Re:ADMIN: Re[2]: First Tea Analysis Results
Soory Allan, I was not aware of these Attachments Tobias
Alan Chadwick and the Roots of Sustainable Agriculture, thisThursday at 7PM
This series on human-scale sustainable agriculture, inspired by Howard Shapiro's GARDENING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH, continues at the Blue Ridge Center in Purcellville, VA (www.brces.org), Thursday evenings at 7pm in the big tent. Call or email me to reserve a chair Allan Balliett: 540 668 6165 April 25 - Rudolf Steiner and Biodynamic Agriculture - Video: Alex Podolinsky in Australia May 2 - Alan Chadwick and French Intensive Biodynamic Gardening - Video: Garden Song May 9 - John Jeavons - Biointensive Gardening - Video: Circle of Plenty May 16 - Masanobu Fukuoka - One Straw Revolution/Nature Gardening - Video: The Close to Nature Garden May 23 - Elaine Ingham - The Soil Foodweb - Video: Life in the Soil -- Plan now to attend the 2002 Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Food and Farming Conference at the Blue Ridge Center. Featured speakers include Howard Shapiro, Glen Atkinson, Elaine Ingham, Hugh Lovel, Hugh Courtney, James Demeo, Jerry Brunetti, Will Winter, and, of course, Mark Shepard. For more info, see www.gardeningforthefuture.com (under preparation) or contact Allan Balliett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 540 668 6165
Fw: [biotech_activists] Intl Campaign Touts High-Yield (biotech) Farming
FYI. ___ Barry Lia \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ Seattle WA - Forwarded message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 14:36:28 -0500 Subject: [biotech_activists] Intl Campaign Touts High-Yield (biotech) Farming Biotech Activists ([EMAIL PROTECTED])Posted: 05/01/2002 By [EMAIL PROTECTED] April 30, 2002 CONTACT: Alex Avery, Center for Global Food Issues, 540-337-6354 INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TOUTS HIGH-YIELD FARMING AND FORESTRY TO CONSERVE WILDLANDS Unique Coalition Says Growing more per acre will leave more land for nature Washington, DC, April 30, 2002 - The world will urgently need higher-yield farming and forestry to protect its wildlife habitats and wild species as demands for food, feed, timber and paper double in the 21st century. That message was endorsed today by a remarkably broad coalition of food, environmental, farming and forestry experts, including two Nobel Peace Prize laureates, who are inviting their colleagues worldwide to co-sign a declaration in favor of high-yield conservation. Growing more crops and tree per acre leaves more land for Nature, said Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize laureate at the declaration's kickoff press conference. We cannot choose between feeding malnourished children and saving endangered wild species. Without higher yields, peasant farmers will destroy the wildlands and species to keep their children from starving. Sustainably higher yields of crops and trees are the only visible way to save both. The declaration's founding signers include Borlaug; Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oscar Arias; Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore; 2001 World Food Prize winner Per Pinstrup-Andersen; Eugene Lapointe, President of the IWMC World Conservation Trust; James Lovelock, originator of the Gaia Hypothesis; and former U.S. Senator George McGovern, until recently U.S.Ambassador to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. The group also took out national ads in the Washington Post, Washington Times and Christian Science Monitor, to launch the global web-site signup for their Declaration in Support of Protecting Nature With High-yield Farming and Forestry at http://www.HighYieldConservation.org. World population growth is tapering off, but may still increase 50 percent from today's 6 billion people before it peaks. Couples worldwide are having fewer children, but they are also demanding high-quality diets for their kids and pets. Wood is the world's most environmentally friendly building material, and paper is a key to literacy, economic growth and lifestyle choices. Yet the world is already farming 37 percent of its land area, and the wild forests are what are left over after humans harvest their food and forest products. The Declaration signers recommend advances in biology, ecology, chemistry and technology, to boost yields wherever this can be sustainably achieved. They note that billions of people will be living in or near the Third World forests that are home to three-fourths of the world's species; without higher yields on their marginal lands, they would have to exploit the wildlands. High-tech farming and tree planting on the world's best soils will be needed to supply food and forest product imports to densely-populated countries such as China and India. Right now, too many environmental groups are pushing low-yielding, low-input systems -- such as organic farming -- in the belief that environmental purity is the primary goal, warned Dr. Borlaug. But what good is pure farming if it takes over all of the planet's land area? We need a balance of responsible, high-yielding technologies on our farms so we can produce the food we need and leave more of the natural landscape for wildlife. Dr. Patrick Moore, a founder and former Director of Greenpeace, echoed these points adding that high yields are as important in forestry as in farming. Managed forests and high-yield tree plantations can produce up to 20 times as much timber as the same area of natural forest, stated Dr. Moore. This helps reduce the pressures on the world's remaining natural forests. Forests contain the majority of the world's species, so practices that reduce the area of forest used for both forestry and agriculture make a positive contribution to protecting biodiversity. For more information, and to read the growing list of supporters, please visit http://www.HighYieldConservation.org.
