Alice Waters, mother of the local food movement, founder of Edible Schoolyards, and personal role model.
Now What: life after college
Well, one could get an INTERNSHIP. The ambitious student or recent graduate INTERN then works zealously to impress an organization that often has zero intention or capacity to hire them, all for the highly sought after “experience” which will give them an “edge” on those elusive paying jobs.
One could get a JOB. Or two. Or three. The current recession/unemployment/inflation hysteria makes a compelling case to find as many jobs as possible now, before they all evaporate into thin air (and apparently precipitate on India or China). No matter if it is seasonal work, minimum wage, obviously dead-end, or mind-numbingly mundane. One has rent to pay and a strong desire to be financially independent as soon as possible. And most compellingly, I think, a sense of purpose and control over life.
Or, one could go to graduate school. This goes against the -very strong- urge to throw off the shackles of institutional learning and enter the “real world”. One must submit, once again, to the thralls of studentdom, not the least of which is the sheer mental discipline of working -very hard- to accumulate knowledge and make contacts that may or may not have a tangible benefit.
I’ve had internships, many internships, and am lucky enough to have a sufficiently stimulating job. The next adventure for me is a may be grad school, and the search is on to find the right school/program. In the mean time, however, I’ll be making travel plans. There are many places yet to be seen, and there is no better time than the present.
Abraham knew exactly what the land was for: it was to drip milk and honey into Abraham’s mouth. At the present moment, the assurance with which we regard this assumption is inverse to the degree of our education.
Petri dish to dinner plate, in-vitro meat coming soon
‘Cultured meat’ could be the answer that feeds the world, saves the environment and spares the lives of millions of animals, scientists say. Conventional meat production is notoriously inefficient. For every 15 grams of edible meat, you need to feed the animals on around 100 grams of vegetable protein, an increasingly unsustainable equation.
Source: mothernaturenetwork
COFED: College Campus Food Revolution!
Check out this creative (and effective!) concept for encouraging eco-friendlier driving habits. Something to think about on the commute home from work today…
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Countries that do not want their borders stormed by tens of millions of starving immigrants and refugees need to ask themselves: what is the best way to avoid this - to prevent starvation in the first place, or to commit two acts of absolute indecency by permitting starvation, and then employing military and police force against the starving?
Slow Food UW visits the Priskies at Fountain Prairie Farm
If the price of world peace is to divert just one-tenth of the global armaments spending of US$1.5 trillion to sustaining the food supply, it is surely not too high a price to pay for any rationally led or ethical country to afford. The funds to achieve this exist and are already being invested in protecting every nation - but mainly in weapons of destruction rather than instruments of peace, creation, and renewal. Unfortunately, weapons of destruction get used sooner or later. So it is not the case of stressed national budgets being asked to find new funding for food security but rather of reallocating defense budgets that already exist to war prevention through sustainable food supply and the easing of international tensions. Interestingly, soldiers appear to understand this far better than politicians do.
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