FOOD FIGHT:
The 2007 Farm Bill
By Dan Imhoff

Dan Imhoff is the author and publisher of numerous books, including Farming with the Wild (Sierra Club Books, 2003), Paper or Plastic (Sierra Club Books, 2005), Building with Vision (University of California Press, 2001), and Farming and the Fate of Wild Nature (University of California Press, 2006). His most recent book, Food Fight: The Citizen's Guide to a Food and Farm Bill (Foreword by Michael Pollan and Introduction by Fred Kirschenmann) was released by the University of California Press in February 2007.

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Kirk Douglas Stars in: Illusion,
A Powerful Performance,
An Inspiring Film
By arielle Ford

Celebrated actor Kirk Douglas never expected to still be acting at the age of 88, especially after suffering from a debilitating stroke in 1996, until he found an irresistible script called Illusion. Douglas , the star of more than 80 films including Spartacus , gives the performance of a lifetime in Illusion .

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Evolve Your Brain:
The Science of
Changing Your Mind
An Interview with Dr. Joe Dispenza

Why do we keep getting the same jobs, taking on the same relationships, and finding ourselves in the same emotional traps? In Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing Your Mind (HCI Books, Jan. 2007), Dr. Joe Dispenza teaches why people tend to repeat the same negative behaviors and shows how to release patterns of disappointment. Dispenza teaches how to use the most important tool in one's body and life—the brain. Featured in the underground smash hit of 2004, "What the Bleep Do We Know!?," Dispenza touched upon the brain's ability to become addicted to negative emotions. In his book, Evolve Your Brain, he explains how new thinking and new beliefs can literally rewire one's brain to change behavior, emotional reactions, and habit-forming patterns.

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Foodbites: Community - Seeds for Nonviolence & 7 Minute Chef
By Jennifer Joe

“The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing, would suffice to solve most of the world's problems... ” ~ M.K.Gandhi

Just like a farmer's market that features the freshest, seasonal, locally and organically grown whole foods, this month's Foodbites column reflects the “food for thought” that's crossed my recent path's journey.

The Season for Nonviolence (SNV), the 64-day educational campaign that focuses on the philosophy of attaining peace through nonviolent action as demonstrated by Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. just celebrated its 10 th anniversary. I first began participating in the SNV in 1998 and with the attitude of gratitude I attended the Living Legends of Nonviolence Conference and listened to many inspiring examples for how all of us can continue to “be the change we wish to see.”

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Transformational Talk
Giving Power Away Too Easily?
By Penelope Young Andrade

Do you give away your power too easily? Many of us tend to look to others for guidance as a result of a childhood imprint of dependency on bigger, wiser grownups. While this was necessary for early survival, it may seriously limit adult autonomy. Furthermore, since many parents were better at teaching obedience than self reliance, you may not have learned how and where to look for your own answers.

Here's the tip. First, see if you are ready to take on a new level of personal responsibility.

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It takes 1.5 hours of sunlight to power the planet for a year
The Promise of Solar Energy
By Steve Hays

While we have used the sun, forever, to sustain our life on planet earth and make life more comfortable, we are continually developing new ways to use the sun's rays.

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Living the Good Life
by Lama Surya Das

Exxon Ken is a hero in my life. I haven't seen him, or talked with him, or even heard about him in twenty-five years, but he continues to inspire me. He was a real backyard Bodhisattva, hidden among the gas pumps and clamor of a small-town mechanics shop. In 1978 I was living at the newly founded Karma Triyana Dharmachakra Monastery on top of Meade Mountain overlooking Woodstock , New York , and Ken Reynolds owned the local service station down below on Tinker Street , the main drag.

Superficially, we seemed like complete opposites. I was a politically liberal, conscientiously smiling monk, raised in the metropolitan New York City area and just back in the United States after years of esoteric studies in Asia . He was a gruff, politically conservative Korean veteran with crew-cut gray hair, and by every appearance, he was a Catskill Mountain good ole boy.

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