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News & Views from the Bloodroot Collective!
On this page we will share with visitors our feminist politics, discoveries, insights and other things that we think you might want to know. A wide range of topics to include politics, feminism, gardening, weaving, environmental health, personal health, etc...
Organizations We Support......
We consider the International Forum on Globalization to have a feminist analysis of local, national and international politics and policies today. Therefore, we are excited that they exist and we encourage others to find out more about their work. Selma Miriam is a member of IFG and attended the conference in February 2001 at Hunter College. 

The Bioneers will be hosting their annual conference October 17-19, 2003 in San Rafael, California; we hope friends of Bloodroot on the West Coast will attend.

Both organizations have led us to many books and writers who give us optimism about the possibility of a sustainable future.

We get some of our organic produce from Urban Oaks Organic Farm, a local farm in New Britain, Connecticut. Urban Oaks is a nonprofit, community-based organic farm producing a wide variety of delicious, certified organic vegetables and herbs. They have been a certified organic grower for 13 years, we are pleased to introduce them to you. While supplying organic produce for local businesses, they also operate a neighborhood farmstand in New Britain open to the public Friday 2-6 pm, and Saturday 9 am-1 pm. (Urban Oaks Organic Farm, 225 Oak Street, New Britain, CT, Tel. 860-223-6200)

 
 
 


 

 
Articles for your consideration....
What's Wrong With Genetic Engineering? Biotechnology is assaulting the entire life support system of our food, health and reproductive capacity in the world today. With the commercially driven force of a global economy, the U.S. Government protects the "free trade" of the biotech industry at the expense of any safety considerations.continue reading...
What is Bloodroot doing about Genetically Engineered Food? In addition to educating ourselves, we at Bloodroot are scrutinizing our food sources. For example, after purchasing some Idaho potatoes a few years ago, we discovered they didn't cook right—no matter what we did—they just stayed lumpy. At the same time we were using this potato, we read an article in the New York Times about genetically modified Idaho potatoes injected with Bt toxin. After comparing the label of the potatoes we had purchased at Bloodroot with the potatoes described in the article, we realized that they were identical, and of course, unlabeled as genetically modified. While we had been purchasing a large proportion of our food from organic sources, after this experience, we became even more committed to organic food. continue reading...
What's wrong with giant chain bookstores and Internet giants? Scenario 1: A big chain orders a huge quantity of books to get a big discount. Being a large corporation, they set the terms of sale and the right of return. The publisher prints the books to fulfill the order. When the books don't sell quickly, the chain returns the books, demanding a 100% refund. The publisher goes bankrupt. This is what happened to Papier-Mache Press, publisher of "When I Am an Old Woman, I Shall Wear purple. " Most other presses have been injured by these business practices; they are most damaging to small presses. continue reading...
On the lighter side.....
Herbs: Burnet, Comfrey and Borage by Selma Miriam, appeared in the March/April 2001 issue of CT Gardener

Why not grow some cucumber flavored herbs? At our restaurant we make good use of them. continue reading...
Gardening On Another Level by Selma Miriam, appeared in the July/August 2001 issue of CT Gardener

Thirty-eight years ago we moved to Connecticut — not for the schools, the beaches or the golf courses — but because I had to have a garden. I craved it, I required it and I needed it! continue reading...