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Marin Climate Initiative

July 16, 2008
Marin Organic has just announced the launch of their newest project, the Marin Climate Initiative: www.MarinClimateInitiative.org, operating in association with the Marin Carbon Project.

This web-based educational resource empowers users to reduce their impact on the environment and explains the merits of using our local rangeland soils to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a potentially effective strategy in reducing global warming while providing ecological and agricultural benefits to communities.

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Mayor Gavin Newsom dedicated the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden at City Hall

July 16, 2008
Last Saterday, July 12 SF Mayor Gavin Newsom dedicated the Slow Food Nation Victory Garden at City Hall - it was a great event. Watch the U Tube video here.

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Federal Food Policy

July 11, 2008
In 2009 Congress will review the Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004. This law determines the amount of federal funding for nutrition programs for children, such as school lunches, summer lunch, nutrition in child care, and the WIC programs (Women, Infants and Children), including the WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program. These public food programs are critically underfunded, making basic operation difficult and the integration of sustainable food nearly impossible. The USDA will be holding a regional listening session in San Francisco on August 6, 2008 to gather public input on the funding of these federal nutrition assistance programs. They are also accepting public comments through their website - http://www.fns.usda.gov/cga/Sessions/default.htm

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Not Just for White People Anymore - How the Organic Movement Can Regain its Relevance

July 2, 2008
Grist food writer Tom Philopott wrote this timely critiqe of the state of the organic movement after attending the Organic Summit last week. Have a look at his critique of, and suggestions for, organics - click here to read article.

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Water Stewardship: Ensuring a Secure Future for California Agriculture

July 2, 2008
Looming Water Crisis Spurs Action -
Agriculture Support Groups Call For Agricultural Water Stewardship to Protect State Food Production

Several agriculture support organizations today issued a joint report calling for producers and policy-makers to recognize the importance of agricultural water stewardship as a key element of a strategy to better manage the state’s dwindling water resources and reduce farmers’ reliance on insecure inputs. The paper, “Water Stewardship: Ensuring a Secure Future for California Agriculture” (available at www.agwaterstewards.org) outlines the case for water stewardship and lays the foundation for a water stewardship strategy. The report was released by the Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association, the California Institute for Rural Studies, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, the Ecological Farming Association, the Polaris Institute, and the WATER Institute of the Occidental Arts and Ecology Center.

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