Kucinich for Organic and Fair-Trade

"During a campaign stop at Concord Cooperative Market yesterday, Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich dropped a desert into his shopping basket.

"Bush has his Patriot Act, but my law is vegan chocolate cake," he declared.

Kucinich, 60, a congressman from Cleveland, used his visit to advocate for organic foods and fair trade goods, in addition to his trademark campaign platforms of a universal health care system and an anti-war foreign policy.

"There's a finite number of resources on this planet, and it's our responsibility to protect them so future citizens can use them," he told a handful of reporters at a press conference outside the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium. "Each decision we make chooses to protect or hurt the planet - the products we buy, the food we eat, the cars we drive, the energy we use to fuel our homes."

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