{"id":237,"date":"2008-07-07T00:37:46","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T04:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.femilicious.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/07\/locavore-me\/"},"modified":"2008-08-13T20:01:40","modified_gmt":"2008-08-14T00:01:40","slug":"locavore-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.femilicious.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/07\/locavore-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Locavore Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up on Sunday July 27, 2008 at John R. Park Homestead is a new (hopefully annual) event called the <em>Lakeside Locavore Lunch<\/em>.  From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erca.org\/events\/events.details.cfm?id=68&#038;year=2008&#038;month=7\">Essex Region Conservation Authority calendar<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Lakeside Locavore Lunch is a new special event taking place at the John R. Park Homestead Conservation Area on <strong>Sunday, July 27th from noon &#8211; 2:30pm<\/strong>. This event highlights &#8216;locavore&#8217; opportunities in Essex County. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy an afternoon by the lake tasting locally grown foods and fine wines. &#8216;Food for thought&#8217; will also be provided as local farmers and food producers share their specific knowledge about the delicious bounty that our region offers. <\/p>\n<p>To enhance the experience &#8216;Fiddle and Friends&#8217; will be providing traditional celtic and folk fiddle music. Admission is $15.00 for adults, $5 for children ages 3-16.<strong> Preregistration is required and spaces are limited.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>To register phone: 519-738-2029 or email: jrph@erca.org.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;d like to go but it crosses over with a family reunion obligation.  If I can figure out a way to do both you can be sure I&#8217;ll be there.  I&#8217;m surprised I haven&#8217;t seen any promotion for the event (I found the ERCA calendar when I was looking for information about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ojibway.ca\/trees.htm\">local trees which I eventually found at the Ojibway Park website<\/a>).  <\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 15px; float: right;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/85345543@N00\/59584385\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/24\/59584385_f47d75e784.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"ecofeminist Vandana Shiva speaking with mega phone\" title=\"Ecofeminist Vandana Shiva\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>In my opinion, it&#8217;s an important event for local feminists.  Women&#8217;s oppression is closely linked with the degradation of nature.  Both have suffered under a system of patriarchy.  The world around us &#8212; nature &#8212; just like women, is not passive, waiting for rescue or waiting idly to be made useful.  We are both contributing, functional, important, <em>integral <\/em>parts of the planet.  Neither women nor the planet are here to serve.  It&#8217;s ironic when you start thinking about the connections in the English language between words we use to describe both land and women: think of terms like barren, fertile, and rape.  Each can describe a woman or the land.   Ecofeminists bring the philosophies of environmentalism and feminism together in efforts to liberate both from oppression.  Maybe someday.  Respect for nature, respect for women.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo credit to<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/85345543@N00\/\">leenback<\/a>.  <em>Click on the photo to visit its page on<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\">flickr.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming up on Sunday July 27, 2008 at John R. Park Homestead is a new (hopefully annual) event called the Lakeside Locavore Lunch. From the Essex Region Conservation Authority calendar: The Lakeside Locavore Lunch is a new special event taking place at the John R. 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