Hi Everyone,

I am still flying high from Saturday’s CSA Fair! It was so wonderful to see all of our farming community together (we missed a few of you) and all of the people who came out to support the fair.  It’s been so long since we have been able to have an event, and everyone was thankful to be outdoors, in the sunshine, sampling delicious food, learning about the various CSA programs, and even getting their knives sharpened.

Thank you to everyone who joined us, and thank you in advance for continuing to support our local farmers, local producers, and local store owners. If we don’t support them, they won’t be here when we need them!

For a more charged topic, I want to talk about the Covid-19 vaccine.

There are pros and cons for getting it, and I have been on the fence for weeks. However, I just came back from getting my first Pfizer dose, and I must admit that I feel like I gave in to something I didn’t really agree with. It’s not that I am against all vaccinations, because I am not. They certainly have their place and I’m thankful that people are no longer dying from small box and polio. However, I do feel that children receive too many vaccines, and I think allowing children to get some of the natural childhood diseases can help teach their immune systems how to fight off disease. I also question the safety of combining so many drugs together. Currently, children are given vaccinations for 15 diseases by the time they are six, many with multiple doses. There is no way to test for how all these vaccinations interact with each other, and the testing is left up to the pharmaceutical companies who are the ones that will financially benefit from their approval. It’s like the fox guarding the chicken coop!  Some children do have negative reactions after taking a vaccine, and the fact that the medical profession wants to play that down, just adds to peoples suspicion. Back in the 1980’s, our government established the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, to relieve pharmaceutical companies from being held accountable, and to settle claims from parents whose children had negative reactions from vaccines. They wouldn’t have done that if there wasn’t a problem. I strongly believe parents should have the right to educate themselves on the pros and cons of each vaccine, and make their own educated decision for their children.

All that being said, I still decided to go ahead and get the Covid-19 vaccine. Why? Because I am desperate for life to return to normal and I didn’t want to be left out of group gatherings, just because I wasn’t vaccinated. I know that might sound like a cop-out to my many followers who don’t believe in vaccines, but it is my truth. I pray that I didn’t make a mistake, and that my strong immune system will be able to fight off any negative effects that the vaccine may cause. And for my followers who do believe in the vaccine, I wish you all a safe experience in getting it, and I look forward to being together in person again!

As suggested by my homeopath, and as an added precaution, I took Ledum 30 C before and after the injection and a few hours later for my sore arm. Today I will take Thuja Occidental 200 C twice a day to offset any undesirable response for a few days. Good Luck!

Laura Lengnick, award-winning soil scientist and author of Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate, will be Joining Bhavani on the Progressive Radio Network!

Laura has explored agriculture and food system sustainability for more than 25 years as a researcher, policy-maker, educator, activist, and farmer. She is founder and principal consultant at Cultivating Resilience, LLC, an Asheville, NC-based firm that works with organizations of all kinds to integrate climate change solutions and resilience thinking into operations and strategic planning.  Laura’s work in soil health and sustainable farming systems was nationally-recognized in 2001 with a USDA Secretary’s Honor Award! Laura served as a lead author on the USDA input to the 3^rd National Climate Assessment, and she has led federal, state and local research and policy-making projects to identify win-win agricultural climate solutions that both reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and also cultivate resilient communities. The second edition of Laura’s award-winning 2015 book, Resilient Agriculture: Cultivating Food Systems for a Changing Climate, will be released in June 2021.  She is a Visiting Professor in the College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences at Clemson University and a member of the Planetary Health Lab at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). You can learn more about Laura and her work on her website at www.cultivatingresilience.com.

I hope you can join us on Thursday for a great discussion on how our agricultural system effects climate change, and what we can do about it.

My radio show, 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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