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Now’s the time to tell your neighbors about the Network. See those persimmons ripening next-door? Encourage them to join. The more members we have, the greater our group will be.

Friday, November 6th, 2009 was Collective Roots' first "Fresh Friday." This new activity will occur nearly every Friday from 1pm to 5pm in the Collective Roots flagship one acre organic garden at »

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Our World, Our Planet: From Corn to Consumption - 4 Fridays, October 30th - December 4th
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I think that I would make the very same face if Michelle Obama came to my garden and unearthed such a delicious looking sweet potato. Think they have any extra to sell this weekend?

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Recent report from the Associate Press:

Fewer than 10 percent of U.S. high school students are eating the combined recommended daily amount of fruits and vegetables, a finding that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called "poor" in a report Tuesday.

The report based on 2007 data found that only 13 percent of U.S. high school students get at least three servings of vegetables a day and just 32 percent get two servings of fruit. Fewer than 1 in 10 get enough of both combined.

We have our work cut out for us!

Wolfram Alderson (left) and Robert Garcia (right) in garden at East Palo Alto Charter School

This just in: the master (p) of writing for eyes of the elite of the food system movement, M. Pollan himself, published a little rhyme in the NY Times in response to President Obama's speech last night:

A follow up to my earlier blog post on the event "L.A. Farmers' Markets: 30 Years and Growing" is posted on my Google Blog page. I brought home a souvenir for my memory book:

On Friday July third we volunteered to help out Karen Hurst to pick fruit for Village Harvest. Village Harvest is a non-profit organization which helps out the community's hungry by picking fruit from peoples backyards and local orchards. This program was established in March 2002. The fruit that is picked is distributed to food banks. Some of the fruit is used to make jams and preserves, which are sold at craft fairs and non-profit organizations to raise money.

The food justice leaders got together with Village Harvest to pick fruit from three local homes. We got the basics on how we were going pick, sort, and package the fruit. We harvested 500 pounds worth of plums, lemons, oranges, and bigger than average apricots.