Did you know the salmon are in danger? Many of you might have an investment in salmon; everything from receiving nourishment & healing when you eat salmon, to the food activists that don’t want to see animals sacrificed for human consumption, and those environmentalists who want to see the eco system stay on track.

Speaking of the eco system salmon are among the big players. There are 137 species documented as dependent on salmon, 41 are mammals including orcas, bears and river otters, 89 are birds, including bald eagles, Caspian terns and grebes, five are reptiles and two are amphibians. The one that freaks me out is the grizzly bear. Without salmon as their primary source of nourishment where will the bears come for food? Closer to human habitat?

In addition to how salmon feed the system they need to feed their own kind. Salmon are born in the rivers and then move to the ocean to feed and live. When it comes time to reproduce they swim upstream and “go back home” (to the river and their watershed). Yet there's not enough water in the rivers for the salmon to swim upstream in and/ or the rivers are now dammed up so the salmon cannot pass through to get to their ancestral grounds.

If salmon can return from the ocean, they bring vital nutrients with them. Salmon also return there to die and through their decomposing carcasses, the salmon spawning process offers a vital source of food not just for salmon and other fish species, but for a whole host of organisms in the watershed.

Yet salmon are near extinction. Recently the number of salmon has gone from 5000 to 300. The California salmon industry has collapsed and they have banned fishing in California. This is actually a local issue for those of us living in northern California and there are things we can do to help.

For example, right now the dams are up for relicensing and if knocked down this would give the salmon a chance to get back to their watershed, reproduce and attempt to put order back in effect.

In addition to the eco system being affected by the salmon crisis it touches on other issues such as:
Global warming: Due to the oceans temperature rising, salmon are dying because they need cold water to live in.
Food security: Many cultures actually depend on salmon as their main staple of food.
Health issues: If you follow principles of healing with whole foods, salmon can be medicinal for many health concerns.

As you can see we are all affected by this. There are things we can do and the first thing I am going to do is get more educated.

I highly suggest attending the benefit:

Save Yuba Salmon
From Source to Sea: the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival.
If anything you will learn a lot and hopefully be inspired to get involved.

In the meantime I am committed to my education about the overall food situation and promise to keep you posted.

http://www.californiaprogressreport.com/2008/03/broad_coalition.html
http://www.bluefish.org/keystone.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article

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If you haven’t seen this movie I highly suggest renting it.

THE FUTURE OF FOOD
Directed by Deborah Koons Garcia

It came out a few years ago and I have watched it 4 times. Each time I watch it I learn something new. I also watch it over and over again because somehow I think “This isn’t true?” BUT IT IS! It’s bewildering and educational.

If you are a Netflix member you can watch it right away on your computer!

From Source to Sea: the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival

A totemic and magical creature is calling out to us from a place of peril. The Sierra Nevada's last wild run of salmon is in danger of extinction; their 2000-mile journey of sex, death and rebirth flows through the San Francisco Bay and most of us never know it.  Come to the SOURCE TO SEA environmental film festival and connect to the life-web of your greater watershed. 

A benefit for the Save Yuba Salmon campaign , SOURCE TO SEA will present films from the Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival, (the largest environmental film festival in the United States, brought to you by Patagonia) along with performance, live music, food, drinks, and discussion of the California salmon crisis. 

Featured films will explore trans-species communication in "Edge of Eden: Living with Grizzlies" and the 35-year evolution of Greenpeace in "Making a Stand".

Source to Sea is sponsored by a coalition of bay area activists, artists, and performers working to engage people in the Bay Area with our greater watershed - from the San Francisco Bay to the headwaters of the Yuba River in the Sierra Nevada.   

WHERE & WHEN:
CounterPULSE:
1310 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Friday and Saturday
July 18 & 19 7:00-11:00 pm 

INVESTMENT TOWARDS THE CAUSE:
$15 each night, $25 for both

Saturday at 4:00pm
*FREE * workshop on the salmon crisis and what you can do to help

For more information or to reserve tickets visit: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/36398
or call the Source to Sea Coalition at 323-823-5377.

If so we are having a class for grads and current clients on July 19, 2008 in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

We will gather together, create a sacred space for women and explore topics such as women's oppression and how it affects the way we think and feel about our diets, our body and our lives. We will share a delicious organic meal together and spend some time soaking up the redwoods. The day will involve discussion, a group consultation followed by exercises directly geared towards your own individual journey and of course some play and dance.

Email me directly at darshana@fruitionhealth.com

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