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Jul. 17th, 2009 12:49Wednesday July 8, 2009 NAPS (Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors) commodity distribution at Waite House.
Plus the annual distribution of checks to be used at farmers markets. Only for locally-raised fruits and vegetables: "If you find things like pineapples and peaches at the market, they are from another state or country, and you cannot buy them with your checks."
It should be possible to grow peaches in southern Minnesota, but apparently not in commercial quantities. Other states probably have different limitations; for example, Hawaii would allow pineapples but not apples.
And Hawaii wouldn't have the situation of food from the other side of the state being considered local, while food grown within walking distance across a state border is considered nonlocal.
I also got produce from Waite House's semimonthly distribution, which isn't restricted to Minnesota-grown food. I'm fairly sure plantains don't grow here.
Note: Twin Cities localvores consider neighboring states to be part of the local area.
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Thursday July 9, 2009 To Southwest Senior Center, to use the computer lab.
***Walker Library. Wednesday's Minnesota Daily (U of MN student paper) reported a study showing that binge drinking had declined among US teens -- except among college students.
Current issue of The Futurist had an article which made sense -- till I got to the mention of Russia as a member of the EU.
The May issue of Discover had an article on Stephen Hawking. It gave a few paragraphs to his idea that there are multiple possible pasts, as well as multiple possible futures.
***Adult Children Anonymous. A good meeting, at which I learned something important.
***On my way home, I got off the bus at the wrong stop. As a result, I discovered that there's a Brazilian Protestant congregation a few blocks away from me.
And one street crossing away from a building I was already familiar with.
***Idea: Gods Anonymous.
Plus the annual distribution of checks to be used at farmers markets. Only for locally-raised fruits and vegetables: "If you find things like pineapples and peaches at the market, they are from another state or country, and you cannot buy them with your checks."
It should be possible to grow peaches in southern Minnesota, but apparently not in commercial quantities. Other states probably have different limitations; for example, Hawaii would allow pineapples but not apples.
And Hawaii wouldn't have the situation of food from the other side of the state being considered local, while food grown within walking distance across a state border is considered nonlocal.
I also got produce from Waite House's semimonthly distribution, which isn't restricted to Minnesota-grown food. I'm fairly sure plantains don't grow here.
Note: Twin Cities localvores consider neighboring states to be part of the local area.
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Thursday July 9, 2009 To Southwest Senior Center, to use the computer lab.
***Walker Library. Wednesday's Minnesota Daily (U of MN student paper) reported a study showing that binge drinking had declined among US teens -- except among college students.
Current issue of The Futurist had an article which made sense -- till I got to the mention of Russia as a member of the EU.
The May issue of Discover had an article on Stephen Hawking. It gave a few paragraphs to his idea that there are multiple possible pasts, as well as multiple possible futures.
***Adult Children Anonymous. A good meeting, at which I learned something important.
***On my way home, I got off the bus at the wrong stop. As a result, I discovered that there's a Brazilian Protestant congregation a few blocks away from me.
And one street crossing away from a building I was already familiar with.
***Idea: Gods Anonymous.