Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread gideon cowen
sounds like your local supermarket ! (I guess this should read convenience store in Yankese.) Gideon. - Original Message - From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 5:42 AM Subject: Re: csa names Vital Vittles Nurtu-R-Us Working

Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread Allan Balliett
sounds like your local supermarket ! (I guess this should read convenience store in Yankese.) Actually, Gideon, 'local' is what separates it from 'supermarket.' The phrase is one that has been picked like 'authentic food' as a way of indicating that if you buy Fresh (picked this morning) and

Re: Hugh's in Moriarty, NM!

2003-01-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Hugh called to let me know he was in Moriarty this evening and let me know everything was OK. LOCK UP YOUR WIMMEN

Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread Aurora Farm
Allan: You wrote: the difficulty with the word CSA. Yes and yes again. On the one hand, you say, CSA has meaning for the people in the niche you're appealing to ... on the other hand, the term is difficult. Consider dropping it. Let Fresh and Local become its own raison d'etre. As you say,

FW: [globalnews] A National Student Strike...

2003-01-25 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] A National Student Strike... From: 180/MDE Clearinghouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://us.f116.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?[EMAIL PROTECTED]amp;YY=88443amp;order=downamp;sort=dateamp;pos=0amp;view=aamp;head=b STUDENT STRIKE FOR BOOKS NOT BOMBS! The Bush administration is

FW: [globalnews] Invasive Algae Smothering Florida Coral Reefs

2003-01-25 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] Invasive Algae Smothering Florida Coral Reefs Invasive Algae Smothering Florida Coral Reefs Environmental News Service By Cat Lazaroff PALM BEACH, Florida, January 24, 2003 (ENS) - An invasive, coral smothering seaweed has spread like a green tide across the reefs

Let's Pump the Morphogenic* Fields for Fresh and Local CSA!!

2003-01-25 Thread Allan Balliett
To anyone who wants a pdf copy of our flyer this year, contact me off-line at [EMAIL PROTECTED] *Did I spell it wrong? Sheldrake's hypothesis is that 'the more people who know about something, the easier it is for other's to learn about it.' This is not a local thing, it's a global thing. So,

Scan of January 2003 from Maria Thuns Working with the Stars

2003-01-25 Thread Allan Balliett
I've got a 4part jpg of january's planting into I can email to anyone who is interested in seeing how WORKING WITH THE STARS is setup. You can pick up a real copy of this indispensable book from Hugh Courtney at JPI. -Allan

Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Woody - I don't think I've been clear on my 'nobody understands CSA' laments. Last year when our article ran in the post, we sold 160 shares in two days. I talked to a lot of people who called. They were DESPERATE to FIND A CSA! CSA **IS** the word that drew them in. Unfortunately, to most,

Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread Leigh Hauter
Allan, I disagree about that post article (of course I don't have it in front of me to quote) but I think the author defined CSA for his readers and he defined it as getting fresh vegetables straight from the farmer without going to a farmers' market. I agree, those people that called me from

Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Leigh - My point is that the people I talked to all said that they had been looking for a CSA and were afraid they wouldn't find one for this season (last year) They didn't say they were lookign for vegetables and saw an article about CSA and decided to buy vegetables. all the ones I talked

Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread Leigh Hauter
My concern about CSA is the Community part. We all agree that community (whatever that means) is a major part of what we are striving for. It is just my practical, hands-on experience, that a lot of the community that is talked about in the csa literature is pie in the sky. It doesn't work,

Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread Allan Balliett
When I started the Westchester County drop off site for Roxbury Farms two seasons ago, only ONE member in 25 knew what a csa was and was relieved to know about us. She is the one who has now taken over the drop off site for the farm, instead of our garage. Thanks, Jane. Yours is the other way

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2003-01-25 Thread Teresa Seed
Dear group I'm going to have to put a title on this at the end, if at all. Perhaps I should limit it to just one theme - which will be, for now, where is BD in the UK at? Are there any British BDers who are experimenting with Steiner's preps, be it with homoeopathy, radionics or whatever? It

Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread Prkrjake
Leigh, Where is yoiur farm located? I live in Takoma Park. Jane Parker

Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread Allan Balliett
Leigh, Where is yoiur farm located? I live in Takoma Park. Jane Parker Jane - Check out his webpage www.bullrunfarm.com Otherwise, he's in THE PLAINS, VA. I'm also in THE PLAINS this season. Leigh's, what? The highest farm in the county(?) and Im down in the rolling 'horse country' below.

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2003-01-25 Thread Garuda
Go Mausdorfer. - Original Message - From: Teresa Seed [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 9:11 AM Subject: ??? Dear group I'm going to have to put a title on this at the end, if at all. Perhaps I should limit it to just one theme - which will be,

Re: csa names

2003-01-25 Thread Lance Howard
.I have to add one more suggestion: You could feature Hugh's testimonial and call it AgriViagra. Lurkin' Lance