Higgledy Piggledy, my black hen...

2002-11-20 Thread Will Winter
Dorothy- OH, JOY! just reading about your new discovery -the wonders of raising chickens- makes me happy. I have spent some of the best of times with my own chickens. I learned at a young age that birds are capable of amazing intelligence and that all chickens are different with a wide variety

Re: Droughts and rainmaking

2002-11-20 Thread Lloyd Charles
> We dont need to wait to have an after dinner discussion about the use of > radionics to make rain. If it is possible for Hugh to break the drought over > eastern Australia I am sure that there would be many more people would pay > far larger amonts of money than proposed by Hugh for successful c

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-20 Thread Jane Sherry
I'm not qualified to speak for pagans, or biodynamic farmers for that matter. Perhaps part of your quandary, is that one can also learn about subtle energies without attending conferences, but by walking out one's own door into the world and by meeting local farmers and supporting local teachers &

Re: Organic Beef Scam in New York City

2002-11-20 Thread Allan Balliett
Speaking of paper trail, our certifiers are holding a two day work shop on how to keep records under the NOP rule. Chris and I are still debating wether or not we will re certify under the new rule. I wonder how many US growers on BDNOW! are considering dropping organic certification? Christy - I

Re: hey look at this

2002-11-20 Thread Lloyd Charles
Thought some of you may be pleased that this crotchety ole, broadcaster addicted, non conformist - - - - - - - - ! Has finally attempted to do some proper BD We made a compost pile (WITH PREPS) and two BC pits last sunday - there was a mob of cows camped in our lane for a week - the gal that owns

Re: chickens

2002-11-20 Thread Allan Balliett
After experimenting with several heirloom breeds, I've been most satisfied with Rhode Island Reds or for the variety of bird that passes for Rhode Island in this country currently. Like Joel Salatin, I buy my feed from a local mill and augment it liberally from the garden, the table, and the pr

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-20 Thread Allan Balliett
Why don't you try reaching out to the pagan community, a more earth based 'religion' than the so called new age. When I said 'New Age,' I was, carelessly or not, including Pagans. I think it is important to remember that biodynamics is an evolved discipline. For the most part, the current pagan

FW: [globalnews] U.S. cosmetics panel allows use of phthalates

2002-11-20 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] U.S. cosmetics panel allows use of phthalates U.S. cosmetics panel allows use of disputed chemical Wednesday, November 20, 2002 By Laura MacInnis, Reuters WASHINGTON — Regulators from within the American cosmetics industry voted Tuesday to allow the use of a chemical

FW: [globalnews] Mobilize NY: Antiwar Alert, Nov. 20-27

2002-11-20 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] Mobilize NY: Antiwar Alert, Nov. 20-27 please forward! **MOBILIZE NEW YORK** one short email per week > many ways to oppose the war TO SUBSCRIBE, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A friend says, "The Republican takeover doesn't make

Re: Droughts and rainmaking

2002-11-20 Thread James Hedley
Dear Lloyd, At no point in my Email did I infer that you should throw away your Refractometer or pH meter. Even although I dowse, to me figures or readings from an instrument are equally fascinating. That is why at this time I am trying to make radionic instruments with very sensitive microvolt met

Re: was Thanks now Eco Ag

2002-11-20 Thread Contactos Mundiales
Dear Liz: Could you please send detailed information about this external course on Eco Agriculture? Thanks a lot and best regards, Luis R. Calzadilla Cali, Colombia [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Liz Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, N

Re: was Thanks now Eco Ag

2002-11-20 Thread Liz Davis
on 20/11/02 8:32 PM, Roger Pye at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Liz Davis wrote: > >> The course is Ecological Agriculture, Orange Campus of University of Sydney. >> (3 hrs west of Sydney) A very small and intimate campus where lecturers know >> your name. >> > Liz, is it possible to do this course

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-20 Thread Jane Sherry
Why don't you try reaching out to the pagan community, a more earth based 'religion' than the so called new age. (Allan wrote:) <> I wonder how many of these same people who didn't attend your conference will be applying for organic certification... <> Just a thought or two, Jane S.

Re: chickens

2002-11-20 Thread Dorothy O'Brien
What breed of chickens would the group recommend? Any other tips for feeding and care? I've started with a few layers and am really enjoying the fresh eggs. I am feeding these hybrids (Leghorn/Black something crosses) primarily organic barley. If I add soybeans to the mix, do I need to cook or

FW: [globalnews] Message from the Mayan Elders -- The World WillNot End in 2012

2002-11-20 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] Message from the Mayan Elders -- The World Will Not End in 2012 The Mayan Calendar - The World will Not End... Carlos Barrios was born into a Spanish family on El Altiplano, the highlands of Guatemala. His home was in Huehuetenango, also the dwelling place of the May

Re: Organic Beef Scam in New York City

2002-11-20 Thread Jane Sherry
Once again, if people would get to know a farmer near where they live, either at a farmer's market or at a farm, and talk to them, get to know them, and buy their food then they could begin to taste & experience the difference in eating vital food. Then, as Allan is fond of saying (although it's b

Re: What is Magic?/our farm is ....

2002-11-20 Thread Hugh Lovel
Dear Michelle, As far as puting the right preps in the broadcasters at the right times, ordinarily I reccommend using all the ones in the packages (Upper well package in upper well, lower well package in lower well) all the time. They work best as the entire complex. As for weed or insect reagents

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-20 Thread Hugh Lovel
Lloyd, The BD remedies in the broadcaster set up the conditions, but, of course, if the soil is dead it helps enormously to apply some compost to get the micro-organisms cooking. If the soil is already biologically alive no compost may be needed. We planted a couple acre corn field this year on an

Re: Organic Beef Scam in New York City

2002-11-20 Thread The Korrows
Jane, this happened in our little town when guys were buying tomatoes from Mexico and restickering them as organic, then shipping them off to all sorts of stores. They were eventually caught. It will be interesting to see where the paper trail leads. Speaking of paper trail, our certifiers are ho

Re: What is Magic?

2002-11-20 Thread Allan Balliett
I would have thought you'd get a group in Santa Fe easy - maybe the title scared them off? Lloyd, Hugh, et al - My impression is that the event was not publicized very well. I'm a Bioneer associate and I receieved no direct mail or email on this event. I imagine that the Bioneer people assumed

RE: FW: Organic Beef Scam in New York City

2002-11-20 Thread Nancy Geffken
Jane Sherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >If you can't trust your heath food store, who can you trust? Good question. Fraud is endemic - Arthur Andersen is just the poster boy for an entire fraud-based economic system. I bought some "organic" oranges last year, put them in the cold cellar - one

Re: was Thanks now Eco Ag

2002-11-20 Thread Roger Pye
Liz Davis wrote: The course is Ecological Agriculture, Orange Campus of University of Sydney. (3 hrs west of Sydney) A very small and intimate campus where lecturers know your name. Liz, is it possible to do this course by Distance Education? roger

Re: irradiated meat

2002-11-20 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Leigh, Thank you for your post. I find it revolting. I am involved in the third force in Australian politics. I have approached my State and Federal contacts and asked that they move to prevent this ever happening here. I ask that others on the list in Oz and NZ, each also approach their pol