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FESTIVALS SHOWCASE CALIFORNIA’S ROOTS:<\/strong><\/p>\n With so many foods created in labs and filled with chemicals, nature is getting its revenge. Kids and adults are heavier now then ever before, there are more cases of diabetes, high blood pressure and food allergies, children are reaching puberty earlier than they are supposed to, and it’s going to get worse before it gets better. \u00a0We are facing a crisis in the food supply on several fronts–through the die off of pollinating bees for nut crops, through water shortages, and through radioactive water in the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima expected to reach our shores in a few months. Blue fin tuna already have high levels of radioactive materials in them, a warning sign for the food chain. \u00a0The good news is that California \u00a0is the largest producer of natural and organic foods. When surveyed, over half say that they would rather have natural and organic foods when given an option. \u00a0Can Californians re-connect with their roots and return to foods, clothing and products “from the garden”?<\/p>\n A popular 60s-70s band, Crosby, Stills & Nash made these lyrics a hit:<\/p>\n We are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon, Well, then can I walk beside you? I have come to lose the smog. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FESTIVALS SHOWCASE CALIFORNIA’S ROOTS: Wool & Fiber Festival\u00a0in Boonville, Sept. 13-15, 2013 Lodi Grape Festival \u00a0September 12 -15, 2013 Durham Harvest Festival September 15, 2013 Dinuba Raisin Harvest Festival\u00a0September 27-29, 2013 California Lemon Festival September 28-29, 2013 The Walnut Festival (thewalnutfsetival.org) September 19-22, 2013 Food Taste Festivals September 2013 With so many foods created in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13659"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13659\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nAnd we got to get ourselves back to the garden.<\/p>\n
\nAnd I feel like I’m a cog in something turning.
\nAnd maybe it’s the time of year, yes, and maybe it’s the time of man.
\nAnd I don’t know who I am but life is for learning.
\nWe are stardust, we are golden, we are billion year old carbon,
\nAnd we got to get ourselves back to the garden.<\/p>\n