Dear Hugh, Peter et al: Gee I didn't quite realize that Woody and I were advocating for happier union for couples. You do have a point there except I feel it is more in the realm of sensual rather than sexual. After all when we do our work, with consciousness, are we not "making love with Mother Earth, Father Sky and All Life Everywhere?" And yes educating the public is something that we have been doing for years and the best way to do that is to hold a certain vibration or consciousness as you speak the truth about the products you bring to the marketplace. And one has to decipher what it is that each individual needs to hear for them to become more conscious. How can they come to their senses? Big job, highly underrated and underpaid. A big problem for many is the lack of the wild and sacred in their lives. Not enough contact and communion with Nature and all her gifts she bestows on us. Forgot, with all those chemicals that do not allow memory to function, how to be human. Took up a friendship with the culture instead which doesn't provide one with a very good tool kit to do much besides buy more crap and become more and more a servant to those and that which prevent us from having the direct experiences we came here for in the first place. When you get a direct hit from nature, that truly penetrates to the depth of you, there is full time orgasm and less definitely becomes more. There is no need for all these modern day sicknesses so yes, let's go and let's stay with the power that is rightfully ours to claim. Time is speeding up and the 'times they are a changin.' And let's stay and share the good, the true and the beautiful. On another note Woody and I are initiating some new work which comes out of a dream put on hold for many years now . It should be up on our website soon and involves taking people to pristine wilderness areas for re-edification. Blessings to all, Barbara and Woody
Aurora Farm. the only unsubsidized, family-run seed farm in North America offering garden seeds grown using Rudolf Steiner's methods of spiritual agriculture. http://www.kootenay.com/~aurora -----Original Message----- From: Hugh Lovel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 7:58 PM Subject: Re: Certification Story >Dear Barbara and Woody, et. al., > >Your certification story is poignant and well-told. It's a HUGE slap in the >face to have to pay big bucks and jump through a lot of hoops to prove you >are growing food the way it ought to be grown when those who contaminate >and denature the food they grow are allowed carte blanche to poison and >water down what people must have for their survival. > >USA Today had it on their front page today (referring to an article in an >inner section) how the balance has shifted to the point that many married >couples are not only not having sex, but that in the majority of these >cases it is the man who doesn't want it, not the woman who has headaches >and plays a pussy hostage game of "maybe if you do this, this, this, and >this we'll have sex." > >DDT and many other pesticide, herbicide chemicals have proven to be >estrogen mimetic (they mimic) chemicals. With the estrogen mimetic hormones >in beef and chicken and so forth, is it any wonder many men are not >masculine any more? The problem is so profound that it has affected the sex >of fish in Florida lakes, to say nothing of amphibian reproduction in the >US Southeast which has declined by roughly 80%. > >I know many guys my age who are telling me they don't have any interest in >sex any more. All these I know are eating commercial foods. Myself, I >realized in my 20s that 10 times a day was my limit, but here I am at 55 >and I still think in those terms. I don't think I could get it up for more >than 10 times in a day, and don't think I'd often be motivated for more >than 3 or 4, really. Mid-life crisis? Well, I'm single and have dropped >several women who tried the "if you did this, this, and this then maybe" >routine because I do sex out of spontaneous enthusiasm and not out of some >quid pro quo system. But I've heard women talk about their husbands and I >do know it is rare that the women in the suburbs eating conventional food >are sexually satisfied by their husbands. (No wonder the divorce rate.) But >most haven't any clue what to do about it outside of finding a young stud >to fill the bill. > >Damn, women, feed your men clean, vital food! When I market vegetables I >run into it all the time that happy housewives will pay what I ask without >question because they know it works at their table and in their bedroom. > >I know this is frank talk for this list, but let's get real. What we are >growing with our biodynamic methods is the very best in food. People who >eat it regularly have a different experience with life than those who eat >that other junk. It's time the story was told. And it's time the public got >a little more of an earful about what eating local, in-season and >biodynamic can do to raise things several leagues higher than the >government certified organic (which is deplorable). With the government >getting into the game and lowering instead of raising standards, >certification just took a dive that I cannot support. I don't have to say >to hell with certification, it is well on the road there anyway. Seems to >me we have to keep educating our public just as before and go on. If we >shouldered this task before, well, we are used to it. Let's go. > >Best, >Hugh Lovel > > > > >>Dear List >>Hearing some of the Truth recently on this list with Greg's postings gives >>me great hope that Steiner's teachings will not be lost in these >>changing times, nor will they be used to fill the pocket >>books of some to the exclusion of others. Since l989 Steiner's agricultural >>methods have been utilized here at Aurora. Back then >>we were doubly certified--with the local organic association and with the BD >>Society of B.C. There was a 'bio-dynamic' certification at the time and my >>mentor and teacher Otto Rothe came to the land, saw what we were doing and >>certified us. Shortly after this the BD society hooked up internationally >>and we automatically received Demeter status. Suddenly there was money >>to be paid to the Society, not just for the travel expense of the farm >>inspector. All BD farms were required to pay a percentage of their GROSS >>earnings to the Society. Nevermind if there had been a net profit for the >>farm, or a living wage for the family farmer. >>Christoph Altemeuller was top dog with that provincial BD society. Now he is >>president of the board of the Biodynamic Association. I have thanked him in >>ceremony for making so clear to me the arrogance and greed in organizations >>with pious mission statements about promoting biodynamics and supporting >>farmers. >> >>I dumped >>certification, realizing that I no longer needed to be snowed by authority. >>I certified Aurora on my own terms and took her out into the marketplace. >>Products grown utilizing Steiner's methods of Agriculture. The term >>Biodynamics is mainly lost on storkeepers and customers anyway, and the >>BDA/Demeter have a trademark on it; not allowed to use it unless we've paid >>money into their system. Probably there never has been a net >>profit here at Aurora and yet we are still here and we love and honour what >>we >>do. >> >>Think of it this way: Woody and I have, combined, three or four decades of >>experience with righteous agriculture. We never have, would never have >>DREAMED, of using chemicals, pesticides, GMOs, brutal methods of treating >>farm animals�all these things that some of the public are finally becoming >>exercised about. It is an insult to us [and to many others on the List] to >>ask that we prove ourselves to the marketplace by involving ourselves with >>conventional certification. >> >>Since l998 we have been certified by Agri-Synthesis and we are more than >>happy with the quality and life-force of the products that are now going out >>into the marketplace, providing good nutrition for the human family. We have >>Greg to thank for putting the real story in front of our faces and for >>having >>been the innovator of Agri-Synthesis and the products under this trademark. >>This has taken courage, insight and perseverance on his part and we are >>deeply grateful for his work. I doubt if Greg has any monetary net profits >>over this time either. More Good work being done by Good People. >> >>So I would like to ask each and every one of you to come to your own >>understanding of your BD stories and how you have been honoured and >>acknowledged for the work you do in the world. Have your local associations >>served you so you may truly experience your birthright and fulfill the >>work(role) you came here to do and be. Mother Earth needs your assistance. >>She's looking for a few good ones so recognize them when they are here in >>your midst. And honour yourselves for having the courage to do so. >>In the Spirit of the Good, True and Beautiful, >>Barbara , Woody, William and Nathan at >> >>Aurora Farm. the only >>unsubsidized, family-run seed farm >>in North America offering garden seeds >>grown using Rudolf Steiner's methods >>of spiritual agriculture. http://www.kootenay.com/~aurora > >Visit our website at: www.unionag.org > >
