[Newsletter] September 15 – Cross USA Ride

By Nigel Savage on September 15, 2011 in Newsletters

In This Email

2012 Hazon Cross USA Ride
Taste the Sustainable Flavors of Israel
Cycle from Jerusalem to Eilat
A Closer Look at the 2012 Farm Bill
3rd Annual Hazon California Ride & Retreat

2012 Hazon Cross USA Ride

Grab Life by the Handlebars!

What are YOU doing next summer? Cross the United States by bike with Hazon! Experience seeing the mountains of Montana, the fields and farms of South Dakota, and the rolling hills of Pennsylvania.

Join Hazon on an unforgettable 3,600 mile journey, cycling from Seattle to DC.

“By the end of the summer, I’d lost 35 pounds, discovered God and spirituality, became an environmentalist, made great friends, and learned that I can do anything I set my mind to doing, no matter how far-fetched it may seem.”
Ilan Glazer, Cross USA Ride Participant, Summer 2000

June 7, 2012 – August 16, 2012
Seattle, WA to Washington, DC

72 days, 53 cycling days, 9 Shabbat rest days, 5 service days
Average of 70 miles per day (approximately 4 to 8 hours of riding each day)
Semi-supported tour – crew transports ride gear and luggage
Experienced and knowledgeable tour support team
Camping accommodations for most of the program
Learn and volunteer while you travel through 13 states
Eat healthful, organic and local food (whenever possible). All meals on the Cross USA Ride will be kosher.

Not up for the full 10 weeks? Information about segments (portions of the ride) will be available in the fall.

More Information and Application

Taste the Sustainable Flavors of Israel

By Dr. Jeremy Benstein

Originally posted on The Jew and the Carrot

When you think of food – what comes to mind? Usually we think of tastes, smells – the sensual experiences of eating. If we dig a little deeper, we’ll get to issues of producing food (growing, raising, processing…) and preparing it – buying, cooking. If we really “unpack” the idea – we’ll think about the lack of it – hunger – and all the different social, economic, environmental, and political issues that are embedded in our food system that makes it the way it is…

Continue reading “Taste the Sustainable Flavors of Israel” on The Jew and the Carrot…

Cycle from Jerusalem to Eilat

The Arava Institute and Hazon Israel Ride

November 8-15, 2011

Ride through Biblical landscapes
Swim in the Mediterranean Sea
and the Red Sea
Cross the Negev Desert
Visit Israeli cities, towns,
and kibbutzim

More Information and Registration

A Closer Look at the 2012 Farm
Bill

By Aliza R. Wasserman

Original posted on The Jew and the Carrot

While headlines about the Farm Bill focus on the role of commodity subsidies in creating the ubiquity of processed foods in the U.S. (and increasingly in the global) food system, on the final day of the 2011 Hazon Food Conference, some of the most passionate and committed members of what some are calling the “new Jewish food movement” got a deeper look at the details of the policy landscape that shapes the way the U.S. food system functions and influences the rest of the globe…