労働者の日には、全国で私たち全員が労働から休憩することが意図されています。休憩します。特に休むことのないグループが1つあり、そのグループは農民です。

私は数日前に有機農民と話をしました、そして彼は彼の作物、核果と古代の小麦が今年どのようにほとんど一掃されたかを私と共有しました。モンタナは今年初めに雹に襲われ、果樹から花や葉を剥ぎ取り、小麦を打ち砕きました。それからバッタが来て、ただ来続けます。モンタナ州の農家は、他のどの州やランクよりも多くの有機小麦を生産しています 総穀物生産量で2番目。 気候変動は今後も続く可能性が高く、農民の仕事はさらに困難になるでしょう。

However, this farmer was not defeated. Problem solving is in his DNA. He talked about his potatoes doing well and his goals to start an organic farming center in Montana. He's clear that America needs more organic regenerative farmers, urgently. His devotion was awe inspiring.

I was moved to tell him about how important his work is; how our children are especially noticeably different when they eat non organic wheat versus organic. If they eat non organic wheat they get irritable, display erratic behavior, have learning difficulties, get rashes and sometimes they are even aggressive and violent. It matters what they eat! Non organic food can impair their ability to function, do well in school, have friendships and fulfill their potentials and dreams.

What we eat matters to all of us. And what we eat, if we want optimal health and behavior, should be organic. When organic farmers suffer, we all suffer.

So today, as we take some time to rest, I ask you to take a moment to support a small organic farmer. Buy a bag of ancient organic grain flour online, like Kamut International, einkorn, spelt, flax, sorghum or teff.Talk to your friends about "going in" on a cow or pig share if you buy meat, and buy pasture raised, grass-fed and finished meat from a local farmer. Check out sites that connect farmers to consumers, recommend by farmer Joel Salatin, like  Weston A. Price's Smart Shopping Guide, FarmMatch.com and Eatwild.com.

Make every dollar you spend contribute to healthy families, a healthy economy, and healthy planet. Then rest and enjoy your family today, because if 2020 has taught us anything so far, it's that it's time to focus on family and health. 

感謝を込めて、

禅とMAAチーム

P.S. To find out more about organic and regenerative farming in America, and how it can restore jobs and our health, check out the fascinating book called Grain by Grain by Bob Quinn PhD.