After the flood in the Midwest land and crops were decimated.
Want to show your support for farmers whose livelihood is on the line, there are at least 2 ways to do it.
If you read Edible San Francisco, subscribe to the magazine between now and July 1st, 2008 ($36 for 6 Issues) and 100 % of the money will go to the Iowa Farm Aid Fund. I borrowed their illustration for this piece.
The other option is to contribute through Farm Aid Iowa Family Farm Disaster Fund. You can donate as little as $35 and as much as $1000.
What led me to write this you might ask?
It all started with reading Global Gluttons, a review by Bonnie Powell of the book Hungry City (for the FT).
I then had to check her 'food politics' site The Ethicurean (the road to 'Chew the Right Thing')where the fundraiser was mentioned.
Now you know the long and winding road to Iowa.
Getting back to Hungry City, the book not to confuse with Hungry City (the guides to dining out), a couple of striking facts, Carolyn Steel (the author) notes are that cities cover just 2% of the world's surface, but consume 75% of the world's resource and that 100 years ago, the average Brit ate 25kg of meat each year - now it's 80kg (and for Americans, 124kg).
Imagine where we will soon stand now that a good chunk of the Chinese and Indian population wants to fill their plates with the same treats that we use and abuse...
So if you have a few dollars to spare, donate!
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