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rabbi richard plavin, rosh hashana sermon, september 23, 2006
"Twelve hours of bicycle peddling can provide lots of time to think. In those hours, I got to thinking about some important issues, and I want to share some of that thinking with you this morning..."

richard dale, hazon board chair, welcome address at the 2006 NY Ride, september 1 2006
" As Hazon's new chair, I am the lucky one able to work with an organization that is recognized for its leadership, its vision, its contribution. I am able to participate in an important and exciting thread of the ongoing story of the Jewish People."

anna stevenson, making change: keynote address at the 2006 NY Ride, september 1 2006
"I came here to change the world, and I had a set of ideas of what I thought that would mean. But after two years at Hazon, I've learned something about the relationship between your goals and how you achieve them, and that's what I want to talk to you about tonight."

leah koenig, local is the new organic? what on earth am i supposed to eat? august 21, 2006
"The upward arc in popularity of local foods seems to inversely mirror the growing skepticism towards organic food. One might even assert that, in the eye of many consumers, local is the new organic."

noam dolgin, treif tomatoes: biotechnology, judaism and the food we eat, august 2, 2006
"In the last two decades, new developments in food technology, are forcing people to rethink their values around food production and consumption."

boston solidarity bike ride in support of israel, july 23, 2006
"Boston again demonstrated it's solidarity with Israel early Sunday morning, as over 50 bike riders participated in a 35 mile “Israel Solidarity” ride..."

grist magazine, just call him angel, july 17, 2006
"Grill an activist! Roey Angel, a grad student at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, answered our questions..."

linda lantos, real milk, july 7, 2006
"In much of Europe raw dairy is still easily accessible, and is viewed as the most health supportive nutritious form of dairy. In the US however, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has basically stated that raw milk is unfit for human consumption."

rande bryzelak, changing your food choices, changing the world, october 11, 2005
"Many people choose to support local and organic farming because they think that it is the right thing to do. That’s great! However, we need to have a stronger and more precise argument to convince others that choosing local and organic food is the right choice."

ilyse glickman, parashat metzora, april 15, 2005
"Imagine a world where you walk out of your house and you see acres and acres of fertile land; a place where you see tens of different, healthy vegetables growing. Healthy because no chemically formulated fertilizers, growth stimulants, antibiotics, or pesticides were used. Healthy because it is locally grown and is picked the day you want to eat it."

john feinberg, my personal kashrut, april 19, 2005
"I find the idea of a Jewish CSA to be rewarding on many levels. I'll meet fellow community members each Wednesday night when I pick up my food. There will be a periodic newsletter containing recipes and Jewish learning. I'll have a much closer connection to the food I'm eating -- I've already met the farmer who is growing the vegetables!"

the lakeville journal, october 7, 2004
"I wanted a rural land-based, spiritually vibrant community and the board of trustees has been very supportive [Adam Berman says of Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center's response to ADAMAH]. I'm living my dream. I wake up some mornings and I can't believe it's my life."

interesting reads

associated press, may 06, 2006
"Fed up with sitting in traffic and paying more than $50 to fill his tank, Scott Morrison ditched his gas-guzzling pickup and started biking to work."

jewish week, may 05, 2006
"When Elat Chayyim’s Torah scroll gets close to the end of its trip to its new home, Isabella Freedman’s Berman will be there to receive it."

jewish week, december 30, 2005
"Ruth Messinger wears two green “Save Darfur” bracelets at a time, at the suggestion of a young friend who does the same. She’ll hand one over to anyone who asks about it, just as she’ll speak about the issue whenever she can."

haaretz, november 1, 2005
"Cycling is showing signs of becoming one of the most popular leisure sports in Israel in recent years, after soccer and basketball."

new york times, sept 9, 2005
"I'm just glad he has a chance now to know the difference between the food we grew up on," she said, "and the healthy kind of food they serve in this school."

associated press, july 1, 2005
"It would be unbelievably wonderful to have hybrid vehicles in our taxi fleet. I think it would have a profound effect on the environment...The one challenge that we have is that they are too small."

the new york times, march 27, 2005
"How will future historians explain it? How will they possibly explain why President George W. Bush decided to ignore the energy crisis staring us in the face and chose instead to spend all his electoral capital on a futile effort to undo the New Deal, by partially privatizing Social Security?"