IN MEMORIAM . . . Legendary civil rights leader, peace activist, and writer Lela Knox Shanks died at her home on Monday, October 24, 2011, after a two year struggle with cancer. Lela was 2011 Alternatives to The Military Peace Maker of the Year, sharing this year’s honor with Nebraskans For Peace President Emeritus Paul Olson. In 2008, NFP honored Lela as Peace Maker of the Year for her many peace and justice achievements. Read the NFP citation delivered at the awards event here. The Lincoln Journal Star October 28, 2011 Editorial, “Lela Shanks set inspirational example,” is here. Nebraska Green Party extends sympathy to Lela’s family and many friends, with appreciation for her courageous, inspiring lifetime of leadership.
EARTH CIRCLE . . . On the first day of every month, people around the world stop everything for five minutes, joining with thousands of others to visualize peace and focus on new levels of kindness, understanding, and compassion necessary for collectively facing the challenges of the 21st century. New Dimensions invites peacemakers everywhere to join at 4:00pm Greenwich Mean Time, 10:00am in Lincoln and Omaha, 9:00am in District 3 where Mountain Time begins, Tuesday, November 1, 2011, with the intention of deep healing for the Planet and all its people. Click here for more information about Earth Circle.
CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, FOOD PRODUCTION . . . Registration is now open for Agriculture for Life, the Iowa Environmental Council’s annual conference to explore the connection between what Iowans eat and the environment, Thursday, November 3, 2011, at Drake University in Des Moines. Keynote speaker Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet, will describe how changing the way people think about environmental challenges may be the key to solving them. For more information or to register, click here or call 515.244.1194, extension 210.
ENCIRCLE THE WHITE HOUSE AND STOP THE TAR SANDS PIPELINE . . . On Sunday, November 6, 2011, in Washington DC, 350.org and environmental activists from around the country will encircle the White House sending a powerful message to President Obama: honor your 2008 campaign promises and stop the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. view a 1:28 minute video featuring Nebraska’s Randy Thompson, here.
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Lincoln area: Congressional District 1
TRICK OR VOTE . . . Meet Keystone XL pipeline opponents at noon, Monday, October 31, 2011, at the state capitol information desk and go Trick or Voting to the offices of all the senators from noon to 1:00pm. Ask that they STOP THE PIPELINE, or at least re-route it away from Nebraska’s fragile Sand Hills and the Ogallala Aquifer.
VIGIL AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY . . . Every Monday, from noon to 1:00pm, Nebraskans for abolition of the death penalty meet in front of the governor’s mansion when weather is good, 1425 H Street, Lincoln. In winter, the vigil is inside the capitol, near the Information Desk. The lunch-hour presence reminds the governor of a constituency that does not want state killings. Weekly vigils have taken place year-round since July, 1991. All abolitionists are welcome to participate for a few minutes, or the hour. For information about Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty, click here.
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE ON PIPELINE ROUTING REGULATIONS . . . Tuesday, November 1, 2011, a special session of the Nebraska legislature will begin to address routing regulations for oil pipelines in the state. This will provide a chance to revoke TransCanada’s free pass and assure that pipelines are regulated fairly, like gas pipelines. If your state senator tries to tell you it’s too late, or illegal, to re-route the Keystone XL, know that he or she is wrong. Two new legal memos explain the areas that can be regulated, and why it’s *not* too late. Click here [pdf] for Alan Peterson’s Constitutional Analysis of a Nebraska Pipeline Routing Law, and here [pdf] for the Domina Law Group’s Green Paper on Nebraska’s Regulatory Authority Over Oil Pipelines, Nebraska’s Non-Preempted Right To Regulate Land Use, and Legal Authority for Action By Nebraska. Let your senator know that this special session MUST, at a minimum, re-route the pipeline. The state capitol switchboard number is 402.471.2311. Call your senator and ask him or her to STOP THE PIPELINE.
