tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18801872354943934922024-02-20T04:49:42.636-08:00Food Not Bombs Albuquerquefree food and resistance to empire since 2005FoodNotBombsAlbuquerquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684460396979914485noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-43141108640751451252009-06-16T09:34:00.000-07:002009-06-16T09:37:50.330-07:00Article in the UNM Daily Lobo!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: arial; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; "><h2 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.2em; ">Food Not Bombs gets served</h2><h3 style="font: normal normal bold 18px/1.2em Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; "></h3><h4 style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; ">Sarah Salmonson UNM Daily Lobo</h4><div id="meta" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 7px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">Issue date:</strong> 6/8/09 <strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-weight: bold; ">Section:</strong> <a href="http://media.www.dailylobo.com/news/2009/06/08/News/" title="News" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(112, 0, 0); ">News</a></div><div id="cp_article_top" class="goner" style="padding-top: 10px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="cp_article_clear" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; clear: both; "></div></div><div id="cp_story_text" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><table border="0" align="right" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; width: 650px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; "><tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><td align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/14px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" width="10" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; float: left; width: 650px; padding-right: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; "><tbody style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><tr style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><td align="center" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/14px Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><img name="pictureposition1" border="0" alt="Dante John Terminello of Food Not Bombs serves Jackie Shane on Wednesday in front of the UNM Bookstore. Food Not Bombs is facing a court injunction for continuing to prepare and offer food to the public without a permit." src="http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper344/stills/40umr28v.jpg" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; max-width: 650px; float: left; padding-right: 3px; " /><div class="mediacredit" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; font-size: 8pt; text-align: right; ">Media Credit: Zach Gould</div><div class="caption" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-top: 8px; font-size: 8pt; text-align: right; ">Dante John Terminello of Food Not Bombs serves Jackie Shane on Wednesday in front of the UNM Bookstore. Food Not Bombs is facing a court injunction for continuing to prepare and offer food to the public without a permit.</div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>Albuquerque chapter of Food Not Bombs refuses to stop serving free food in front of the UNM Bookstore, despite numerous violation notices and, now, a court injunction. <br /><br />Judge Clay Campbell, district two, granted the New Mexico Environment Department's request for a preliminary injunction against Food Not Bombs on June 1, prohibiting the not-for-profit organization from serving food until they obtain a permit. <br /><br />According to NMED's request for the injunction, Food Specialist Johnathan Gerhardt was on campus Feb. 13 and found that Food Not Bombs was serving food to the public without a permit. As of March 11, Food Not Bombs had racked up at least $3,500 in fines after receiving seven Notices of Violation at $500 each. <br /><br />Despite the injunction, group members said they will continue to serve food every Wednesday and Friday in front of the UNM Bookstore. This could result in contempt of court charges for Food Not Bombs members.<br /><br />Sasha Rock, a member of the group, said Food Not Bombs is seeking legal representation and will continue to serve food every Monday and Wednesday at 11 a.m. in front of the UNM Bookstore. <br /><br />"Food Not Bombs will continue to serve, regardless of the consequences," she said.<br /><br />Members of Albuquerque's Food Not Bombs have been serving free vegetarian food to the homeless, students and passersby in front of the UNM Bookstore for five years, Rock said. To her knowledge, no one has ever gotten sick from the food they've been given. <br /><br />"We believe that we have a right to serve free food to people," she said. "We believe that it's healthy and safe as well, even though we don't have a permit."<br /><br />Carlos Romero, director of NMED's Environmental Health Division, said his department's goals are to get Food Not Bombs to comply with sanitation, equipment and maintenance standards. <br /><br />"They're serving the homeless. They're serving people that can't afford meals in other ways," he said. "We want to be able to provide protection for people that take them up on the offer for food. That's all we want."</div><div id="cp_story_text" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; ">If Food Not Bombs were to fill out the application, Romero said the permit process would be expedited.<br /><br />"If they would come in today and talk to us and work through everything, everything <br /><br />(the violations, the court injunction) would come to a stop," he said.<br /><br />Rock said NMED has offered to waive the $200 permit fee for Food Not Bombs because the group is not-for-profit, but she said the costs required for maintaining a kitchen in compliance with NMED standards would be more than the group's budget allows. <br /><br />"It wouldn't cost us any money to file for the permit," she said. "But it would cost us money to meet the requirements, like getting a commercial kitchen, which is an enormous amount of money, and we don't deal with any money. We get, like, $5 a week from donations to buy more plastic bowls." <br /><br />The New Mexico Environment Department is responsible for enforcing the Food Service Sanitation Act across the state, which requires individuals and organizations to obtain permits before operating any food service establishment. <br /><br />The Food Service Sanitation Act also requires that NMED inspect establishments at least once every 12 months for compliance. <br /><br />The injunction request outlined the potential hazard of allowing Food Not Bombs to continue serving food unchecked.