viva verde

No rest for the weary-only had 48 hours!
Next up was a 1 ½ mi walk to Rainbow Grocery, a place that I have been wanting to go to since my first visit to GreenFest 4 years ago.
(so unassuming from the front)

This place is amazing: bulk-buying of natural products, this place puts WF to shame!

Let’s hope the new Mothers Market looks like this!

We had to rush back to Civic Center for our 3pm lecture on A New Fair Food System with moderator Eric Schlosser, the stud who wrote Fast Food Nation and basically changed the way we look at fast food forever (PS if you haven’t read this book please ready it NOW).
The panel discussed the issues of food sustainability and that the human aspect of it MUST be considered for it to every truly be sustainable. We have come such a long way in terms of organics, farmers and animal rights, however there are millions of people who are literally treated like slaves in this country and simply neglects who are a crucial part of feeding every single one of us.
(A New Fair Food System panel)

This is seen and probably most heard in the people that comprise the harvesting of our produce (but really it isn’t as much as it really deserves), however, it is the people of the meat industry that is the most neglected (and have one of the most dangerous jobs in the US outside of mining!). One thing that was stressed in the panel was ice-raids or immigration raid in the meat industry. These workers are basically held for weeks with their children abandoned & in horrible conditions. You may say that they are illegal, but if it weren’t for them, you wouldn’t have 90% of the meat products you consume today, and they risk their lives preparing it for us.