Subject: Catch Up: Permaculture's Potential, Beekeepers Lobbying, and Certified Organic Fast Food A weekly rundown of food politics stories from Civil Eats View this email in your browser<http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=09ca9ad4a8beca32dfc40c3bf&id=7afe8d10ef&e=7e0eb84cc3> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/09ca9ad4a8beca32dfc40c3bf/images/Logo_CivilEatsfcf909.png] [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-color-facebook-48.png]<http://CivilEats.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09ca9ad4a8beca32dfc40c3bf&id=042fad4de3&e=7e0eb84cc3> Share<http://CivilEats.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=09ca9ad4a8beca32dfc40c3bf&id=e7195e0be1&e=7e0eb84cc3> [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-color-twitter-48.png]<http://CivilEats.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=09ca9ad4a8beca32dfc40c3bf&id=fc061d0249&e=7e0eb84cc3> Tweet<http://CivilEats.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09ca9ad4a8beca32dfc40c3bf&id=c36ccca703&e=7e0eb84cc3> [https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/outline-color-forwardtofriend-48.png]<http://us8.forward-to-friend1.com/forward?u=09ca9ad4a8beca32dfc40c3bf&id=7afe8d10ef&e=7e0eb84cc3> Forward<http://us8.forward-to-friend1.com/forward?u=09ca9ad4a8beca32dfc40c3bf&id=7afe8d10ef&e=7e0eb84cc3> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/09ca9ad4a8beca32dfc40c3bf/images/bcf790c5-6878-4af3-a4b0-729ddbd4e1ba.jpg] Sustaining Civil Eats Not a site subscriber yet? 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