CANNABIS COALITION MEETING . . . Tuesday, November 1, 2011, the Nebraska Cannabis Coalition will meet at Cultiva Coffee, 727 South 11th Street, Lincoln, 6:00pm. The Nebraska Proposition 19 Cannabis Initiative seeks to put a proposed constitutional amendment to regulate and tax all commercial uses of marijuana and remove all laws governing private, noncommercial use of the plant on the November 2012 general election ballot. Petitions will be available for new circulators, and the group will assess progress of the signature gathering campaign. End Hemp Prohibition in Nebraska!
EN THOMPSON FORUM: DIVIDING THE WATERS . . . Sandra Postel, leading authority on international freshwater issues, will speak on “Global Security in a Water-Stressed World” Tuesday, November 1, 2011, for the EN Thompson Forum, 7:00pm, at the Lied Center for Performing Arts, 12th & R Streets, Lincoln. Postel founded the Global Water Policy Project in 1994 to foster ideas and inspiration for redirecting society’s use and management of fresh water toward conservation and ecosystem health. She continues as the project’s director. Lectures are available live on the UNL web site, Lincoln cable channel 21 or 5, UNL campus channel 8, and UNL KRNU radio 90.3 FM. All lectures are interpreted for the deaf and hard of hearing. Click here for free ticket information.
LINCOLN PEACE VIGILS . . . Lincoln peace vigils continue at the Federal Building, 15th and O streets, every Wednesday from 5:00 to 6:00pm. Contact Mark at 402.499.6672 or e-mail mark [at] weddleton [dot] com for more information.
MEETING ON XL PIPELINE . . . There will be an Occupy movement meeting on the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline at LUNk House, 1315 South 24th Street, (24th Street between A and B), on Thursday, November 3, 2011, 7:00pm.
CITIZENS’ SPECIAL SESSION SEMINAR . . . Friday, November 4, 2011, there will be a Citizens’ Special Session Seminar at the State Capitol in the Warner Chamber of the Legislature, noon to 4:00pm. This Seminar will address how a special session works, what bills need to be introduced and passed, and how citizens can make a difference. Following the discussion, participants will visit senators’ offices to speak with them about group expectations. RSVP here if you plan to attend. STOP THE PIPELINE.
OCCUPY LINCOLN . . . The Occupy Lincoln camp site is located on Centennial Mall north of the state capitol. Occupation General Assembly meetings are every Wednesday at 6:00pm, and Sundays at 1:30pm. The fourth Occupy Lincoln march will be Saturday, November 5, 2011, starting at noon on the north side of the state capitol building, 14th & K Streets. A parade permit has been granted for this action and every Saturday at noon until January 1, 2012. The Facebook page is here. The Twitter feed is @OccupyLincoln. For more information, e-mail occupylincoln [at] gmail [dot] com or phone 402.585.5865. The Occupy Lincoln website is here. An October 17th Lincoln Journal Star article, “Urban camping: Occupy Lincoln digs in downtown,” is here. “Occupy Lincoln tents on mall do not violate any law,” from the October 18th LJS, is here. Corporate Greed is Revolution’s Seed!
FRIENDS OF WILDERNESS PARK FEATURING BUTTERFLIES . . . Sunday, November 6, 2011, 3:00pm, UN-L entomologist Steve Spomer will speak about the butterflies found in Wilderness Park at the Unitarian Church, 6300 A Street, Lincoln. There are 58 species found in the Park–more than can be found in many Nebraska counties. View an 8:47 minute You Tube video of Steve on how to spread a butterfly here. The public is welcome at this Friends of Wilderness Park meeting.
BIONEERS CONFERENCE REGISTRATION . . . Registration is now open for the Beaming Bioneers Nebraska 2011 Fall Conference on Saturday, November 19, 2011, 9:00am to 5:00pm, in Lincoln at the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department conference room, 3140 N Street. This Conference is the year’s premiere environmental and social justice conference in the state, and Nebraska Green Party is one of the sponsors. Check out the website for information about the day’s agenda, mark your calendar, and plan to be there. Register online here.
Omaha area: Congressional District 2
OMAHA PEACE VIGILS . . . Omaha peacemakers vigil every Wednesday, 4:30-5:30pm, at StratCom/UN-O, 6801 Pine Street, east of the Scott Technology Center on the UN-O campus. Free parking is available at the NE Corner of 67th Street and Pine in a student lot. For more information, phone Jerry Ebner, 402.502.5887. Every Saturday, 1:00-2:00pm, there is a Peace Vigil at 72nd and Dodge Streets. Park next to 72nd Street, in the pet store parking lot. Contact Steve Horn at 402.426.9068 for more information about Saturday vigils.
