Angus_La_Cense

A Main Street Rebuilding Around Food

Oct 8, 2008

Last week I wrote about how we should elect policy makers (like myself) who understand the connection between Main Street and our Farmland. I pointed out that it is possible to boost Mainstreet and REDUCE our reliance on fossil fuels by making food production and distribution much more localized.

Well, the New York times printed an article today that gives some creedence to my point. Read "Uniting Around Food to Save an Ailing Town". The title says it all. This former granite mining town in Vermont is now becoming self sustaining with food produced locally. People and small businesses (many of which are food producers) are pooling their resources. They have a thriving CSA, farmers market, community supported restaurant, some idealistic entrepreneurs, and the presence of the Center for an Agricultural Economy. One fellow, Woody Tasch, who is the chairman of Investors Circle, a nonprofit network of investors and foundations dedicated to sustainability, was quoted as saying: “What the Hardwick guys are doing is the first wave of what could be a major social transformation, the swinging back of the pendulum from industrialization and globalization.”

I hope to visit the town of Hardwick someday to learn more about their practices, eat some of their greens, and meet the innovative people this community.

By Angus_La_Cense |
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Overview

  • "Vote La Cense! Believe in all that’s Good and Grass-fed! "
  • Gender: Male
  • Hometown: La Cense Ranch, MT, US

About Me

  • I am a cow who cares.

  • Why I care about the Grass-fed Party

    The Grass-fed Party is the wave of the future, or a revival of the past, however you choose to look at it. Some might call it populist, but I call it the Grass-fed Movement. I care about the Grass-fed Party because I believe it has created a historical moment of possibility for grass-fed change! We will call the cattle home! We will dream a bigger dream! We will be a country where the livelihood of our cows, our people, and our land is not taken for granted, but grows strong with deep roots that signify respect for all!

  • Other Party Affiliations

    I am the Grass-fed Party.

  • Relative experiences

    I grew up eating only grass on the La Cense Ranch. I still eat only grass to this day. I was a student of Grass Science and the History at the University of Montana Western, where I also gained experience with grassroots organizing on campus. I have extensive experience working as an activist for the Corn-Fed Cow Liberation Front. I was a lobbyist at the Montana State Legislature, advocating animal rights. I founded the Grass-fed Party.

  • Books that have influenced me

    Grass, the Forgiveness of Nature, by Charles Walters

  • Favorite Foods

    Bluebunch Wheatgrass, alfalfa, and other leafy forage.

  • Grass-fed Party Issues that I support

    All of the issues are very important to me; however, I have a particular investment in cow welfare reform.

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