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Farm for Health, Energy Independence and the Environment
Target: U.S Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack
Sponsored by: Care2
Sponsored by: Care2
What if we could solve global warming, a broken health care system and dependence on foreign oil with one simple reform? We can, by changing the way we grow food in America.
Our current food system is inefficient (uses 19 percent of fossil fuels), unhealthy (increases heart problems and diabetes) and harmful to the environment (responsible for 37 percent of greenhouse gases).
Did you know that in contrast to animal feedlots or vast corn fields, crop diverse farms are more sustainable and require little or no fertilizers and pesticides? They also provide humane spaces for animals to live. Currently, animals are separated from crops, making animal waste a hazardous pollutant rather than a natural soil fertilizer for plants.
What's more, foods grown in diverse crop fields are richer in nutrients. And by putting more nutritious food at the center of American diets, we can ease the burden on health care that spends billions of dollars combating the effects of obesity.
Tell Congress: Support localized farming rather than food manufacturing giants, so that we may reduce (foreign) oil consumption and pollution caused by shipping, and provide food for a healthier America.
Our current food system is inefficient (uses 19 percent of fossil fuels), unhealthy (increases heart problems and diabetes) and harmful to the environment (responsible for 37 percent of greenhouse gases).
Did you know that in contrast to animal feedlots or vast corn fields, crop diverse farms are more sustainable and require little or no fertilizers and pesticides? They also provide humane spaces for animals to live. Currently, animals are separated from crops, making animal waste a hazardous pollutant rather than a natural soil fertilizer for plants.
What's more, foods grown in diverse crop fields are richer in nutrients. And by putting more nutritious food at the center of American diets, we can ease the burden on health care that spends billions of dollars combating the effects of obesity.
Tell Congress: Support localized farming rather than food manufacturing giants, so that we may reduce (foreign) oil consumption and pollution caused by shipping, and provide food for a healthier America.
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Buddhists believe that saying the mantra (prayer), Om Mani Padme Hum, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful benevolent attention and blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion. All of the Dharma is based on Buddha's discovery that suffering is unnecessary: Like a disease, once we really face the fact that suffering exists, we can look more deeply and discover it's cause; and when we discover that the cause is dependent on certain conditions, we can explore the possibility of removing those conditions. Buddha taught many very different methods for removing the cause of suffering, methods appropriate for the very different types and conditions and aptitudes of suffering beings. For those who had the capacity to understand it, he taught the most powerful method of all, a method based on the practice of compassion. It is known as the Mahayana, or Great Vehicle, because practicing it benefits all beings, without partiality. It is likened to a vast boat that carries all the beings in the universe across the sea of suffering. Om Mani Padme Hum "Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus" the mantra associated with Avalokiteshwara (Quan Yin, Chenrezig, Kanzeon), the manifestation of Compassion. (Hail, or Homage to the jewel of the Eternal, Transcendent within the Lotus of Enlightenment). Om mani padme hum is the most important mantra in Buddhism. It is the six syllable mantra of the Bodhisattva of compassion Avalokiteshvara. Om purifies bliss and pride (realm of the gods) Ma purifies jealousy and need for entertainment (realm of the jealous gods) Ni purifies passion and desire (human realm) Pad purifies ignorance and prejudice (animal realm) Me purifies poverty and possessiveness (realm of the hungry ghosts) Hum purifies aggression and hatred (hell realm)
Buddhists believe that saying the mantra (prayer), Om Mani Padme Hum, out loud or silently to oneself, invokes the powerful benevolent attention and blessings of Chenrezig, the embodiment of compassion. All of the Dharma is based on Buddha's discovery that suffering is unnecessary: Like a disease, once we really face the fact that suffering exists, we can look more deeply and discover it's cause; and when we discover that the cause is dependent on certain conditions, we can explore the possibility of removing those conditions. Buddha taught many very different methods for removing the cause of suffering, methods appropriate for the very different types and conditions and aptitudes of suffering beings. For those who had the capacity to understand it, he taught the most powerful method of all, a method based on the practice of compassion. It is known as the Mahayana, or Great Vehicle, because practicing it benefits all beings, without partiality. It is likened to a vast boat that carries all the beings in the universe across the sea of suffering. Om Mani Padme Hum "Hail to the Jewel in the Lotus" the mantra associated with Avalokiteshwara (Quan Yin, Chenrezig, Kanzeon), the manifestation of Compassion. (Hail, or Homage to the jewel of the Eternal, Transcendent within the Lotus of Enlightenment). Om mani padme hum is the most important mantra in Buddhism. It is the six syllable mantra of the Bodhisattva of compassion Avalokiteshvara. Om purifies bliss and pride (realm of the gods) Ma purifies jealousy and need for entertainment (realm of the jealous gods) Ni purifies passion and desire (human realm) Pad purifies ignorance and prejudice (animal realm) Me purifies poverty and possessiveness (realm of the hungry ghosts) Hum purifies aggression and hatred (hell realm)
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Marla Bottesch, Maine
Local, diversified farms, preferably organic, is the way to go for health, the economy and the environment. All those farm subsidies given to corporations and mega-growers need to be given to small family & community farms.
Local, diversified farms, preferably organic, is the way to go for health, the economy and the environment. All those farm subsidies given to corporations and mega-growers need to be given to small family & community farms.
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Dean Leh, New Mexico
Support localized farming rather than food manufacturing giants, so that we may reduce (foreign) oil consumption and pollution caused by shipping, and provide food for a healthier America. Dean Leh
Support localized farming rather than food manufacturing giants, so that we may reduce (foreign) oil consumption and pollution caused by shipping, and provide food for a healthier America. Dean Leh
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Jillana Laufer, California
This is the wave of the future. It makes so much more sense.
This is the wave of the future. It makes so much more sense.
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Kathy And Judy Sutter, Florida
We want local produce,local farmers, not BIG corporations & conglomorates that want to give us GM food. Remember, all politics is LOCAL.
We want local produce,local farmers, not BIG corporations & conglomorates that want to give us GM food. Remember, all politics is LOCAL.
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