I'm with you, Mary Ann! Yes, he is quite unique in his willingness to cut through the bullshit that swaddles much of the dogma of the sustainability. The best part, of course, is that he's actually successfully doing Real World things like the chestnut/hazle nut savannahs and not just urging other people to do them. He was a homesteader in Alaska for a while and he brings a lot of temper from that experience that he expresses in ways that I found to be truly inspriational. He is certainly, I understand, a man who will not tolerate frogs farting underwater.
Mark conducted the agroforestry workshop here at the Blue Ridge Center this past October. It as an event that, as you might assume, was both informative and inspiring. In fact, it took over a day to pry admiring students from him long enough to make the long ride to the Baltimore airport. (Which reminds me, Mark was one of the first people I knew to be brave enough to fly a plane after 911. ) On top of his practical agroforestry experience, Mark was raised within the biodynamic movement and has been making preps since he was a kid. We're hoping to have him out here again this fall. -Allan >If anyone gets the chance to meet this Mark... meet him and talk to >him....he is a remarkable man in what he is doing and accomplishing >with his farm in western Wisconsin... > >I have had the privilege to hear Mark speak several times about his >organic/BD farm including the chestnuts that he is reintroducing. >His enthusiasm is contagious. He is also a very creative in his >approach to "critter" control and methods of planting/harvesting his >"crops" > >I hope to visit his farm personally some day instead of seeing it >through pictures... > >I'm glad to hear that Mark is finally getting recognized and out >into the world... > >Blessings, Mary Ann
