| The only way that the Green Party can regain ballot status in NY is to get 50,000 votes for their Governor candidate in 2010. This opportunity comes only once every four years, and it only applies to the Governor’s race. Gaining ballot status will enable the Green Party to run more peace candidates, more single-payer candidates, more anti-fracking candidates, and more sustainable energy candidates. The last time that the Green Party of New York State had ballot status it set the record for running the most Green candidates of any state. |
Government Ag Policies Need to Shift towards helping family farms and promoting healthier foods
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said today that he would promote organic farming and a reduction in the use pesticides and carbon-based fertilizers during his tenure. Hawkins said that the state must also show more leadership in helping farmers transition to meet the demands presented by climate change and peak oil.
Hawkins said he would appoint a Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets with a strong track record in organic farming, community food security, farmland preservation, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), and support for family farms.
Hawkins said:
The good thing is that every politician promises to help small and medium-sized farmers, so the issue has popular support. Unfortunately, we have been hearing such promises for decades, literally since the founding of our country, yet more and more small and medium-sized farmers are being forced off their land. State officials keep on identifying problems like processing, distribution, and protecting farmlands from development pressure, but decades go by without the needed investments and leadership. Read more »
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Labor Day has come and gone and the official end to summer has hit. With the little ones going back to school and the bigger ones shipping off to college, you may be searching for treats to send them off with. This week, we have put together an easy, delicious, and healthy snack recipe ready to be packed in a school lunchbox or mailed off to the dorms. We all want our children to be healthy and eat right and there is no better way than to provi … Read More
In response to an analysis conducted by the New York Civil Liberties Union which found that at least 20 percent of 