OMAHA PEOPLE’S FILM FESTIVAL . . . There is a People’s Film Festival every Wednesday evening, 7:00pm, at McFoster’s Natural Kind Cafe, 38th and Harney in Omaha. Wednesday, November 2, 2011, the film will be “Countdown to Zero,” about a film exploring the dangers of nuclear weapons. Watch a trailer here. Quoting President John F. Kennedy, “The weapons of war must be abolished, before they abolish us.” The weekly event is always free and open to the public. A discussion will follow the film. For more information, click here. The People’s Film Festival – Expanding Political Consciousness Since 2004.
OCCUPY OMAHA . . . The current Occupy Omaha location is the Somali Cultural Center on 24th and Farnam. The camp site is 24th and Farnam, across from the Federal Reserve. The weekly march/rally is Saturdays at 11:00am, starting at Gene Leahy Mall, 14th Street, across from the library. General Assemblies are every Wednesday, 7:00pm, and every Saturday, 3:00pm. The official Occupy Omaha website is here. The FaceBook page is here. The Twitter feed is #occupyomaha
PROTEST KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE . . . Omaha protests with Guardians of the Good Life continue. E-mail japlapoo [at] netzero [dot] net for details. STOP THE PIPELINE yard signs are available in Omaha by calling Nebraskans for Peace Coordinator Mark Welsch, 402.453.0776, or e-mail NFPOmaha [at] nebraskansforpeace [dot] org. And please contact your Omaha senators! It is very important that they hear from constituents who want the XL pipeline stopped!
ENGAGE OMAHA . . . One of the nation’s first city-wide, virtual town hall websites, EngageOmaha, is now online. Omaha residents may weigh in on issues for the city to consider. Pick a topic, and join the mix here.
Greater Nebraska: Congressional District 3
TRICK OR VOTE . . . EveryOne expects a knock at the door for Halloween. Especially in rural areas, many people know their senators personally. Monday, October 31, 2011, consider dropping by your state senator’s house and instead of asking for Halloween candy, ask that he or she vote for a bill that re-routes the Keystone XL pipeline out of the Sand Hills and away from the Ogallala Aquifer.
KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE UPDATE . . . Monday, October 24, 2011, Governor Dave Heineman called a special Session of Nebraska’s legislature to begin on November 1st. Quoting key senators asking for the special session to deal with siting of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeling, which has yet to be permitted for construction, the Lincoln Journal Star covered the announcement here, and Editorialized “Right call on pipeline session,” on October 27, 2011: “Nebraskans finally will get the full-blown legislative discussion they deserve on what to do about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. …During the regular session earlier this year, week after week went by with pipeline bills bottled up in the Natural Resources Committee led by Sen. Chris Langemeier of Schuyler. Only in the waning days of the session did the committee allow a bill on pipeline liability issues to escape. Sponsor Sen. Kate Sullivan of Cedar Rapids was forced to water down the bill considerably before the committee majority allowed it to advance. Sandhills rancher Susan Luebbe characterized the measure, which quickly swept to overwhelming approval, as “a joke.” …More than a year ago, the Journal Star editorial board took the position that the pipeline route should be altered to avoid Nebraska’s fragile and beautiful Sand Hills, where the Ogallala Aquifer often is close to the surface. Hope grows stronger that the change will be made before it’s too late.” Read the entire Editorial here.
Omaha World-Herald reported on the “surprise” call for a special session on the 25th. The Paul Hammel article begins “After saying for weeks that a special session would be a waste of time and money, Gov. Dave Heineman did a dramatic about-face Monday, calling for a session on the controversial Keystone XL project. The governor attributed his change of heart to a “better understanding” of the state’s power in influencing the routing of crude-oil pipelines after discussions with federal and state officials. And Nebraskans, he said, want something done. “I determined it was time to move forward,” he said. “In perfect hindsight, the state should have acted several years ago.” The OW-H report continues here.