<br /><br />"NMED and the general public will suffer irreparable injury unless the preliminary injunction is granted," NMED said in the request. "(The threat to) the general public outweighs any damage the preliminary injunction may cause to the defendants."<br /></div></span>FoodNotBombsAlbuquerquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684460396979914485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-82809942505940536702009-05-12T15:51:00.000-07:002009-05-12T15:52:47.503-07:00Food Not Bombs Needs A Lawyer!!!Please help us find a Lawyer!<br />Contact us @ (505) 842-5697 or fnb_505@yahoo.comFoodNotBombsAlbuquerquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684460396979914485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-2231115252342004172009-05-08T16:20:00.000-07:002009-05-08T16:26:52.535-07:00Food Not bombs Faced with Court Injunction to stop sharing food!!!Hey Friends and Supporters,<br />Today, Friday, May 8, 2009, Food Not Bombs Albuquerque was notified that we are facing an injunction in court to stop sharing food anywhere that the state of New Mexico requires a permit. The motion filed by the New Mexico Environment Department cites Mike Butler, Patrick Jaite, and Several Unidentified Members of FNB as "John Does", as defendents.<br /> We are currently going to be talking with lawyers and figuring out what our next step is. We are still looking for any lawyer that will do pro-bono work to defend us. (our contact info will be below).Please spread the word about the repression that is happening and know that we will continue to share food to all that are hungry.<br />Sincerely,<br />Food Not Bombs Albuquerque<br />fnb_505@yahoo.com<br />and leave a message for us @ (505) 842-5697FoodNotBombsAlbuquerquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684460396979914485noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-73335353721602094642009-03-30T19:39:00.000-07:002009-03-30T19:40:47.930-07:00Raging granny smashing the imperialist tank!<img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_5uZXDnxdPos/Scp9q3kwSwI/AAAAAAAAC8U/g-EbWZkAIvY/s512/_MG_8652.jpg">FoodNotBombsAlbuquerquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684460396979914485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-69067049086971803282009-03-25T11:39:00.000-07:002009-03-25T11:48:02.216-07:00Some "Fun" updates.So,<br />Here is what is going on with Food Not Bombs Albuquerque.<br />First of all we have received a third notice of violation that was directed to Mike Butler along with a letter that threatened Food Not Bombs with court action. In response we sent someone to meet with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) (say it really fast "enemy d") and we picked up a packet for a permit. We also received word from Keith Mchenry, co-founder of food not bombs movement and also host of foodnotbombs.net, that the NMED is going to make him personally responsible if food not bombs continues to share food in the whole state of New Mexico. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! for more info and to stay in touch email us @ fnb_505@yahoo.com or check here often!FoodNotBombsAlbuquerquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684460396979914485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-41932700471459060492009-03-17T19:56:00.000-07:002009-03-17T19:59:23.453-07:00FOOD NOT BOMBS BENEFIT SHOW<span style="font-size:180%;">FOOD NOT BOMBS BENEFIT SHOW</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family: trebuchet ms;">Support Us So We Can Support You!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">LIVE MUSIC WITH PERFORMANCES BY:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> Jenny Jenkins </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> myspace.com/jennyjenkinsrockstar</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> from Olympia, WA </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> FATHER OF THE FLOOD</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> myspace.com/fatheroftheflood</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> From Albuquerque, NM</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">THE FOOD NOT BOMBS HOUSE BAND. . . . . AND MORE !!!!</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);"> </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">$2 -$5 Suggested Donation March 18, 2008 @ 6 p.m. @ 1817 GOLD AVE </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Also OPEN MIC So Bring YOUR MUSIC OR POETRY TO SHARE! AND FOOD! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-59037029196789870212009-03-10T23:42:00.000-07:002009-03-10T23:43:19.935-07:00FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />Contact : Mike Butler<br />Phone: 842-0497<br />email: fnb_505@yahoo.com<br /><br /><br />New Mexico Environment Department Threatens Food Not Bombs Albuquerque<br />With $3,000.00 Fine and Arrests<br /><br />Food Not Bombs Support Rally Wednesday March 11 at 11 am<br />At The UNM Bookstore<br /><br /> On Friday, February 13, Jonathon Gerhardt with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) approached the Food Not Bombs table with an alleged intent to warn us against serving food without a permit. We informed him that we would continue to serve without a permit. On Friday, March 6, he approached us once again and claimed that "Food Not Bombs" was liable for a fine of $3,000 (so far) to the State of New Mexico and also threatened to have the police “forcibly remove” us. As a legal non-entity, Food Not Bombs is indifferent to this citation. As volunteers, we find it comical, though we condemn the wasting resources, be they food, paper, or man-hours. We believe that the sad reality is that the NMED is wasting their time. We believe that their legal basis is shaky based on case 6:06-cv-1583-Orl-31KRS of the US Court of Appeals, 11th circuit.