Okay, so following last week’s plea to have folks contact their reps in support of the Kind-Flake amendment to the Farm Bill, I never gave the update about the House debate and vote. News-wise, it’s been done elsewhere very well, including some good reports in the Washintgon Post, and a somewhat more satisfying NPR story this morning. But I thought I’d report in the best way I know how: in haiku form.
Kind-Flake defeated.
Subsidize crap! Five more years!
(oh, yeah, reps. We noticed.)
It really pissed ticked off
Rural America Blog,
Deliberate. You?
Small victories:
Conservation, food stamp gains.
Meat imports labeled.
Bush threatens veto.
Senate starts debate this fall.
Yeah, the beat goes on.
(Contact your senator.
Before September’s debate.
Say: “House sucks! Do more!”)
Subsidies: Two-thirds
Go to just 30 districts.
And we get? Corn. Fats.
(oh, and obesity,
ecological dead zones,
and cynics, too. Lots.)
But here’s the thing, guys:
They know we’re watching. They do.
So don’t stop…no! no!
And in the meantime,
CSAs, farmer’s markets,
And whole foods remain.
It is worth the price
To opt out, if you can:
Buy fresh, bulk. Cook more.
De-lurking to say woo-hoo for your haiku. Too bad about the House bungling the thing, but your haiku is a winner. Thanks.
I am so impressed with your haiku (haikus??). And, yes, we are watching—-I feel like there is a movement in the air–almost electric, and we will not quiet down or go away. Our CSA has dozens and dozens of people on the waiting list. A local pastured poultry farm says demand is through the roof for their organic chickens. It is only a matter of time before agribusiness feels the pinch.
Brilliant.
Oh, a link to this is definitely in order.