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Any person who knowingly violates an order of the commissioner or his or her designee, or of a local public health authority or its designee, given to effectuate the purposes of this subsection shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than 6 months, or by a fine of note more than one thousand dollars, or both.
Are we next? Is this just a test in Massachusetts to seeif they can "herd" us all into taking this deadly squalene filled shot? Call your state Senators, your Representatives, your local sheriff, give him the real facts,let him know that you want to self quarantine, because he's the one that"s going to be knocking on your door if Martial Law comes to your neck of the woods...]]> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:04:40 -0700 http://organicconsumers.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=3049 http://organicconsumers.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2705 Type: Education - Lecture
Network: Global
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Bookworks
Street: 4022 Rio Grande NW
City/Town: Albuquerque, NM
View MapGoogle Google map here
Phone: 5053448139
Email: events@bkwrks.com

"Freeganism" is about living off what others throw away. In this great new book, Going Green: True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers (University of Oklahoma Press, $19.95), you'll hear how people are using an established concept - good ol' fashioned thrift - to live a greener life. Ruth Friesen of the Albuquerque chapter of Habitat for Humanity will speak along with Laura Paskus, one of the contributors to the book.

About the book:
Never mind the Ph.D. and middle-class trappings -- Laura Pritchett is a Dumpster diver and proud of it. Ever since she was old enough to navigate the contents of a metal bin, she has reveled in the treasures found in other people's cast-offs. For Going Green, Pritchett has gathered over twenty writers to tell their personal stories of Dumpster diving, eating road kill, salvaging plastic from the beach, and forgoing another trip to the mall for the thrill of bargain hunting at yard sales and flea markets. These stories look not just at the many ways people glean but also at the larger, thornier issues dealing with what re-using--or not--says about our culture and priorities. The essayists speak to the joys of going beyond the norm to save old houses, old dishwater, old cultures, old Popsicle sticks, and old friendships--and turning them into something new. Some write about gleaning as a means of survival, while others see the practice as a rejection of consumerism or as a way of treading lightly on the earth. Brimming with practical and creative new ways to think about recycling, this collection invites you to dive in and find your own way of going green.]]> Sat, 09 May 2009 07:59:54 -0700 http://organicconsumers.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2705 http://organicconsumers.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2679 Celebrate BUY INDIE DAY on Friday, May 1 with Bookworks!
Celebrate local, independent bookstores with Buy Indie Day tomorrow!
May 1st has been declared Buy Indie Day. The idea: buy one book - paperback, hardcover, audiobook, whatever you want! - at an independent bookstore near you. Read more about the origins of Buy Indie Day here.

Supporting local, indie businesses means that dollars, jobs, diversity, choice, and taxes stay local, creating strong, unique communities and happy citizens.

To celebrate Buy Indie Day, Bookworks will have over one hundred new sale books out on the sale tables - priced at deep discount! These new sale books will be priced from $.50 to $3.99 and are a great way to pick up some new reads for yourself AND support your local independent bookstore! We will also have cookies and punch for customers (while supplies last), so come by and help us celebrate independent bookstores everywhere!

Thank you for supporting Bookworks and all of Albuquerque's local, independent businesses. Here are some great things you do when you Shop Local:

1. You keep dollars in our economy
For every $100 you spend at one of our local businesses, $68 will stay in the community. What happens when you spend that same $100 at a national chain? Only $43 stays in the community.

2.You embrace what makes us unique
You wouldn't want your house to look like everyone else's in the U.S. So why would you want your community to look that way?

3. You create local jobs
Local businesses are better at creating higher-paying jobs for our neighbors.

4. You help the environment
Buying from a local business conserves energy and resources in the form of less fuel for transportation, less packaging, and products that you know are safe and well made, because we stand behind them.

5. You nurture community
We know you, and you know us. Studies have shown that local businesses donate to community causes at more than twice the rate of chains.

