Contact your legislators

Contact your legislators (call 202 224-3121) & say NO to bills H.R.875 and S425. Do not nationalize the farm Industry which will kill the small farmers and organic farming.

OUTLAW Organic Farming? Just say NO! Urgent Call to Action

Source: www.youtube.com

They're doing it. Soon. Monsanto has got his wish and they are attempting to Nationalize Farming and our Food Source. This is outrageous and requires immediate action! Please check out Jdouglasfisher's ...

PEOPLE'S GROCERY EDUCATION PROGRAMS: COMING SOON!! COMPLETE APRIL/MAY CLASS CALENDARS

PEOPLE'S EDUCATION PROGRAMS ANNOUNCE: SPRING TUNE-UP!!ANA

ANNUAL SPRING TUNE-UP

THIS FRIDAY-- APRIL 3rd from 7:30-8:30--PEOPLE'S GROCERY PRESENTS

"SPRING TUNE-UP": A SEASONAL MUST!  ANA FRANKLIN, OUR LOCAL JUICE FASTING EXPERT, WILL INSPIRE US WITH SPECIFIC STEPS AND PRACTICAL WISDOM NECESSARY TO STAY HEALTHY.  SAY GOOD-BYE TO WINTER TOXINS AND PREPARE THE WAY FOR A MORE NOURISHING SPRING!  THE CLASS IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.  

DELI SIGN-UP OPTIONAL.

  

LOCAL FOOD FAIR

LOCAL FOODS FAIR IN THE PARK
April 4, 2009
11-2
Long's Park in Manhattan @ 17th and Yuma

The K-State Campaign for Nonviolence is sponsoring a "Local Foods Fair in the Park" as part of the 2009 Season for Nonviolence. This season, we've been thinking about how the food economy (local and otherwise) and nonviolence are related.

To celebrate the conclusion our Season we have planned to meet in Long's Park for the Local Food Fair. We've contacted growers and producers and other community services like the Breadbasket and Prairie Land Food. The K-State Student Farm club will be there also. As well as many others!

If you provide any other service related to our event, please feel free to contact me if I haven't already contacted you! I have come to find out, there are many services and folks involved; I've had an exciting time trying to reach everyone.

So, pass the word along. Come and go. Bring you kids and your pets. Bring your wagon. Bring your bike. Play in the park! Also, don't forget to go to People's for lunch afterwards :)

LOCAL FOODS FAIR IN THE PARK
April 4, 2009
11-2
Long's Park in Manhattan @ 17th and Yuma

More info? www.ksu.edu/nonviolence
Or contact Cammie Lehman
cammie@ksu.edu
(620)560-8638

Black Gold: A film about coffee and trade, March 26 @ 7pm, KSU Hale Library Hemisphere Room

Black Gold: A Film about Coffee and Trade
Part of the 2009 KSU Season for Nonviolence
Thursday, March 26 at 7 PM, Hemisphere Room, Hale Library

Follow Tadesse Meskela, General Manager of the Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union in Ethiopia,as he searches for a fair trade market for over 74,000 coffee farmers in the cooperative.

Summer Lewis, K-State graduate and former Equal Exchange (fair trade coffee, tea, and chocolate worker-owned cooperative) employee will introduce the film.

Fair trade tea and chocolate will be served!

event poster:
http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=01c3b6456a&view=att&th=120180b5cc7af6fb&attid=0.1&disp=inline&zw

2009 KSU Season for Nonviolence "Food for thought: From Kansas to Africa" poster:
http://www.k-state.edu/nonviolence/Season/SNV_poster09.pdf

Black Gold film website:
http://www.blackgoldmovie.com/

Chiropractic Tips and Tactics

   Important Update !!!

Dr. Shannon Simmons--the only Certified Kinesio Taping Practicioner in Manhattan--will teach two one hour classes titled "Chiropractic Tips and Tactics" this Thursday, March 19 starting at 9:30 AM and 6:30 PM in the Manhattan Public Library Auditorium.  These classes are free to the public.  

Kinesio Taping gives support and stability to your joints and muscles without affecting circulation and range of motion.  It's non-invasive and inexpensive.  

chemicals in beauty products

This article outlines the "Toxic 12", top 12 toxic chemicals in beauty products, at

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-toxic-12-beauty-ingredients.html

Similar information about questionable ingredients in beauty products at,

http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/

Everyday Environmentalist

The Nature Conservancy has a monthly e-newsletter, Great Places. You can subscribe for free, whether you are a Conservancy member or not. It has a nice feature, Everyday Environmentalist (archives are on-line too).

"Vegetarian, Vegan or Carnivore? Wait--there’s more!" March 9, 7 PM, K-State Student Union Little Theatre

Part of the KSU Season for Nonviolence 2009

Why do we eat the way we eat? Learn about dietary choices from a panel of eater-advocates: vegan, vegetarian, lacto-vegetarian, carnivore, fair trade and more. Student of dietetics Cathy Benco and the panel will provide answers to some of the questions concerning the way we eat.

The panel includes:
Marty Courtois
Martha Seaton
Cathy Benco
Summer Lewis

The event seeks to create a casual, open environment for people to learn about different styles of eating. It's not about defending any one lifestyle but more about learning and discussing! Please attend!

http://www.k-state.edu/nonviolence/cnv.htm
http://www.k-state.edu/nonviolence/Season/SNV_poster09.pdf

Environmental Working Group

From their website,
Environmental Working Group is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization dedicated to using the power of information to protect human health and the environment.

Some of their resources include:

Skin Deep, cosmetics, sunscreens safety database
FoodNews, rating pesticides in produce
Fish List, outlines which fish are the safest to eat
Everyday Pollution Solutions
Parent's Buying Guide, to safe personal care products for kids


They have a Blog too:
EnviroBlog

You can also subscribe to enewsletters, including one on Pet Health. They send about 1-2 per week depending on your interests.

Walk Kansas Kick Off

The Walk Kansas Kick Off is Thursday, March 5th at 5:30-7:00 at Pottorf Hall in Cico Park Manhattan, KS