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Be certain your meals come from sources that keep the animals, consumers and farms healthy by choosing local, sustainable food. Not only is each purchase a vote for fresh, healthy food, it is a vote against factory farms.
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NEWEditor's Note: The following dispatches from Haiti are written by Conor Bohan, founder of the Haitian Education and Leadership Program (H.E.L.P.) and resident of Haiti from 1996-2008. In addition to volunteering and teaching in Haiti, he has written and lectured extensively on Haitian culture. Please check back for upcoming entries. HELP is in need of financial assistance to rebuild and help others in Haiti; you can donate to the organization here. -- Mon, Feb. 1 8:35 PM Dear Friends, [caption align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Marc Erline"][/caption] Samson was recovering some books at the old HELP center yesterday afternoon when a neighbor approached him with a letter that someone had asked him to deliver to HELP. The letter announced the death of Marc-Erline Dezulma, a second-year HELP accounting student from Gros Morne. Samson gave the the letter to Garry, who spoke with Marc-Erline's family and confirmed her death: the Port-au-Prince apartment building where she lived collapsed in the quake, leaving no survivors. Full Story