6. You conserve your tax dollars
Shopping in a local business district means less infrastructure, less maintenance, and more money available to beautify our community. Also, spending locally instead of online ensures that your sales taxes are reinvested where they belong-right here in your community!

7. You create more choice
We pick the items and products we sell based on what we know you like and want. Local businesses carry a wider array of unique products because we buy for our own individual market.

8.You take advantage of our expertise
You are our friends and neighbors, and we have a vested interest in knowing how to serve you. We're passionate about what we do. Why not take advantage of it?

9. You invest in entrepreneurship
Creativity and entrepreneurship are what the American economy is founded upon. Nurturing local business ensures a strong community.

10.You make us a destination
The more interesting and unique we are as a community, the more we will attract new neighbors, visitors and guests. This benefits everyone!

Come shop with us on Buy Indie Day! Pssst - we won't tell if you don't buy a book! You can buy a CD, a Mother's Day gift, a great toy for the kids, or a delicious bar of chocolate for yourself! But Buy Indie and celebrate independent bookstores and a thriving local business community.

Bookworks | 4022 Rio Grande NW | in the Flying Star Plaza | Albuquerque | NM | 87107
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NOTICE TO ALL FANS OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

A bill has been introduced this session at the New Mexico legislature
which would protect organic agriculture in the state from GMOs,
possibly even including genetic drift from engineered crops onto
others' land. It limits the powers of companies such as Monsanto and
lays liability squarely on the seed engineering company and the
farmer who decided to plant the crop.

If you support this bill – which you really should! – please call
your lawmakers to ask them to support this really exciting bill. It
is a good idea to perhaps both call your lawmaker, and write an e- mail.
I promise you: Your voice (when you use it) does
count. Lawmakers listen to their constituents. Please forward this
notice to any like-minded groups or individuals.

Senate Bill 560, introduced by Cisco McSorley, is dubbed the "Farmer
Protection Act." It requires a person intending to plant a GMO in any
open field to notify the director of the Department of Agriculture 30
days before planting. The notice must include the proposed locations,
kinds and variety of seed or plant, and the traits for which the
plant is genetically engineered. The Dept. of Ag. Secretary must then
report annually to the legislature on GMOs planted, county-by-county,
across the state. The bill would impose a civil penalty of from $500
to $5,000 for any farmer who fails to report a GMO crop planted. A
third violation restricts the violator from planting in New Mexico
for 12 months.

The bill also prohibits the production of a pharmaceutical crop of a
plant that otherwise is commonly used for human or animal food in an
open field, with a fine of $1,000 per violation.

The bill also limits the powers of a supplier of genetically modified
seed to go onto farmers' lands to take samples – we've seen several
truly egregious cases of this in past years. It states that a seed
contract between the farmer and the supplier cannot give the supplier
(Monsanto) the right to enter private property owned or occupied by
the farmer in order to acquire crop samples. The seed supplier must
obtain written permission from the farmer to enter.

The bill states that genetic drift of a genetically engineered plant
constitutes a private nuisance, and the seed supplier would be liable
if the release causes the unintended presence of the plant on any
person's property – but only if the farmer could prove the presence
of the unwanted genetics caused him financial losses. No person
owning property is required to create a buffer zone to prevent
potential genetic drift.

Here are a couple links.
To find which legislator represents you, try the legislature's link
below. If in doubt, simply send to all the most likely individuals:
http://www.nmlegis.gov/lcs/legislatorsearch.aspx

And, here are a couple of informational links on GMOs and the
aforementioned egregious examples of misbehavior by seed engineering
companies:
http://www.saynotogmos.org
http://www.geocities.com/newageinternation...MOMonsanto.html]]> Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:11:55 -0800 http://organicconsumers.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2519 http://organicconsumers.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2465
I am hoping that this will serve as a start to getting folks in NM networking and organized to take part in some way to protect our ability to have clean food and all that it takes to create it.

We are in Legislative Session and there are bills out there that need support to pass.

Anyone out there?]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:38:08 -0800 http://organicconsumers.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=2465