AP Lewis
Root Cause Advocacy
Category: COMMUNITY
COVID-19 is just a pop quiz. The real test is coming.
COVID-19 is just a pop quiz. The real test is coming.
Read MoreComing Full Circle
Chapter 1 Vanishing Rural Communities In residential subdivisions across the Midwest, there is often one house that doesn’t fit in. It sits at the top of the hill, with dying cottonwoods along the north side and remnants of a barbed…
Read MoreAs Federal Pesticide Oversight Decays, Grassroots Parent Groups Flourish.
All the minute amounts of individual toxic chemicals may not kill you right away, but the toxic assault of all the chemicals, adjuvants, and synthetic materials are taking a serious toll on public health.
Read MoreFarmers to America: We Can’t Breathe. Generations of farmers have fought the system. Why won’t they act now?
I once asked Mary Berry, the daughter of Wendell Berry, why our current generations of farmers did not rise up like their forebears and call out the same system for exploiting their work, for capturing all the value of their production, for killing the American Dream?
She shook her head sadly. “Alan, there’s no one left.”
Read MoreDon’t like immigrants? Support immigration.
If you don’t like immigration, you should think about supporting our immigrant populations. Created on 2019-07-25 02:54 Published on 2019-07-25 03:19 If you don’t like immigration, you should think about supporting our immigrant populations. Why? Because immigration most often happens…
Read MoreDear tech bros: Stop telling me I shouldn’t engage with my customers.
There seems to be a surfeit of tech plays trying to eliminate interaction between retail shoppers and staff. Why? I guess because technology can make this happen, and there’s is money to be made if they can sell it. Created…
Read MoreWhile the USDA fiddles, The Real Organic Promise rebuilds the future.
Created on 2018-04-27 15:35 Published on 2018-04-27 15:55 “It’s easy to compromise when your community is informed, experienced and honest.” — Alan Lewis * ************************* * “Let me describe how the Real Organic Project came about. These are many of…
Read More45 Ways Direct Citizen Action Will Keep the Food System Working
From Food Insecurity in America: An Emergency We Prepared For, An Experience to Learn From. Created on 2020-03-20 17:02 Published on 2020-03-20 17:49 Our country’s farmers, community leaders, school districts, colleges, state and local government agencies, religious institutions, private enterprise,…
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