Hi All,

It is amazing how quickly the weather changes. September rolls around and you can’t fool mother nature! The nights are cooler and the days are getting shorter. The vegetables in my garden are starting to wind down, and my interns have returned to college. I have a little twinge of sadness, as we move into the next season, but no time to dwell on it! Too much to do and all wonderful stuff! I need to harvest and cook up, freeze, can, or dry, all of the veggies coming out of my garden before I leave for Terra Madre this Sunday! Such pressure!! I know I will appreciate it in the middle of the winter, when I can pull out of the freezer a fresh batch of pesto, and taste the summer, but in the meantime, I’m a bit crazed!

I was very moved when I watched Lawrence O’Donnell’s piece on our treatment of Native American people. He took a critical look a dark part of our history, that is rarely addressed and certainly has not been made right, and clearly explained it in lay terms, so that the masses can understand it. And now, once again, with total disregard for the native people and their land, our government has approved the building of a crude oil pipeline through Lakota sacred land in North Dakota. Of course they say it won’t leak, but time has shown us that most pipelines do leak, and this pipeline would affect over 18 million people’s access to clean water. We can not let our government continue to disregard the health and well being of it’s people, for the profits of fossil fuel corporations, nor should we stand by and allow our government to continue their unfair policies towards Native American people. This must stop! Last Friday, 3 federal agencies put a temporary halt on the construction of the pipeline within 20 miles of the reservation, but we must stand in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, and keep this pipeline off their land!

My guest this week on the Progressive Radio Network is , the co-founder of Oko Farms and the Farm Manager of Moore Street Farm. Yemi has facilitated the creation and maintenance of 20 edible spaces (in NYC) at schools and community organizations including a rooftop farm in Crown Heights and a 1/4 acre farm at the Weeksville Heritage Center that included poultry and bees. In addition to her current work at the Moore St. Farm, Yemi is part of the NEBHDCo’s (Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development)  Community Healthy Food Initiative where she manages 2 farms that source the Golden Harvest Food Pantry. She has a Masters Degree in Health and Nutrition Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Please join me on Thursday, to learn more about the work Yemi is doing, and to find out how you can get involved!

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With love and gratitude,

Bhavani