Faux Spring garden report

This weather is lasting way too long. High 60s out at the garden today, and no serious rain in the 10 day forecast. I did some weeding. And I watered - yes, on President's Day weekend - the favas, garlic and sprouting broccoli. After a long wait, the sprouting broccoli is sprouting.

Here We Go Again

It's not a food story. Well, you can eat Cannabis, perhaps even consider it part of a balanced diet, but it's certainly not one of the four or five food groups and you won't find it on My Plate.
But it's the same old story of "get big or get out" in a state and country where rampant capitalism thwarts the integrity of human communities and their ecological context.
Here's an op ed from the Los Angeles Times:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-11/cannabis-farms-california-agriculture-regulations

Practical Farmers of Iowa

Mostly I just love the name of this group:
https://practicalfarmers.org/
But I like their purpose, too:
We use farmer-led investigation and information sharing to help farmers practice an agriculture that benefits both the land and people.
And the fact that it's a farmer-to-farmer kind of organization. 

And I skimmed this from their values.
Curiosity, creativity, collaboration and community
I want every group I am a part of to embrace these. 

I learned from a Civil Eats story today that the Leopold Center has been defunded. It really makes no sense to me how a party that defines itself as conservative - you know which one - is so short-sighted. Because not supporting research in sustainable and resilient agriculture trades the best of our past and our hope for the future away in the service of present day greed. 
There's a whole lot of bad stuff going on beyond D.C.