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Dear Mr. President…

Our favorite food write, Michael Pollan, has written an open letter to the next President regarding the state of the nation’s food supply and what is to be done to save it, here’s a sample:

 But with a suddenness that has taken us all by surprise, the era of cheap and abundant food appears to be drawing to a close. What this means is that you, like so many other leaders through history, will find yourself confronting the fact — so easy to overlook these past few years — that the health of a nation’s food system is a critical issue of national security. Food is about to demand your attention.

The article appeared in the 10/12 edition of the Sunday New York Times Magazine and you can read it, here.

Keeping tabs on Solar

In June of 2007, Project Open Hand went live with our dual (electric/hot water) solar power array. Since that time, we have generated many megawatts of power and avoided the emission of many thousands of tons greenhouse gasses and now, you can monitor our solar progress right through your web browser. Click here to see current and historical data on Open Hand’s Solar array and feel free to bookmark the page.

We Are All Antaeus

Somewhere around the 7th grade or so, there was a moment of learnin’ that we actually enjoyed, when we learned about greek mythology, Hercules and a certain wrestler named Antaeus. It seems Antaeus was the most fearsome wrestler in all the land but he was powerless when his feet left the ground; it was the earth from which Antaeus drew his strength. It’s a parable and there are many lessons to be drawn from the story of Hercules and Antaeus but we think it’s fair to say that our own connection to the earth is no less imperative than Antaeus’. Which is our roundabout way of pointing you toward this story about a local market putting consumers back in touch with local food.

And if you want to learn a little bit more about Antaeus, this is a good place to start.