OW-H also reported on a legal analysis from Lincoln attorney Alan Peterson, advising that pipeline routing law is “doable.” Peterson joined two other environmental attorneys saying the legislature would be on legally solid ground in siting where the proposed pipeline can go. LJS covered the routing issue here. A possible alternative pipeline corridor could be identified, and builders could be required to follow the new route according to Omaha attorney Brian Jorde, answering questions at a news conference in the capitol rotunda. The LJS report on that is here.
“Pace quickens as Capitol prepares for special session” is here. Further on the special session, Sunday, October 30th, Art Hovey writes “Pipeline session headed for uncertain course” for LJS: “Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman does not expect to have a pipeline siting bill introduced on his behalf at the start of the special legislative session Tuesday. Many critics of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline sounded surprised and pleased when Heineman called a special session last week. Up to that point, he had been urging federal officials to deny the presidential permit that TransCanada needs to build its Keystone XL project through the Sandhills and over one of the more vulnerable parts of the Ogallala Aquifer.” The article is continued here.
District 34 Senator Annette Dubas of Fullerton wrote a Local View, also published October 30th in LJS. “Few subjects catch the attention of Nebraska citizens from border to border like the prospect of an oil pipeline crossing our Sand Hills. As with any issue of this magnitude, there are viewpoints covering every perspective and agenda. With so many camps clamoring for attention, it becomes difficult to sort out the objective information. This makes it especially challenging for policymakers seeking to be responsive to their constituency and craft responsible laws. However, one clear, collective call resonates throughout our entire state: Nebraskans deserve a voice in determining the best interests of our state, our land and our natural resources.” The Local View is continued here.
NET Television will provide live coverage of the special session beginning November 1st on NET2 World. Live streaming of the floor debate and all legislative hearings will be available on the NET website.
Wednesday, October 26th, Omaha World-Herald covered expansion of a lawsuit on behalf of wildlife. The report begins “A trio of environmental groups has expanded a lawsuit to stop the Keystone XL oil pipeline over concerns that spills could harm whooping cranes and other endangered species in Nebraska. Since the proposed pipeline would cross the Missouri, Niobrara and Platte Rivers in Nebraska, any spills of crude oil could hurt the fish and wildlife that rely on the waterways. …The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and Western Nebraska Resources Council brought the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Omaha. The same organizations sued the same federal agencies earlier this month for allowing TransCanada to undertake a costly operation to trap and relocate endangered American burying beetles along the pipeline’s route in the Nebraska Sand Hills. Lawyers for the groups argued that the relocation operation amounted to early work on a project that has yet to be approved.” Read the article here.
From Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ website, “Tar Sands Pipeline Probe Urged,” also dated October 26, “Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday asked the State Department inspector general to investigate whether conflicts of interest tainted the process for reviewing a proposed crude oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. In a separate letter to President Barack Obama, Sanders, Reps. Steve Cohen and Peter Welch and 11 other senators and congressmen cited “serious concerns” about the integrity of the review and asked the White House to withhold any decision on the project until the inspector general’s investigation is completed, made public and evaluated.” The Senator’s comments are continued here. Call for an investigation of the State Department’s tar sands scandal at a Credo Action Petition online here.
Coverage of Nebraska’s steps to block the proposed route of KXL comes from Edmonton, Alberta. Articles are linked with “Keystone becoming a touchstone for once-ardent Obama supporters,” beginning “Almost everywhere he goes these days, U.S. President Barack Obama is confronted by environmental activists pressuring him to deny Calgary-based TransCanada Corp.’s application for a presidential permit to build the $7-billion oilsands pipeline.”
LJS sourced an October 24th article by Amy Schaffer, “Stop TransCanada,” that begins “British Columbia is refusing permission to run a tar sand pipeline through the territory. If Canada’s own territory also is fighting this battle, why would we allow tar sands to cross the United States? …I urge people to contact the U.S. State Department and tell officials that America is better than this. We are a progressive, innovative country. To achieve energy independence, we can do better than allowing a foreign company to pollute the resources America depends upon.” The article continues here.
