good news: Master Food Preserver is back in LA. http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2011/01/master_food_preserver_program.php

bad news: Monsanto's GMO Alfalfa was approved and we can thank our 'friends' at Whole Foods, Organic Valley and Stonyfield Farm. http://agriculturesociety.com/politics-and-food/whole-foods-et-al-grant-blessing-of-gmo-alfalfa-to-monsanto/