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• The colour of food –Farm workers and their unions have always been at the forefront of the battle to reduce the toxic pesticides served on our fruits and vegetables, fighting for environmental food standards before most consumers were aware of the concept of organic food. Yet today, many food activists seem concerned solely about…
• Learning to grow –Farming, in my experience, is too rich, too complex, too full of pleasure and agony to be learned from a distance. You need to wade ankle deep into mud, gorge on warm berries, toss bales until your fingers bleed.
• ‘Play in the Hay’ and other agricultural ventures –While there is a long history of some agri-tourist ventures like pick-your-own fruit farms, contemporary agri-tourist ventures are responding to specific contemporary realities: urban ignorance about food production and the economic need to instill a love and appreciation for local food in local customers.
• Feeding the revolution –After years of working for cash-strapped environmental organizations, Rick Morrell founded an organic grocery store in 1996 with the goal of directing profits into the environmental movement. Fifteen years later, Morrell is still struggling to find those profits, but the store has become a mainstay in Regina’s activist community.
• Peak oil for preteens –Claudia Dávila’s debut graphic novel, _Luz Sees the Light_, sets Luz and her friends on a path to transform their fossil-fueled world.
• In defence of the Canadian Wheat Board –Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Prime Minister Stephen Harper have declared they will end the Canadian Wheat Board single desk in August 2012. Recklessly turning the clock back a hundred years, this move will leave farmers at the hands of the robber barons of the grain trade who are already…
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• Open call for submissions! –_Briarpatch_ is seeking submissions on any topic for our January/February 2012 issue.
• Adrangi, Maryam –Maryam Adrangi is a researcher, writer, and organizer involved in struggles for environmental justice, Indigenous sovereignty and anti-war. She is an anti-capitalist who believes in you.
• Waurechen, Trevor –Trevor Waurechen is an illustrator and comics author. Currently living in his third Canadian province, his work deals with the subtleties of human interaction.
• Stephens, Airin –Airin Stephens is a high-school teacher in the inner city in Toronto, where she is slowly turning the schoolyard into raised beds for growing food.
• Robinson, Shantala –Shantala Robinson is an illustrator and designer based in Vancouver. Her illustrations blend traditional artistic elements from many different cultures.
• Lepper, Laura –Laura Lepper organizes in Toronto with No One is Illegal and the First Nations Solidarity Working Group. She is a graduate student in geography at York University.
• Laing, Erin –Erin Laing is a gardener, midwifery student and doula. She is an advocate for peace through food security, gentle birth, community and compassion.
• Langille, Justin –Justin Langille is a Vancouver-based photojournalist who is always interested in collaborating with other West Coast writers.