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October has been a busy, exciting, and hopeful month of political and cultural activity here in Berkeley. For the first time in my life I feel like I'm in the right place at the right time for something really big and important that I'm really passionate about — helping the sustainable food movement in its efforts to protect and restore the food chain and health of the nation. Since I've been on my own, as far back as I chose my undergrad electives in physiology and Yoga and then trained in matt Pilates while attending grad school, even before that, without being fully conscious of it, I've been taking steps towards designing a sustainable and holistic wellness way of life. These past seven years have been crucial to that journey, allowing me to gain a general autodidactic education in nutrition, sustainable food, culinary traditions, holistic and preventative naturopathic medicine, herbal and Chinese medicine, and overall wellness thanks to living in a community t