<br /><br /> Our response to the baseless and tasteless threats is this: while the NMED's ethical basis is apparently obtuse and legalist, ours has been and continues to be, humanist. We live in a state where one in five children go hungry every night. The most recent USDA data showed that New Mexico’s Food Insecurity Rate is 50% Higher Than National Average. The US average is 11% and New Mexico’s rate is 16.8 % of the state population.1 Therefore as long as there are hungry people in search of a good meal, we will not stop sharing until the last belly is full. <br /><br />Food Not Bombs Albuquerque has been consistently sharing free, healthy, vegetarian food in front of the UNM Bookstore since 2005. To our knowledge no one has ever gotten sick from our sharing of food. We share free, healthy, vegetarian food every Wednesday at 11 am, and every Friday at 12 noon. <br /><br />For Further Information Contact: Mike Butler (505) 842-0497 and fnb_505@yahoo.com<br /> <br />1http://www.hungrylobo.com/hunger.htm <br /><br /><br /><br /># # #FoodNotBombsAlbuquerquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684460396979914485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-32732296945832351252009-03-07T10:12:00.001-08:002009-03-07T10:12:35.707-08:00Food Not Bombs Albuquerque Facing Fines and Arrests!!Hey Comp@s,<br />Food Not Bombs Albuquerque was recently notified that we are facing having to pay $3,000.00 in fines and we will be "forcibly removed" from the area near the UNM Bookstore if we continue to share free healthy food. We are asking for all of our friends and supporters to bring video cameras, cameras, instruments like drums and guitar, and join us as we share a free healthy meal with the community Wednesday March 11 @ 11am and Friday March 13 @ 12 noon at the UNM Bookstore. <br />Thanks so much for your support in the past and we hope to<br />see you in the streets!<br />Mike Butler<br />Food Not Bombs Albuquerque<br />(505) 242-0497 or <a href="mailto:fnb_505@yahoo.com" target="_blank">fnb_505@yahoo.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-70076002679726817272009-02-25T12:56:00.000-08:002009-02-25T13:16:06.823-08:00Recent Photos! Yay!!!!<img src="http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308792_2426.jpg" /> <img src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308765_5732.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308767_6227.jpg"><br /><img src="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308771_7116.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308773_7576.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308779_9060.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308790_1888.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308789_1635.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308819_3716.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308823_4868.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308825_5431.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308831_7199.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v2065/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1308833_7794.jpg"> <img src="http://photos-c.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-snc1/v2369/208/0/587698520/n587698520_1464690_8019.jpg">FoodNotBombsAlbuquerquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684460396979914485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-62499514511932861582008-10-07T20:25:00.000-07:002009-02-11T19:55:20.889-08:003 free meals and 2 free grocery stores a week in burque!There is lots of free and healthy food in Albuquerque and here is where to get it:<br />Meals:<br />Wednesdays 11 am @UNM BOOKSTORE(Cornell and Central)<br />Fridays 11 am @ UNM BOOKSTORE(Cornell and Central)<br />Sundays 1 p.m. @ Immaculate Conception Church Basement (6th street and Copper)<br /><br />Grocery Stores:<br />Saturdays 8 am @ Abq Peace and Justice Center (Harvard and Silver)<br />Sundays 11 am @ Holy Family Church (Five Points Road and Atrisco)<br />Yay!<br />email us @ fnb_505@yahoo.com<br />or Call Mariah @ (505) 242-0497FoodNotBombsAlbuquerquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684460396979914485noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880187235494393492.post-88967351060918248892008-10-02T21:35:00.000-07:002008-10-02T21:46:21.249-07:00Our second mutual aid conference:<span style="color:#ffffff;"><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><i></i><br /><span style="font-size:6;"><br /></span></span> </i></span><center> <table border="0" cols="2"> <tbody><tr> <td width="60%"> <center style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span style="font-size:6;"> Mutual Burqaid and Food Not Bombs Present:</span><span style="font-family:ARIAL;color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br />Laugh, Learn, Educate, </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><b style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">O R G A N I Z E!</b></span></span><br />A conference on building community, rejecting war, and having fun <span style="font-family:ARIAL;"> <span style="font-size:+2;"><br />3p.m.-7p.m on October 25th 2008 <br />Albuquerque Peace Center<br />202 Harvard SE Albuquerque, NM </span><br /><br /></span></center> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:ARIAL;color:#ffffff;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">RADICAL WORKSHOPS ON: </span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:ARIAL;color:#ffffff;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Food Not Bombs, Copwatch Abq, The Death Penalty, Nuclearism In New Mexico, Zine Making, DIY Ethics, Climate Change, No Borders, Demilitarize UNM, Fair Trade, Mutual Aid, Anarchism, And More! </span><br /> <br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family:ARIAL;color:#ffffff;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> followed by </span></span><br /></div><span style="font-family:ARIAL;color:#ffffff;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">7:30p.m Pajama Party @ Trinity House 1925 Five Points Road SW will include dinner, movies, games, and a midnight bike ride so bring a bike! x no drugs x no alcohol x </span><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Free Admission and Free Food </span><br /> <br /> <br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">FOR MORE INFO.. fnb_505@yahoo.com or mutualburqaid.lovarchy.org or call Mike @ 242 0497 </span><br /><i>Event Sponsored By Abq Food Not Bombs</i> and </span></td></tr></tbody></table></center>FoodNotBombsAlbuquerquehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13684460396979914485noreply@blogger.com0