MSP Mag: Farm and failure

Andrew Zimmern writes, "The farm bill is here and it’s not a pretty picture. This affects all Minnesotans, every one of us. And it dictates policy for another five years. Read this post and the three excerpts and DO SOMETHING today to make a difference."

Author:: BMTN Staff
Updated:: Mar 8, 2018
Original:: Jun 7, 2012

Andrew Zimmern writes, "The farm bill is here and it’s not a pretty picture. This affects all Minnesotans, every one of us. And it dictates policy for another five years. Read this post and the three excerpts and DO SOMETHING today to make a difference."

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What the heck do you actually do with a CSA box of veggies? Anyone who’s signed up for a Community Supported Agriculture program, whereby you give a farm a few hundred dollars at the beginning of the season and you get a box of produce for some specified number of weeks, has been confronted with this question. Sure, anyone can get through a head of lettuce one night—but how do you get through 10 in a week?

Andrew Zimmern writes, "One of the most important pieces of editorial content you will ever read came down the pipe on March 27 in The New York Times. Mark Bittman’s eloquent and learned piece on children and diet in America is a clarion call to action for not only parents but for anyone with half a brain left in their head after being beaten senseless with the “if it isn’t happening to me right now it doesn’t matter” stick."

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