Karen I fully understand why you may not want an elected official on your board, but I think you are missing something quite fundamental about the work in which we are engaged. In today's environment, there is nothing more political or revolutionary in nature than people taking control over the source and production of their own food. Much of the so-called third world already participates in well-developed local food economies. For the most part, we have given up control over our food.in the U.S. The work of community gardeners is changing that paradigm. It is both revolutionary and political.
Peace K. Rashid Nuri Truly Living Well Natural Urban Farms P.O. Box 90841 East Point GA 30364 Phone: 404 520 8331 www.trulylivingwell.com It is simply service that measures success. - George Washington Carver ________________________________ From: Karen Jones <k.jo...@uwinnipeg.ca> To: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 7:34:07 AM Subject: [Community_garden] Politicians and Gardens Hi Folks, Call me jaded, but I would be reluctant to have anyone on the Board who had a 'political agenda'. It doesn't matter who it is. I guess the only way I would approve of something like that is if the politician was an active community gardener. Which I don't expect to see in my lifetime. Politicians are too busy doing politics. Community gardening should be apolitical. But then, I am allergic to politics. Although fond of democracy. Keep the politicians out. For lots of reasons. My two cents. Karen _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090220/599ef240/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden@list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
