Hi Everyone,

I can’t believe it is time to start to think about gardens, and ordering seeds. Growing your on food is awesome, but if you can’t, or it’s not your thing, find a local farmer who can do it for you. CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) is a great way to get delicious, in season, organically grown, local vegetables into your home, while supporting your local farmer.

CSA Week is taking place from February 20th through February 26th, 2022! During this special week, we are raising awareness about CSA Programs and encouraging farmers and farmer support organizations across the country to come together in promoting CSA’s!

Here on Long Island, iEat Green, along with Slow Food North Shore, NOFA-NY, Deep Roots Farmers Market, and the Sisters of St. Josephs are hosting the 3rd Annual Long Island CSA Fair on March 26th from 11-3 pm. (March 27th, rain date)  We will have over 20 farms representing their CSA programs, food trucks, a knife sharpening truck and great music to set the mood. Save the date, plan on coming, and don’t forget to bring your knives!! 

Leonard Buschel, Author of HIGH: Confessions of A Cannabis Addict, will Join Bhavani on the Progressive Radio Network.

Leonard Buschel is a Philadelphia native, and a very happy Los Angeles transplant. He is California Certified Substance Abuse Counselor with years of experience working with people struggling with addiction. He attended Naropa University in Boulder, CO. Mr. Buschel is the founder of Writers In Treatment whose primary purpose is to promote ‘treatment’ as the best first step solution for addiction, alcoholism and other self-destructive behaviors. Leonard is the director of the 13 year old REEL Recovery Film Festival & Symposium®, and for nine years has been the editor/publisher of the weekly Addiction/Recovery eBulletin®. He also directs and produces the annual Experience, Strength and Hope Awards® in Los Angeles.

Buschel’s memoir was published in 2021, HIGH: Confessions of A Cannabis Addict is about his journey from drug dealer to drug counselor. Buschel’s memoir also tells of his birth and early life in Philadelphia. Three weeks after he was born his father died suddenly. Growing up fatherless played a large part in his formative and later years, possibly leading to a reliance on drugs.

Leonard believes strongly in exercising the mind and continues to develop himself as counselor, psychological thinker, non-profit executive and writer. He does this through his own personal work in 12-step programs and has attended seminars with the most influential thinkers of our time.

In 2016, Buschel was given the Link Award by In Recovery Magazine for promoting recovery “using film, panel discussions, and speakers to understand and encourage compassion for people living with addictive disorders.”

He was named a recipient of the 2015 Acker Awards for Film Curating. The California Legislature Assembly awarded Leonard Buschel their 2016 Certificate of Recognition with the following statement: On behalf of the State of California and the residents of the 46th Assembly District, it is my honor to thank you for your outstanding work in promoting recovery among filmmakers with the Annual Reel Recovery Film Festival. Your dedication is an inspiration to us all and I wish you the best success on all your future endeavors.

I hope you can join us on Thursday for what promises to be a lively discussion!

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iEat Green with Bhavani on the Progressive Radio Network is live, every Thursday, from 10-11 am, EST.  To tune in to the live show, just navigate to PRN.fm and listen in! Or, if you prefer, listen on the phone by calling 712-775-6850.

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With Love and Gratitude,

Bhavani

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