Re: Brits: What do you think of Greg Palast?
Yup, that is exactly what the IMF and World Bank had in mind. That is why the Asian countries have never really recoverd because the 2 organizations took over the whole country. They want to prevent too much growth and keep the countries in lots of debt, so that ensures the US has less competition. M. - Original Message - From: Merla [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BD Now [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:11 AM Subject: OFF: Brits: What do you think of Greg Palast? Brits: I recently received an email with a partial rendition of an interview of Greg Palast (author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy) on the Alex Jones Radio Talk Show. The accusations were strong that there was a deliberate plan by the IMF, World Bank to bribe public officials in developing counties, wreck their countries and take over Economy, Water, Agriculture, Enron being an IMF tool and Clinton and GWB involved. But the gossipy libelous tone bothered me. Can you speak to this? What is the credibility of these men? Is this kind of sensationalism a big part of the British culture, an attempt at news-entertainment or is this just tongue-in-cheek gallows humor? It's so different from the NGO-type tone. It's like Mike Moore, whom I have not read yet. The URL is...www.INFOWARS.COM Greg Palast is at the bottom of the page. Merla
Re: Brits: What do you think of Greg Palast?
- Original Message - From: Michael Roboz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 5:18 AM Subject: Re: Brits: What do you think of Greg Palast? Yup, that is exactly what the IMF and World Bank had in mind. That is why the Asian countries have never really recoverd because the 2 organizations took over the whole country. They want to prevent too much growth and keep the countries in lots of debt, so that ensures the US has less competition. M. They are giving Australia and New Zealand the same treatment!! We have comrade Bourlag out here soon at the invitation of goverment and our premier farmers association no doubt funded by Monsanto and Aventis and friends. All so that we can be told the unbiased truth about the benefits of Genetically polluted crops. The chemical boys have a nice little chicky - babe type to spread the word so the farmers won't argue The whole thing is a joke!! North American agriculture has pooped its nest with genetic technology and lost a lot of market share because of it. It seems the only way out is to bring the rest of the world down to a similar level. The saddest part of all is that our farmers have so lost their ability to think that they will fall for it. Australian farmers have been handed on a plate - gift wrapped and all - the greatest marketing advantage in Agricultural history and they are throwing it down the toilet. You have to wonder at the way people think ! A bunch of guys in suits come along to a meeting and say we have this exciting new way of farming to sell you and when you buy it you will need to buy heaps LESS of our chemicals some of the smartest reasearch scientists in agriculture say that they believe this!!!?. Hm so what did Steiner say about the quality of food affecting the way people think L Charles
Wild and Disease Free
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wild and Disease Free Big Game Herds For Our Future. The Idaho Wildlife Federation and Andrus Center for Public Policy are hosting a free symposium dealing with chronic wasting disease (CWD), on Saturday May 11th in Boise, Idaho. It is one of the nations first conferences designed expressly to provide accurate information to the public and media on this rapidly spreading problem. Titled Wild and Disease Free - Big Game Herds For Our Future, the symposium is being sponsored by the Idaho Wildlife Federation, Mule Deer Foundation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Foundation for North American Wild Sheep, Idaho Outfitters and Guides Association, Deer Hunters of Idaho and the Idaho Department of Fish and Game. The event takes place at Boise State University, Jordan Ballroom, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 11th. Speakers from Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon, Montana, Wisconsin and Canada will be giving brief presentations about CWD and other diseases that are putting our wildlife at risk. Nebraska, Colorado and Canada have had to destroy 1,000s of elk and deer on and adjacent to game farms to control the spread of the disease. Near Salmon Idaho the department of Agriculture and USDA had to kill and test 37 game farm elk for the deadly disease. Hunters, ranchers, resource managers, veterinarians, scientists, legislators and concerned members of the public are invited to attend the May 11th educational event. For more information call 208/342-7055 or 208/467-2349. -- ___ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Email.com http://www.email.com/?sr=signup
Re: [biotech_activists] Intl Campaign Touts High-Yield (biotech)Farming
Title: Re: [biotech_activists] Intl Campaign Touts High-Yield (biotech) Farming I thought I'd had a scary day L*L Markess