AlterNet sourced “Four Reasons We Need Less Gas,” by Lester R. Brown, from YES! Magazine, October 20th: “Americans are driving less and less. Here is what that means for the future of our oil dependence. With the auto fleet shrinking, with the average car being driven less, with the fuel use of new cars to be cut in half by 2025, and with electricity starting to replace gasoline as a fuel, why do we need to build a pipeline to bring crude oil from Canada’s tar sands to oil refineries in Texas? The answer is we don’t.” Read here.
Tar Sands Action and many partner groups are organizing visits to Obama for America offices around the country. A map of planned events and a sign up page is here. A 3:55 minute video from the New York City visit on Monday, October 17th, with 250 people presenting hundreds of letters, is here. “Let’s bring the change that Obama promised. This is the movement that will change the world.” On November 6th, Tar Sands Action will return to DC and encircle the White House asking the president to reject the XL pipeline. As “Encircling The White House,” by Bill McKibben, 350.org, explained on October 13th: “…November 6th, we’re gathering a massive crowd of people to completely circle the White House. This action will be completely legal, we’re not planning on anyone getting arrested, but it will be just as powerful as the sit-in that happened this August. As we encircle the White House, we’ll be carrying signs with quotes from President Obama himself, words like, “We must be the generation that ends the tyranny of oil.” It will be a powerful demonstration and a symbol of hope, as well as a strong reminder that the White House belongs to the people, not Big Oil.” Watch McKibben’s 1:28 minute Call for November 6th action, featuring Nebraska’s Randy Thompson, here. Read Randy’s most recent letter to LJS here. Add your voice to the “Protect Our Water, Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline!” petition urging the president to deny the construction permit here. Call the White House Switchboard directly at 202.456.1111.
“Environmentalists make Keystone XL a litmus test for Obama’s re-election: Will it work?” beings “To hard-core environmentalists, the Obama administration’s upcoming decision on the fiercely debated Keystone XL oil sands pipeline is black and white. Say no to the Canada-to-Gulf Coast pipeline, they insist, or they won’t support Obama’s re-election bid.” Read the InsideClimate News article here.
Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, writing for Reader Supported News, asks “Is the Keystone XL Pipeline a Good Deal for Americans?” He points out that TransCanada “ads want you to think that constructing this pipeline is the answer to all our oil needs, but if you look closer, a different picture begins to emerge. One that I hope will have you asking: ‘Who really benefits from the Keystone XL pipeline?'” Read Wyden’s commentary here.
“Obama allies’ interests collide over pipeline,” by Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson, sourced from the Washington Post to LJS begins “In May, environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben, pondering a simmering energy issue, asked a NASA scientist to calculate what it would mean for the Earth’s climate if Canada extracted all of the petroleum in its rich Alberta oil sands region. The answer to McKibben’s query came a month later: It would push atmospheric carbon concentrations so high that humans would be unable to avert a climate disaster. “It is essentially game over,” wrote James E. Hansen, who leads NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and is one of the nation’s leading voices against fossil fuel energy.” Read that article here.
“Eminent Domain Fight Has a Canadian Twist,” by Leslie Kaufman and Dan Frosch, was published in the New York Times. “A Canadian company has been threatening to confiscate private land from South Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico, and is already suing many who have refused to allow the Keystone XL pipeline on their property even though the controversial project has yet to receive federal approval.” Read page 1 of 2, and view a photo of Randy Thompson here.
“Meet the tar sands PR wizard,” from Mother Jones, begins “As environmental groups converged on Washington, DC, to protest the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a Canadian “grassroots” nonprofit by the name of Ethical Oil went on the counteroffensive. The group’s ads all carried the same blunt message: You can buy oil from Saudi Arabia and bankroll terrorism, or you can buy oil from friendly, democratic Canada. …If you’re familiar with the tobacco industry’s all-out campaign to downplay the adverse health effects of cigarettes, Levant’s rhetorical style might sound familiar.” View a photo of tar sands destruction in Alberta and read the article here.
