On April 27, 2023, Ronnie Cummins, co-founder (with his wife Rose Welch) of the Organic Consumers Association, passed away.
We continue to be inspired and guided by Ronnie. We always will. It is a great comfort to read his words and watch recordings of him speaking and singing and playing guitar. We love the quote chosen by Think Regeneration in their remembrance. It’s from the Acres U.S.A. conference in 2017, when Ronnie was on a panel with Vandana Shiva and André Leu. Fred Walters asked them, “How, in the face of all you see, do you stay positive and happy?” Ronnie answered:
“I don’t feel the least bit tired, you know. But, I think there’s a… I think there’s an inner planetary force out there that, when you get opened up to it, you get this strength, and it makes you smile all the time. And I believe that we have… we can tap into this force and that will make us invincible. You know, it’s hard to always feel that force—that solidarity, that compassion, that whatever it is—I don’t know exactly what it is, but most of the time it’s there. And this is a big universe—we don’t understand what’s going on, totally. We don’t understand where it came from, or where it’s going, or everything in it, but I think it’s worthwhile trying to cultivate personal health. You know, mental and physical, and getting out in nature, and being in contact with beauty and the sacredness of it all, and maybe the sacred herbs, too. I mean, I’ve always been a believer in the sacred herbs, but that’s why I’m a happy guy, and I’m going to stay like that until…
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“You know, I mean, I’m going to die at some point, but hopefully not before we’ve won. But, I actually think I’m going to come back in some form. I’m not sure what it is, but I’m going to come back to enjoy the fruits of my labor and all of our labor, so I look forward to seeing you in any of those forms.”
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