viral. EVERYONE would benefit by 
introducing this legislation to your localities, including local family 
farms. 
That means much better food security for you and your family. 

Please request your local legislators to take up this torch as well.
 
Stay well,
 
Linda :-)
 
Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 9:31:31 AM
Subject: Third Town In Maine Passes Food Freedom Law


From:
http://www.naturalnews.com/032142_food_freedom_Maine.html

Blue Hill becomes third town in Maine to pass food freedom law 
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer
 
(NaturalNews) Within the past several months, numerous towns in Maine, and 
one 
in Vermont, have proposed or enacted food sovereignty laws that declare, 
plainly, that the federal government has no business telling citizens what 
food 
products they can and cannot buy or sell locally. Representing the third town 
to 
successfully pass such an ordinance, Blue Hill, Maine, recently adopted a 
local 
food and self-governance bill that asserts the freedom of local citizens to 
choose their own food.

In a near-unanimous vote, Blue Hill residents successfully voted to pass the 
food freedom ordinance on April 2. Besides declaring sovereignty from 
government 
intrusion on local food policy, the bill exempts all direct sales of food 
from 
having to comply with state and federal license and inspection requirement. 
In 
other words, local residents who grow and sell produce, for instance, will 
not 
be subjected to the tedious and expensive bureaucratic red tape that 
rightfully 
applies to factory farm operations.

"[It] is a huge milestone in the struggle to protect the rights, not only of 
farmers to sell their products, but also of all citizens to eat the food of 
their choice," John Gandy, a local resident of Blue Hill and Master for the 
Halcyon Grange, is quoted as saying in the Activist Post. "It is time 
citizens 
start defending our rights against big government and big business."

In early March, two other towns in Maine, Sedgwick and Penobscot, both passed 
their own food sovereignty laws. And the town of Barre, Vt., will vote on its 
own food freedom resolution sometime in May 
(http://www.naturalnews.com/031833_f...).

Based on the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution, the federal government 
has 
absolutely no authority to interfere with state and local food affairs. The 
Amendment specifically prohibits the federal government from exerting any 
power 
not specifically granted to it by the Constitution, and a group called the 
Tenth 
Amendment Center is working hard to help states break free from the chains of 
unlawful federal intrusion (http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/).

You can also keep track of the status of food freedom legislation at the 
following links:
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com...
http://growninthecity.com/interacti...

Sources for this story include:

http://www.activistpost.com/2011/04... 

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Hi, I want to let you know about the upcoming West Coast Women's 
Permaculture 
Gathering this May.   It will be an incredible weekend full of incredible 
women.  Can you please help spread the word?
Thanks,
Joan
 
West Coast Women's Permaculture Gathering in Cazadero, CA May 20-22

Greetings Powerful Permie Women-

Registration is open for the next West Coast Women's Permaculture Gathering: 
Sowing the Seeds of Women’s Leadership and Growing a Revolutionary 
Paradigm. 


To register use the following link:http://womenspermaculture.eventbrite.com/

To learn more about the event please visit our website 
at<http://www.westcoastwomenspc.weebly.com> 


It will happen May 20-22, 2011 in Cazadero CA at the Black Mountain Preserve 
and 
Retreat Center http://www.blackmountaincenter.com/.  


Below is our amazing list of speakers:

Nina Simons (Moonrise, Bioneers & Cultivating Women’s Leadership), 
Starhawk (The Last Wild Witch & Earth Activist Training), 
Jude Hobbs (Cascadia Permaculture Institute & PI USA), 
Kat Steele (Urban Permaculture Guild & Esalen Institute), 
Jenny Pell (Community by Design & Permaculture Now!), 
Carla Perez (Movement Generation & Permaculture for the People), 
Pandora Thomas (Grind for the Green & Earth Seed), 
Deborah Eden Tull (The Natural Kitchen: Your Guide to the Sustainable Food 
Revolution),
Rachel Kaplan (Urban Homesteading)

Also Rebecca Newburn of Richmond Rivets will coordinate a seed swap and Kari 
Stettler & Rebecca Strong will offer Soul Motion~Somatic 
Permaculture/Movement 
as Medicine! 


There will be room for all to speak and share ideas and projects through an 
Open 
Space format, so come ready to share and participate.   

We are delighted to be creating this gathering and are looking forward to 
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Please spread the word! (apologies for cross posting!)

 "There is one, and only one, solution, and we have almost no time to try 
it. We 
must turn all our resources to repairing the natural world,and train all our 
young people to help. They want to.
We need to give them this last chance to create forests, soils, clean waters, 
clean energies, secure communities,stable regions, and to know how to do it 
from 
hands-on experience"
"...the greatest change we need to make is from consumption to production, 
even 
if on a small scale, in our own gardens. If only 10% of us do this, there is 
enough for everyone.
Hence the futility of revolutionaries who have no gardens, who depend on the 
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Workshop: An Introduction to Training and Driving Oxen

When: Saturday, May 14th , 10 AM to 5 PM
Where: Living Energy Farm, Louisa VA (see below for directions)
Registration Contact: Sara Tansey, *sara.m.tansey@gmail.com* , *843-694-8896
*
Cost: $50, includes lunch. Checks made payable to Living Energy Farm.

Internationally, no animal is used for draft as commonly as the ox.
Sometimes referred to as the “poor man's horse,” oxen are cheaper and more
easily obtained than horses, and much cheaper to feed. While not as fast as
horses, they are stronger and have more endurance, and a more level
disposition.

This workshop is intended as an introduction to oxen for those with little
or no experience with cattle. We will begin by discussing the historical and
modern significance of the ox as a working animal. We will cover the pros
and cons of different breeds, and go over the basics of selecting calves,
early halter and yoke training, feeding, housing and care. We will then
learn the basic commands used to drive oxen and discuss techniques used to
teach each of these commands. Participants will have a chance to practice
these commands by driving one of our oxen teams. We will demonstrate both a
mature team plowing a field, and a younger team pulling a cart.

This workshop will be taught by Luke Conner. Luke has worked with oxen since
he was five years old, and has spent the past four years training, working,
and showing his team, Calvin and Hobbes. Workshop assistants Jon and Debbie
of Living Energy Farm have been training their team, Lojki and Fiddle, for
the past eight months.

Directions to Living Energy Farm:

>From West/ Charlottesville area:
Take I-64 East, toward Richmond. The next exit past Zion Crossroads is Rte.
208. Turn Left/ North on 208. Follow 208 for about 10 miles to the town of
Louisa. When you come to a stoplight, turn Left. In one block, turn Right on
Fredericksburg Ave. This road becomes Bibb Store Road. The (unmarked)
address of the LEF property is 1050 Bibb Store Road. It will be on your
Right. There is a white sign that says LEF on it.

>From East/ Richmond area:
Take I-64 West, toward Charlottesville. The next exit past Shannon Hill is
Rte. 208. Turn Right/ North on 208. Follow 208 for about 10 miles to the
town of Louisa. When you come to a stoplight, turn Left. In one block, turn
Right on Fredericksburg Ave. This road becomes Bibb Store Road. The
(unmarked) address of the LEF property is 1050 Bibb Store Road. It will be
on your Right. There is a white sign that says LEF on it.