Recent Position Statements opposing the pipeline include Nebraska Sierra Club comments on the National Interest Determination, and Nebraska Farmers Union formal comments to the State Department on the Final Environmental Impact Statement. “An Open Letter to Secretary Clinton: KO Keystone XL,” by David Yarnold, President of National Audubon Society, was published in the Huffington Post on October 12, 2011. “Since last fall, a steady stream of damning evidence about questionable relationships, lobbying practices and political bias have been flowing from the Keystone XL pipeline process. This weekend’s outrageous revelation that TransCanada supervised the environmental review has poisoned the process beyond repair. It’s time to KO Keystone XL. It is irreversibly polluted.” Read the Yarnold open letter here.
A Climate Progress article by Joe Romm called the Extrix scandal a “bombshell” when news was release by alternative sources. (A blackout has continued in most mainstream press.) Quoting Romm, “The State Department assigned an important environmental impact study of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline to a company with financial ties to the pipeline operator, flouting the intent of a federal law meant to ensure an impartial environmental analysis of major projects.” As the game was rigged, Romm called for the entire Environmental Impact Statement to be invalidated.
From The Daily Beast, “Obama’s Pipeline Mess,” by Bill McKibben and Naomi Klein, says “Obama’s plan to transport oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast reeks of cronyism. …there’s still time for the president to step in and stop it. …The story started coming out a few weeks ago when Nebraska activists preparing for State Department hearings on the Keystone XL pipeline noticed something odd. The hearings were actually being run by a private company called Cardno Entrix—their name was even at the bottom of the State Department official website. If you wanted to send in public comments, you sent them to the company. …This is quite possibly the biggest potential scandal of the Obama years. But there’s a danger that it will go ignored for three reasons ” Read page 1 of 2 here.
Comprehensive coverage of international, national and local opposition to the XL pipeline since May 30, 2010 are archived in a Green Notes tab above. At the Index, scroll from the bottom up for links to each week’s Update.
Thanks to EveryOne who has written letters to the editor of local papers. Please continue writing letters, and keep the issue alive in conversations at the kitchen table, in cafes, churches, and clubs around Nebraska. (If you haven’t written the LJS yet, please do so here.) E-mail actions [at] boldnebraska [dot] org for yard signs, bumper stickers, and t-shirts. New armbands say “Sand Hills and Ogallala Aquifer Lover” and “Pipeline Fighter.”
Be a community educator and organizer. Help make Nebraska the first state to successfully oppose a pipeline project.
STOP FRACKING NOW . . . “We, the undersigned, call on Congress to pass the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act this year. It’s time to hold the oil and gas production industry to the same standards as any other industry to ensure the safe protection of America’s drinking water.” Sign the Petition and view 6:20 minute Colbert Report interview with Tom Ridge.
PETITION THE EPA . . . Tell the Environmental Protection Agency to immediately prohibit the use of clothianidin and conduct a full scientific review to determine its impact on honey bee populations. Learn more about clothianidin and sign the petition here.
TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA NOT TO CAVE TO MONSANTO AND THE BIOTECH INDUSTRY . . . The Obama administration has unbelievably chosen to approve three biotech crops, Roundup Ready genetically modified alfalfa, Roundup Ready genetically modified sugar beets and a new industrial biotech corn for ethanol production. These decisions are a devastating blow to our democracy and the basic rights of farmers to choose how they want to grow food on their land and the rights of consumers who increasingly choose organic and sustainably grown food for its positive health and environmental impacts. Please tell the President it’s time to stand up to Monsanto and reject GMO crops.
BUY FRESH. BUY LOCAL . . . . Farmers, gardeners, and craftspeople meet through The Nebraska Food Cooperative, an on-line, year-round farmers’ market and local food distribution service offering the best in local freshness. For ordering and pickup schedules, refer to the calendar here. Click here for products and prices from North Star Neighbors, a Cooperative member that doesn’t therapeutically medicate or unduly confine animals. Click here for Tomato Tomäto, Omaha’s year-round indoor Farmer’s Market at 156th & West Center. Shop for fresh foods grown in or very near your own community at Open Harvest, Lincoln’s member-owned natural foods retail cooperative at 1618 South Street. Buying local grows family farming, grows the local economy, and is thousands of miles fresher.
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