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I Have a Dream

Monday January 15, 2007 in
MLK Jr with dandelion

In honor of the King (and the dandelion too):

I have a dream that one day the people of this earth will love, appreciate, and utilize the wild foods right out their own back door. That people will no longer use harsh chemicals to get rid of plants that they could be eating. That immigrant workers and other farm laborers gain economic freedom by selling the weeds (wild food plants) they are now picking out of the fields. That every person in the US will plant at least 10 food producing trees per year. That plant nurseries will encourage individuals to purchase plants that have food uses. That city planners will incorporate wild food plants into urban design. That our national education policy require students be able to identify 10 wild food plants in their ecosystem. That the National Institute of Health will lead a well-financed national campaign encouraging the use of wild foods for good health. That all public establishments (schools, VA hospitals, etc.) be required to source at least 50% of their foods from no more than 250 miles away. That federal subsidies from the farm bill be provided to small business owners specializing in the sale of wild food plants. That the tall grass prairie, our most endangered ecosystem in the United States, be planted not with corn and soybeans, but with its native wild plants. Those wild plants have the potential to provide more energy per unit of biofuel than corn and soybeans.

As for Dr. King’s speech, who would have remembered that speech if it had started out ‘I Have a Complaint’? Be remembered for your dreams…don’t give that negative crap any of your energy. Like Dr. King…..I Have a Dream.

Comment

  1. I enjoy your site very much.

    — Donald Swain · Jul 22, 01:11 PM · #

  2. I like you site and look forward to learning more about the wild plants. The buckwheat pancakes were delicious!

    — Sherry · Jan 22, 04:15 AM · #

  3. I am enjoying your site and look forward to each of it’s new additions.

    — Sherry · Jan 25, 03:47 PM · #

  4. Fantastic, Sunny! Very accessible and friendly, easy to read and follow. This is exciting!

    — Nancy Bouwsma · Feb 2, 07:17 AM · #

  5. Hi Sunny! WETCC’s loss is the world’s gain. Becky C. sent a heads-up about your website.Great job on this site. Munch on!

    — Claudia Seymour · Feb 2, 07:56 AM · #

  6. thank you for the great information!
    Be well

    — Ava Carpentier · Feb 5, 04:15 PM · #

  7. Good one Sunny. Just got back from the Minnesota Fruit & Veg. Meeting I spoke on high tunnel growing, good conf. Keep up the good work. Dallas

    — Dallas Flynn · Feb 8, 07:42 AM · #

  8. Hi Sunny, I enjoyed the curly doc seed crackers you brought on the outing Saturday. Your web site is great, keep up the good work. I’m looking forward to try out some of the recipes.

    — Gary Gonzales · Feb 11, 10:16 AM · #

  9. Hi Sunny – found your website through the card
    you left at Froggy’s. Love
    the content and hope to join you on a wild food forage one day!

    — Nora Stone · Apr 6, 10:14 AM · #

  10. Right on about the positive focus! I want to give your list of dreams to the candidate I am supporting for MN Senate.. great ideas!

    — Lorna · Feb 14, 07:31 AM · #

  11. Nice site!

    — Nikolet · Mar 18, 05:14 AM · #

  12. Greetings from Scheveningen (on a Business trip from Singapore)

    I found the mention of Miner’s Lettuce in the latest edition of the rawfamily.com newsletter and started googling for it and also came across wildfoodplants.com WOW

    Cheers, Kishore.

    — Kishore Balakrishnan · Apr 4, 10:58 PM · #

  13. yey* glad u found me here. Enjoy!
    cheers, ~sunny

    — sunny · Apr 6, 08:09 AM · #

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