A wonderful petition is going around the internet, organized by organic farmers, chefs, and policymakers. It asks President-Elect Obama to appoint a Secretary of Agriculture who will focus on sustainable agriculture, not a perpetuation of the current industrial mindset that has run ag policy in this country for decades! Please sign if you can!
http://www.fooddemocracynow.org/
Also, on a somewhat related note, below is an open letter from amazing poet Wendell Berry & environmental activist/author Bill McKibben asking people to join them in DC in early march in engage in a peaceful act of civil disobedience against a coal plant. Please read:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brune/wendell-berry-and-bill-mc_b_149948.html?view=print
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