War and Peas

Thanks to everyone who shared their "Activities for Kids" ideas. We will certainly be putting them to use.

Bad News this morning. We recently advertised "Free Produce" on a flyer for a community meeting at the garden. What we meant was 'free produce at the meeting.' However, many members of the community have interpreted this as 'free produce anytime' and have been harvesting from the garden as they please.

Aside from the relatively insignificant concern of having undocumented harvests, much of the food is being plundered from personal plots. We know that a similar problem sealed the fate of a previous community garden not far from our own. We are currently working on a way to assure the community that their plots are safe without becoming fascists e.g., barbwire, guard dogs, etc.

Anyhow, I found the article fascinating. It addresses the perhaps unforeseen problem of liking one's president too much. Part of the problem facing organic farmers right now is their reluctance to be too critical of a president that they ostensibly support. This makes them an even smaller pea on the president's already crowded plate. If Washington is going to lend an ear, liberal-minded farmers have to realize that Obama is not their personal friend. He doesn't have the time or the resources to do favors. They have to grow their teeth back.