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Hi Everyone,

 

I've been enjoying all the e-mail exchanges, I just wish I had more time read

them more thoroughly. Two thumbs up to

Chris and Tammy for bringing us together. Hope you all had fun at the birthday

party! I had to work or I would have

been there.

 

By the way, I'm the co-chair of EarthSave and wanted to invite you all to a

couple of EarthSave events coming up.

 

At our next potluck, On Sunday, April 28th, from 5:30 to 8:30, CLAIRE HOPE

CUMMINGS, KPFA's Food and Farming

Reporter, speaks on the PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL PERILS OF BEING A PROGRESSIVE

JOURNALIST reporting on the

contentious subject of GMOs in food and farming. Claire Hope Cummings weekly

radio program on KPFA, and her reporting

for other broadcast and print outlets, frequently covers genetic engineering in

a media world dominated by industry

campaigns and pro-technology advocates. Learn what’s happening from an insider.

Ask away. Claire just returned from a

trip to Mexico where she has been investigating the GMO contamination of corn at

its center of origin for Worldwatch

Magazine.

 

Claire Hope Cummings is a lawyer, journalist and a Food and Society Policy

Fellow. She has been actively involved in

covering agricultural genetic engineering for 10 years and is an author of The

EMS' Reporter's and Editor's Guide to

Agricultural Genetic Engineering. She has been involved in agriculture for over

30 years, as a farmer both here in

California and in Vietnam, as lawyer for the USDA and a public interest

environmental lawyer for twenty years and as

a writer and activist.

 

The next event will be OUR 6TH ANNUAL SPRING CELEBRATION!!! It will be held on

Sunday, May 19th from 3:00 to 8:00. It

will be an indoor and outdoor party with gourmet picnic cuisine at the beautiful

Unitarian Church in San Rafael (just

15 minutes north of the Golden Gate Bridge) I'm thrilled to have my favorite

local band to come and play, The Jerry

Hannan Band. Here's a detailed description:

 

Often described as " shades of Dylan, John Prine and Van Morrison… very American

with a faint Irish

lilt " , Hannan's songs (like those of Springsteen, Steve Earle and Dylan) speak

of our everyday lives

and the magic that we sometimes miss. His irreverent, twisted style has been

described as smart, often funny,

sardonic in a good natured way, dealing with issues like ecology, friendship and

love. More important, " these tunes

have irrepressible melodies with Velcro-catchy pop hooks. " Says Paul Liberatore

of the Marin Independent Journal. His

live performances are attended by loyal fans anxious to, " get their fix. " They

listen. They participate. They feel

among friends.

 

The details of the party are still in the works. If you'd care to join us in the

planning stages or would like to

volunteer, we will have a meeting tomorrow evening (Wednesday, April 3) at Fresh

Choice restaurant in Corte Madera.

Please phone 415.258.9802 to let me know you're interested.

 

In the meantime, please write down the dates of these two great events and call

the EarthSave hotline for more

details. 415.383.9143. Hope you can all make it.

 

Syndee Collison

Co-Chair of EarthSave Marin