Local Food – By and For the People

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Peak Moment 161: What if the food system benefited local producers, nourished nearby people, and built a stronger community? Krishna Singh Khalsa of Eugene, Oregon wants to turn the food system on its head. He wants it to be run by, and for the benefit of, ordinary people – not corporate profit. He’s exploring models of local cooperative, entreprenuerial organizations where people provide the labor, share and hire resources, caretake the land, use all of nature’s abundance, support farmers and food producers, distribute food so that no one goes hungry, and build strong social bonds. Empower people, not profits!

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peakmoment @ 10:28 am #

Mike Ruppert …
Mike Ruppert suggests the drug money (including CIA connections with the Mafia) is keeping the U.S. economy afloat. The “drug war” was merely a cover for this activity…and control of drugs were a major reason for Viet Nam and now Afghanistan.

cohnkrad @ 10:28 am #

@mamacass1972, I …
@mamacass1972, I agree with you, but hemp and marijuana is only slang-names for the plant Cannabis sativa/indica/ruderalis
The thing with industrial hemp is low thc, it’s still the same plant, only a other strain. Some strains is good for industry(low thc) other for medicine(high thc). Both is highly valued for it’s purposes.
Peace friend :)

impalapez @ 10:28 am #

CIA controls the …
CIA controls the supply and demand

impalapez @ 10:28 am #

It won’t be spent …
It won’t be spent on education..See George Carlin…you are only needed to be smart enough to run the machinery. besides, we the people are ENEMIES of the FED…War Emergency Powers Act

mamacass1972 @ 10:28 am #

@scarmenl Great …
@scarmenl Great points. Also most people don’t realize that the only reason hemp was made illegal was because of lobbying by the logging industry. Hemp was used to make rope, cloth and building materials at a much cheaper cost. The only way to get rid of hemp was to make it illegal, The only way to make it illegal was to lump it with it’s cousin marijuana. Gotta love those lobbyists. :(

wreckerpecker @ 10:28 am #

Been using linux …
Been using linux since ~ 2000

“My Computer” means Bill Gates computer.

What people don’t commonly realize is that they themselves actually use linux every day. Linux is in phones, PDA’s and Google itself. Every search you perform on Google you are using linux. There simply is no reason for any proprietary system anywhere other than marketing, and that is simply what you get with those systems, a marketing decision

gilgamesh1962 @ 10:28 am #

Same here, I did …
Same here, I did not choose to try drugs because they were illegal, or not available, they were all around me growing up. I made a conscience choice not to take them. I also don’t drink or smoke cigarettes even though my parents did.
I believe that the billions spent on the drug war, could be better spent on education.

cohnkrad @ 10:28 am #

@gilgamesh1962, Yes …
@gilgamesh1962, Yes 1 trillion actually in 40 years of failed drug war. But I agree with you on what you say :)

@impalapez, Yes this book is superb to read for the benefit that im talking about with hemp. Cannabis is humans BEST plant in every aspect plants used for. Tree Of Life!

Nature is you. Show Love, Be Nature. Peace.

SuperSexyBoiGod @ 10:28 am #

the only thing I …
the only thing I got from this episode is 1 this guy looks very strange and his mind is folded like a pice of indecypherable origami, and 2 what a cool looking ram earth cob wall there sitting on.

gilgamesh1962 @ 10:28 am #

@cohnkrad I agree, …
@cohnkrad I agree, I have another way to explain this, with illegal drugs you have 4 main problems:

1) Abuse by users 2) 100s of Millions spent on fighting it, no tax revenue from sales 3) Criminal element ( drug lords etc.) 4) People less likely to seek help for addiction.

If drugs are legalized, only 1 of the 4 problems remains !! as pdsavage said himself, people will abuse legal or not. but by being legal we eliminate 3 out of 4 problems. the mafia spawned because of prohibition.

cohnkrad @ 10:28 am #

@pdsavage You have …
@pdsavage You have no clue it seems, get educated – No offense :)

Thing is when it’s legal it WILL be regulated. When it’s illegal NOTHING is controlled, mafia is controlling the demand and supply of it. Simple logic than more seem to see by now.. The drug war is FAILED.

Peace be with you.

scarmenl @ 10:28 am #

Drug abuse or not, …
Drug abuse or not, industrial hemp is a product that can deal with many of our building and fuel needs. It does not have a level of THC that works as a drug period.
The other point is that if you use clean growing and field control we can have a HUGE amount of building products and fuel with no damage at all.
Then you plan to use the land in rotation with the hemp crop that improves the land to grow good veggies then you get the best of both worlds.
Somebody has to move around to keep going!

Zavatari @ 10:28 am #

As a community we …
As a community we have to organize our own system for food and other basics, because the government is broken. We begin by more consciousness about the food we eat.

impalapez @ 10:28 am #

Please have a look …
Please have a look at the Book ” The Emperor Wears No Clothes” Hemp, Cannibus, is the cradle of civilization…I don’t smoke it, I don’t consume alcohol. I believe it should ALL be decriminalized. Destroying the Black Market economy.
People cannot exercise self control while they are malnourished….

Thekozlowskis @ 10:28 am #

I am so exicted …
I am so exicted about this Idea it has given me a lot of ideas for my garden. thank you peal moment

pdsavage @ 10:28 am #

@cohnkrad
The …

@cohnkrad
The proublem with legalizing Cannabis is that humans like with prescription drugs and alcohol they will abuse it.
1 in 5 teens has abused a prescription pain medication
1 in 5 report abusing prescription stimulants and tranquilizers
1 in 10 has abused cough medication
More than 30 percent of American adults have abused alcohol or suffered from alcoholism at some point in their lives.
Untill people learn some self control I say NO.

neven01 @ 10:28 am #

Open Source …
Open Source Orchards =)
Permaculture for the capitalists
Awesome work Janaia and the Peakmoment crew keep up the awesome vids,
Peace, Love and Light

cohnkrad @ 10:28 am #

Thanks, so great to …
Thanks, so great to hear this.. Future is now, and it’s ours.

Might I suggest a talk about Cannabis as a medicine? and how this plant alone may help us with MANY of our problems worldwide.

Thanks again for the the time and effort making videos.

Legalize nature.

NatureLegalized @ 10:28 am #

so good :)
so good :)

Velkoze1 @ 10:28 am #

great vid.
great vid.

blackflower75 @ 10:28 am #

Cool ;)
Cool ;)

PersianPaladin @ 10:28 am #

We do not OWN …
We do not OWN ourselves. We ARE ourselves :-)

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