Hello! Thinking on our worldwide communities and how air, soil, water, the living and food need to be front and focus. The trade deal TPP, TTIP and others threaten our sovereignty. These items are not often the common citizen's concerns. But they are my concerns. So I have joined my community and we are gathering to address these worries. For you fans, I have multitasked a bit and added part of the song 'WHERE' to our promotional campaign. Enjoy. Medicine Wheel Celebration at Luscroft Farm May 16-17th We will be participating in the festivities here all weekend as well as host a large tent for forward creations and inspirations. Catch The Friendly Neighbors set! On May 16-17 I will be performing with the Friendly Neighbors, Saturday afternoon, as well as emceeing at The Medicine Wheel Celebration at Luscroft Farm. If you are in the region this is the event not to miss. https://www.facebook.com/events/850803618332844/ This May 23rd we are marching for FOOD JUSTICE. This is your continued invitation to cultivate change and plant seeds of community activism. The following is our update on your regional NWNJ gathering to March Against Monsanto, The Food Matters March, on May 23rd in Sparta, NJ organized by Wendie Goetz and Erin Shroll. Our mission is to educate, and inform NJ that Food Matters, and to empower all to speak the truth regarding all threats to our Food. We are very excited that we have received final permits from Sparta Township! The press release says it all! Here is an excerpt. ------- In Sparta, NJ the March and effort continues on May 23rd. The Food Matters March will begin at The Sparta Municipal Building, 65 Main St, with a food drive for the local food pantry at 12:00 pm. The organizers applaud participants who arrive with their offerings of good food to share with the community. At 12:30 pm speakers, including Jim Walsh of Food & Water Watch, NJ and NJ Assembly candidates, will be following this challenge to fill the farmer’s truck! The parade will gather into the nine contingencies: Food, Seeds, MAM, Soil, Bees, Butterflies, Water, Air, and Trade/TPP with their associated colors, puppetry, banners, and posters. Then the parade will start near 1:15 pm and go from Sparta’s Municipal Building, at 65 Main St, to the Sparta Post office corner of Route 181. At Route 181 we will follow signs and gather again in Dykstra Park, behind the Sparta Public Library. Forward tents, speakers, ‘wondering’ minstrels, a puppet contest, forward flyers and offerings from many organizations will be held at Dykstra Park. Seeds of inspiration will be shared throughout until 4:00 pm. We aim to have our ‘communities’ carry them forward from that point on. Many NJ and other regional organizations and businesses have joined the Food Matters March and the conversation concerning our food, such as Food & Water Watch, Genesis Farm, Environment New Jersey, Air, Soil, Water (Milford, PA), Salon Fig, Transitions Newton & NW NJ Timebank, Friends of the Medicine Wheel, and Skylands Group New Jersey Sierra Club. Other state and national sponsors include Climate Action NJ, Moms Across America, NOFA-NJ, Baker Creek Seeds, GMOfree NJ, ClimateMama, The Mothers Project, and Moms Clean Air Force and are also lending support for the March on May 23rd. Our local Sussex and Warren County leaders, including The Foodshed Alliance, CSG @ Genesis Farm, Harmony Starts, Sussex County Food Co-op, Sparta Farmers Market, School Lunch Farm, edible Jersey, and The Delaware Riverkeeper Network, will also be marching in support of real food for real people. Everybody loves a parade! Everyone is what they eat. Don’t you agree that Food Matters? We are concerned for seven generations forward. To change everything, we need everyone on board. See you in Sparta on May 23rd from 12:00-4:00pm. ---------- Currently, we have a team of amazing sponsors and co-sponsors, all listed on our current flyer and movie. Thankfully we have started to receive some unsolicited donations to help with March costs. Our fundraising campaign continues, we hope that your organization and members will help with a donation to become a sponsor or co-sponsor of this event as well as bring out your supportive communities to Sparta. This page has been created for easy sharing and quick donating. Every bit helps, thanks! http://www.foodmattersmarch2015.myevent.com/ We are working diligently! We are accepting donations at our fund drive events including at the movie Food Matters with the Skylands Group, NJ Sierra in May. We are selling unique Non GMO magnets, Non GMO buttons and Bee hats that we personally created! Dozens of organizations will be contacted and together we can raise the funds necessary. To learn more about this Food Matters March, to find out how you can get involved, build up your contingency of choice, and to support your local March Against Monsanto through monetary donations please visit with us at our links offered below. Food Matters Skylands Group New Jersey Sierra Club May 12th 7-9pm Food Matters Movie – Newton, NJ https://www.facebook.com/events/517411885066028/ Please visit our Facebook event page for more information about this spectacular event. https://www.facebook.com/events/822273424506393/ But the bottom line is …we welcome and still need your assistance in our fundraising efforts as we are working hard to make sure that this Food Matters March on May 23rd makes a regionally strong statement and is a huge success empowering more people to change the way they shop and eat. We are Northwest New Jersey and this is Our Food; don’t you think Food Matters? Thank you for joining us now and on May 23rd. Please forward this invitation to anyone you feel would like to contribute to the cause in some fashion. Rejoice in our voices to make a difference, trust in our hands to cultivate change and know in our hearts that we can do this! It is up to us! This is our Land, this is our Food. Thank you so much! Sincerely with love and hope for 7 generations forward, Wendie