Category Archives: politics

The facts about food and farming – latimes.com

Posted on January 8, 2010 by cmf

Agriculture is a business. Farming without a financial motive is gardening. I use that line a lot when I’m giving talks, and it always gets a laugh. But it’s deadly serious. Not only do farmers have expenses to meet just … Continue reading →

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Max? Whose Side Are You On, Anyway?

Posted on September 30, 2009 by cmf

I haven’t written about politics in a while, but this health reform debate is making me froth at the mouth. I’ve called Baucus’s office so many times that I think I’m on the “crazy lady” list. First off, the idea … Continue reading →

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Tomatoes and Slavery

Posted on March 5, 2009 by cmf

Way back in my youth I worked in New York for a company that repackaged magazine material into cookbooks — our biggest client was Gourmet Magazine. So I’ve watched with great interest as Ruth Reichel has taken that hoary old … Continue reading →

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School Lunch, Opportunity for Change?

Posted on March 2, 2009 by cmf

There’s a vigorous and healthy debate going on in the blogosphere about school lunch. Congress is gearing up to revise the Child Nutrition and WIC act, which includes the school lunch program, and the forces of Hope and Change have … Continue reading →

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Yes We Did!

Posted on January 20, 2009 by cmf

We are flying the flag today for Barack Obama, for the restoration of the Constitution of the United States of America, for the revival of the American Dream. I hate crowds, but there’s part of me that now wishes I’d … Continue reading →

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Posted in Believing, faith, politics | 6 Comments