Monthly Archives: September 2011

This post is part two of a two-part post. Read part 1 of this post here. — My family was living at the throes of the crisis of scarcity. We didn’t have enough — not enough to afford our house. … Continue reading →

More than a year ago I wanted to plant a garden in the yard of our house — the house I grew up in — but I had to wait. I had to wait because I didn’t know if I … Continue reading →

“We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own — indeed, to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty, and wonder.” – Wangari Maathai   Two days ago the … Continue reading →

A month ago I wouldn’t have considered the work that I was doing any way historic. I had a limited knowledge of the way food and agriculture worked in America. Since then I have come to know the thunder rolling … Continue reading →

Though most history books teach young people about the role of Mexican Americans like Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta in the farm workers movement of the sixties, very little to none of the story is told of Filipino Americans in … Continue reading →

Chef, farmer, and writer of Kitchen Kwento Aileen Suzara and I recently had a conversation about Filipinos in farm work. We asked ourselves how many Filipino-owned farms we know about in California. I knew a farm I saw at my … Continue reading →

Yesterday I told my sister I attended a conference about GMOs this past weekend, and she said to me, “I am a little skeptical of all that, it sounds like hippy stuff.” It was then that I saw how challenging … Continue reading →

Indeed, although it is obvious that non-violent movements for social change must internationalize because of the interlocking nature of the problems they all face, and because otherwise those problems will breed war, we have hardly begun to build the skills … Continue reading →

Our bodies have a kind of knowledge that works ahead of our rational thinking mind. I left my desk job more than a month ago without a hundred percent clarity of direction, but with some very clear gut feelings. One … Continue reading →

Barely a month ago I left my comfortable secure job to pursue the work I felt called to do. This translated to checking the box marked “Career change” during my exit interview. In these few weeks since I left, I’ve … Continue reading →