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Freezing rain, snow, rain, temperatures up and down, all have made for treacherous driving conditions this week. This will be a quiet calendar shift. Staying home and preparing and devouring a basic but special meal, a little wine and a movie.
I am reading a book which I will be reviewing here in the near future. Michael Olson's MetroFarm is a Guide to Growing for Big Profit on a Small Parcel of Land. The title fits well with the local social economy enterprises that we have underway here in Thunder Bay, Over the next few months we will discuss the three projects in more detail. Next week we will continue with our examination of food and social policy with a more in depth look at the Food Charter. In the following weeks we will examine how we can contribute to the development of local food policy councils and the food policy council's role in the Community Food Security Action Plan. The following quotation states the underlying goal of Canada's Action Plan for Food Security 'We will ensure an enabling political, social and economic environment designed to create the best conditions for the eradication of poverty and for durable peace, based on full and equal participation of women and men, which is most conducive to achieving sustainable food security for all.' World Food Summit How will this come about? That is the question we are answering. The ethics of eating plays a significant role in the discussion. I love to eat and to cook. Both are fun and give myself and others joy. This is one reason that I find it difficult to make my meals from creatures which have suffered. The concern for the suffering of other beings raises some great questions. What is suffering? Do animals, other than humans, suffer and so on. Animals feel pain. So how do I reconcile this with the joy I get from food? Maybe for some, but, for me, pain and suffering do not equal joy. More another day. A Happy and Prosperous 2005 to All. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/862/... I'll leave you this week with these words from E.F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful: "Study how a society uses its land and you can come to pretty reliable conclusions as to what its future will be" (p.94) Go To Page: 1 |
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