Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Eat the View! Vote Today!

I first learned about the Eat the View campaign after seeing this video a few months ago--check it out:


This Lawn is Your Lawn from roger doiron on Vimeo.

I know most of you think I'm either crazy or silly, but I've learned a lot about America's food systems over the past year. We've got it all screwed up, and the issue is much larger than you may think. The way we eat is destroying our planet and making us sick.

The good news is, with a little sweat and sunshine, we can begin to change our food culture. If you have a minute, do me a favor and vote for Eat the View here and/or here (the second one requires registration). If we can get a new Victory Garden on the White House lawn, there are sure to be more popping up in a neighborhood near you.

It appears all my crazy talk may be rubbing off on Raf. Last week he spent a good chunk of time in a book store with this goodness:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Voted! Em and I are reading our respective copies of Omnivore's Dil and now ask each other "Do you want some corn w/ that corn?". We're there! AV