Our Community in Action
Better Food for All: How We Help Feed the Hungry
In partnership with New Life Society, the Motor Avenue Farmers Market & Urban Garden Program feeds the hungry. Every week, our California Certified farmers donate fresh fruits and vegetables to those who need it.
New Life Society's Mission Statement
New Life Society’s objective is to provide food, shelter, nurturing and employment for persons experiencing urban proverty. We particularly notice and seek to aid veterans, both men and women, who have given their energy to serve this country. Their contributions deserve unending support, for their courage and selflessness. We strive to find ways and means to give a helping hand in these troubled times. With your help, our success is guaranteed, and this world SHALL become a better place to live; one child, one man, and one woman at a time. We feed the hungry almost everyday on the Venice Beach boardwalk. Meals consist of a generous portion of organic salad and fresh, baked bread with varying extras i.e. simmered herb potatoes, fruit, etc. depending upon season and availability. All food is by kind-hearted donation from local farmers markets.
Want to get more involved?
New Life Society is always looking for new volunteers! If you or someone you know is in need of assistance or if you would like to donate or volunteer and offer your services, please contact Millie at (310) 398-1901 or newlifesociety@yahoo.com. Feel free to check out their website at http://newlifesocietycalifornia.org/
New Life Society's Mission Statement
New Life Society’s objective is to provide food, shelter, nurturing and employment for persons experiencing urban proverty. We particularly notice and seek to aid veterans, both men and women, who have given their energy to serve this country. Their contributions deserve unending support, for their courage and selflessness. We strive to find ways and means to give a helping hand in these troubled times. With your help, our success is guaranteed, and this world SHALL become a better place to live; one child, one man, and one woman at a time. We feed the hungry almost everyday on the Venice Beach boardwalk. Meals consist of a generous portion of organic salad and fresh, baked bread with varying extras i.e. simmered herb potatoes, fruit, etc. depending upon season and availability. All food is by kind-hearted donation from local farmers markets.
Want to get more involved?
New Life Society is always looking for new volunteers! If you or someone you know is in need of assistance or if you would like to donate or volunteer and offer your services, please contact Millie at (310) 398-1901 or newlifesociety@yahoo.com. Feel free to check out their website at http://newlifesocietycalifornia.org/
Tell Congress: Stop the pesticide that is killing bees
Last month, 50,000 bumble bees died after trees in Wilsonville, Oregon were sprayed with dinotefuran, the neonicotinoid ingredient in Safari pesticide. This was the largest bee die-off ever recorded. Pollinators Such as honeybees, bumble bees, butterflies, and other insects play an important role in our farms, flower gardens, and food system. In fact, some of the crops most important to Oregon’s agricultural economy blueberries, raspberries, cherries, apples, vegetable seed, squash are reliant on bees for pollination and reproduction. More than 70% of America’s food sources are pollinated by bees and the worldwide economic value of these crops is as high as $200 billion a year.
With bee populations declining across the country at an alarming rate, I urge you to support the "Save America's Pollinators Act" to restrict the use of these chemicals until we can be assured that they are safe and being used properly.
Why should we care?
From flowers to chocolate, berries to tequila, pollinators are integral to the planet, economy, and many aspects of our lives. In fact, the USDA estimates that about one in every three bites of food is either directly or indirectly made possible because of bee pollination. Both our environment and food supply are inextricably tied to the welfare of bees, making the decrease in bee population a cause for great alarm.
The Save America’s Pollinators Act of 2013 directs the Environmental Protection Agency to suspend use of the most bee toxic neonicotinoids for use in seed treatment, soil application, or foliar treatment on bee attractive plants within 180 days, and to review these neonicotinoids and make a new determination about their proper application and safe use.
Raising the public awareness of the integral role of pollinators to the world, the precarious state of their population, and what we can do to protect them is of the utmost importance. I’ll hope you’ll join me as a citizen co-sponsor of this important legislation.
What you can do:
1. Email/ Call your Congressman
2. Sign the credo petition HERE in support,
3. Learn more about the sense of urgency @ Congressman Earl Blumenauer's website
AND
In addition to political action you can do your own part by calling your local Bee Rescue Service that will relocate the bees to a safe farm where they can make all natural honey for you and me!
For further questions on Bee Removal in Los Angeles contact Dale @ 951-534-4727
Watch a honey bee rescue HERE
Watch how rescued bees make Honey HERE
With bee populations declining across the country at an alarming rate, I urge you to support the "Save America's Pollinators Act" to restrict the use of these chemicals until we can be assured that they are safe and being used properly.
Why should we care?
From flowers to chocolate, berries to tequila, pollinators are integral to the planet, economy, and many aspects of our lives. In fact, the USDA estimates that about one in every three bites of food is either directly or indirectly made possible because of bee pollination. Both our environment and food supply are inextricably tied to the welfare of bees, making the decrease in bee population a cause for great alarm.
The Save America’s Pollinators Act of 2013 directs the Environmental Protection Agency to suspend use of the most bee toxic neonicotinoids for use in seed treatment, soil application, or foliar treatment on bee attractive plants within 180 days, and to review these neonicotinoids and make a new determination about their proper application and safe use.
Raising the public awareness of the integral role of pollinators to the world, the precarious state of their population, and what we can do to protect them is of the utmost importance. I’ll hope you’ll join me as a citizen co-sponsor of this important legislation.
What you can do:
1. Email/ Call your Congressman
2. Sign the credo petition HERE in support,
3. Learn more about the sense of urgency @ Congressman Earl Blumenauer's website
AND
In addition to political action you can do your own part by calling your local Bee Rescue Service that will relocate the bees to a safe farm where they can make all natural honey for you and me!
For further questions on Bee Removal in Los Angeles contact Dale @ 951-534-4727
Watch a honey bee rescue HERE
Watch how rescued bees make Honey HERE
