Comments on: Launching CHRG! http://opencda.com/?p=4976 Honest information. Rational discussion. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:36:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mary http://opencda.com/?p=4976&cpage=1#comment-7853 mary Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:25:02 +0000 http://opencda.com/?p=4976#comment-7853 THANK YOU to all who attended the fundraiser for Jim Brannon's election legal challenge last night! The Greenbriar was full, and we all enjoyed the inspirational speech by Brent Reagan and the informative report on election laws and process by Jim Doty. All of your support, involvement and donations are deeply appreciated. For anyone who missed the event but still wants to donate* to the cause, checks can be sent to: CHRG PMB 119, 212 Ironwood Drive CdA, ID 83814 (*CHRG is a non-profit association, registered with the state, but does not qualify for tax deduction status) THANK YOU to all who attended the fundraiser for Jim Brannon’s election legal challenge last night! The Greenbriar was full, and we all enjoyed the inspirational speech by Brent Reagan and the informative report on election laws and process by Jim Doty. All of your support, involvement and donations are deeply appreciated.

For anyone who missed the event but still wants to donate* to the cause, checks can be sent to:

CHRG
PMB 119, 212 Ironwood Drive
CdA, ID 83814

(*CHRG is a non-profit association, registered with the state, but does not qualify for tax deduction status)

]]> By: citizen http://opencda.com/?p=4976&cpage=1#comment-7852 citizen Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:37:14 +0000 http://opencda.com/?p=4976#comment-7852 Mary, thank you for your comments. I agree that education on cooking is very important. The Extension Service through the state agency is involved in this effort. I met a woman on the plane to New Zealand who has dedicated herself to going into rural communities to teach gardening and healthy cooking. She presently works in rural Massachusetts. I believe Michelle Obama is on the right track in stressing home and city gardening. It is sad that some food banks cannot get people to take sacks of flour. Mary, thank you for your comments. I agree that education on cooking is very important. The Extension Service through the state agency is involved in this effort.

I met a woman on the plane to New Zealand who has dedicated herself to going into rural communities to teach gardening and healthy cooking. She presently works in rural Massachusetts. I believe Michelle Obama is on the right track in stressing home and city gardening.

It is sad that some food banks cannot get people to take sacks of flour.

]]> By: mary http://opencda.com/?p=4976&cpage=1#comment-7851 mary Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:56:20 +0000 http://opencda.com/?p=4976#comment-7851 Citizen, I remember as a young nursing student 35 years ago, working with poor families in the public health field, that many did not know how to cook. My mentor, a wise, older public health nurse, told me the family structure in these groups has been broken by divorce, drugs, etc., and the basic lessons that are usually handed down from one generation to the next have been forgotten. Many folks didn't know how to make meals out of a bag of dry beans, brown rice and basic vegetables. They didn't know how to plant a small garden or preserve fruit or make bread. Our national dependence on fast, processed food is taking a toll on all income levels in our society, especially the very poor, and the ensuing obesity crisis is crippling our health care system. Citizen, I remember as a young nursing student 35 years ago, working with poor families in the public health field, that many did not know how to cook. My mentor, a wise, older public health nurse, told me the family structure in these groups has been broken by divorce, drugs, etc., and the basic lessons that are usually handed down from one generation to the next have been forgotten.

Many folks didn’t know how to make meals out of a bag of dry beans, brown rice and basic vegetables. They didn’t know how to plant a small garden or preserve fruit or make bread.

Our national dependence on fast, processed food is taking a toll on all income levels in our society, especially the very poor, and the ensuing obesity crisis is crippling our health care system.

]]> By: citizen http://opencda.com/?p=4976&cpage=1#comment-7848 citizen Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:47:14 +0000 http://opencda.com/?p=4976#comment-7848 This may sound petty, but I got a real gut reaction to the picture of Michelle Obama with a basket of apples infront of her when speaking of childhood obesity. One of the reasons poor children are obese is that fresh fruits and vegetables are beyond their financial means. I would prefer for her to help educate people on how to provide healthy food on limited budgets. This may sound petty, but I got a real gut reaction to the picture of Michelle Obama with a basket of apples infront of her when speaking of childhood obesity. One of the reasons poor children are obese is that fresh fruits and vegetables are beyond their financial means.

I would prefer for her to help educate people on how to provide healthy food on limited budgets.

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