Gigi Berardi reads on food security, connecting Birchwood Food Desert Fighter with day laborers in Mumbai, and asking questions about resilience. See birchwoodfoodjustice and food desert fighters, as well as https://www.facebook.com/groups/birchwoodfooddesertfighters/ See, too: labor lives matter Image: Inexpensive and nutritious bean stew, food security is a basic human right.
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FoodWISE, federal food programs, and nutritional assistance at Western Washington University
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE on federal nutritional assistance programs. Here is important information for food insecure students at Western Washington University: https://sustain.wwu.edu/feeding-western/
FoodWISE, food security, and coronavirus cases surging
Gigi Berardi reads from FoodWISE, we need food security—more than ever. Worldwide now, it’s not difficult to find articles like these: coronavirus redux. See From The New York Times, “Here’s what you need to know”…. The virus is surging in Latin America, pushing the region ‘to the limit.’ • Widespread problems mar Georgia’s primaries, a test…
FoodWISE, poor coronavirus science, and university double-speak
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, on policies that support resilience. In her vlog last night, she had a link to Trevor Noah’s now-viral soliloquy on how society is a contract, and we don’t have a good one. Noah also speaks about Malcolm Gladwell’s principles of legitimacy (agree on what the principles are, that people enforcing principles…
FoodWISE, growing lentils, and breeding plants for taste, nutrition, sustainability in the COVID era
Gigi Berardi reads from FoodWISE, on biodiversity, and success stories of plant breeding for taste, nutrition, sustainability in the COVID era. See: The Bread Lab. She also mentions (and recommends) Liz Carlisle’s book Lentil Underground. Image: The Bread Lab (website)
FoodWISE, diversity, Italy’s young and old
I read from FoodWISE, on biodiversity, but mentions compassion, which extends to all sectors of our populations. See: Italy’s young and old
FoodWISE, biodiversity, sweet tomatoes, Mennonite farmers, and a very bold dance company
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE, about biodiversity and the old-order Mennonite farmers she lived with, but then extends that to the world of dance—her other great passion. Very bold is Olivier Wevers and his Whim W’Him dancers, as they announce their all-digital 2020-2021 season. Search for: “SEATTLE CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY WHIM W’HIM LAUNCHES ALL-DIGITAL SEASON 11…
FoodWISE—meat or no meat? Feast or famine?
Gigi Berardi reads FoodWISE and introduces the controversial topic of eating meat. And offers this New York Times article by Winnie Hu: Feast or famine? Its endless isn’t it? News stories on toilet paper and toilet brushes—gone. Frustrated shoppers and empty shelves. Flour—gone. Yeast‚ limited to one package per customer. Is it a Martha Stewart…
FoodWISE, coronavirus, hunger
Gigi Berardi reads from the Introduction to FoodWISE, and on how we need to be creative in our shopping and cooking choices—making do with less. This is especially true given our current Coronavirus pandemic. Those of us with resources—our country, in particular—need to plan for continued pandemic and serious supply chain shortfalls. By planning now,…
FoodWISE and cultural differences—resilience and coronavirus
Gigi Berardi reads from FoodWISE about cultural upbringing and cultural information, and shares about her cultural upbringing. She emphasizes that although many of her references are to the Pacific Northwest, her FoodWISE thinking has been developed by living elsewhere. Exposure to other cultures—including Kerala and Varanasi, India—informs all that she does. The huge numbers…