Re: BD Farming in America

David If you want good leadership in a democratic organisation, or country for that matter, it is the responsibility of the membership or citizens to use their rights to ensure that A) You have good leaders and B) The leaders carry out the masses wishes. If only this was possible. In my

Re: BD Farming in America

Hi! Gary, You make a very valid point. It is fine for those of us who have been around a while to speak in some sort of cryptic short hand, that only we understand, but what about the casual visitor or those early on the path and wondering what it is all about. Good point and one that should be

STOP the release of genetically engineered PHARM crops

Action alert and please forward... Without public debate, food crops are being used to create genetically engineered pharmaceutical drugs and industrial chemicals! It's called pharming. Three hundred (300) open-air field trials have already been conducted in unidentified locations across the

RE: CSA names

Allan or anyone please give me some of the best bd sites I want to link them up with mine rex tyler -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Allan Balliett Sent: 06 January 2003 00:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CSA names Martha - The

Re: Monsanto submitted its petition for comm. of GE Wheat

Merla - Have you listened to the lecture by Vandana Shiva at http://www.ibiblio.org/biodynamics? It's a good introduction about how multi-nationals bring pressure to bear on a traditional food system. It also makes it clear that the multinationals exploit the gift that we the people should

Re: Monsanto submitted its petition for comm. of GE Wheat

At 5:55 AM -0500 1/6/03, Laurel Hopwood wrote: The ecological implications of hacked genetic code slipping into our food and forests and multiplying is worse than a bad computer virus! Perhaps Laurel has said it best. Besides, I saw a lot more energy being put into fear of Y2K than we see in

USDA

The USDA operates a CSA database Allan, I think this was where I found the (one) Tx CSA listed. I know the girl, and have been to her place. If she was growing anything but weeds and dogshit I couldn't see it. I can't imagine how she can claim to be growing food for people unless she's really

Cannon Copier?

Dears, I lhave ended up with a remanufactured Cannon toner cartrige (Canon PC (E31/E40) which I have no matching copier. Is there anyone with a Canon copier out there that this fits? It works for the E16, E20, E31, E40, 300, 310, 320, 330, 330L, 425, 430, 530, 770, 710, 720, 730, 740, 790, 920,

RKM: ACTIVE PERCEPTION: Learning to see through Media Reality

We might perhaps learn something from history by comparing Bush his Homeland Security with Adolph and his Gestapo, Enemy Combatant with Enemy of the Reich, Desert Storm with Blitzkrieg... and we might recognize that Bush's legislation enables - is indeed designed to enable - domestic

Re: Monsanto submitted its petition for comm. of GE Wheat

Merla, Thank you so much for sharing your insight and hopeful wisdom. I especially like your statement: You have to try to understand the whole picture and make your plays wherever you can. I would have to say, though, that the USDA and EPA are *not entirely* made up of people who have

Re: BD Farming in America

Dear Kristy, et. al., I think what you, Jeff, Allan and others, particularly in Hawaii, Texas, the midwest and out on the west coast, have done as regards making BD info available to the public is quite commendable. Also let us not forget the salubrious efforts of Hugh Courtney, without whom we

Privacy in an age of data (part 3 of a 1996 article by Steve Talbott about Hawthorne Valley Farm)

*** Privacy in an age of data (part 3) From Steve Talbott ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) A mile down the road from my home there is an organic farm, along with a dairy, bakery, and farm store. The store and the Waldorf school across the street are the social center of the community. Because the cow

Re: Privacy in an age of data (part 3 of a 1996 article by Steve Talbott about Hawthorne Valley Farm)

Richard-you live in Harlemville, NY? I lived for a shot while in Philmont, NY and visited Copake. I work in another Camphill here in N. Vancouver, BC. Michael - Original Message - From: Richard Kalin To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 8:12 AM

Re: BD Farming in America

I'm really excited about the JPI farmer advisory program. I guess I haven't paid attention to it. can you tell us more about it? Hi Allan, I pasted this from their (Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics web site www.jpibiodynamics.org), which is where I heard about it, so I'd like

Re: Privacy in an age of data (part 3 of a 1996 article by Steve Talbott about Hawthorne Valley Farm)

No, I'm an hour north of Boston in Hollis NH. Steve Talbott lives in Harlemville NY. - Original Message - From: mroboz To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 2:13 PM Subject: Re: Privacy in an age of data (part 3 of a 1996 article by Steve

Re: BDAAA Statistics

- Original Message - From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 5:55 AM Subject: BDAAA Statistics Dear Australian BD people, is it accurate to say, as the media often says, that there are 2,000,000 acres and 700 farms under the BDAAA?

Epiphany

EPIPHANY, 2003 1:15Dissolving the dynamized paste of the three gifts of the Magi into the warm water - a golden color, a golden aroma. 1:30Strring, stirring, stirring, singing my stirring songs: Dona Nobis Pacem, Ego sum pauper, nihil habeo, cormeum

Re: Epiphany

Thank you Cordelia Same activity taking place up here in eastern Maine today with several stirring and singing the songs - I wonder how far this net of intention for welcoming new elemental life extended across the globe today? There is hope and possibility in the midst of all the doom and

Re: Epiphany

Last night started to think about the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi and looked it up in its entirety since I could only remember fragments of it. Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where

Re: Epiphany

Same activity taking place up here in eastern Maine today with several stirring and singing the songs - I wonder how far this net of intention for welcoming new elemental life extended across the globe today? There is hope and possibility in the midst of all the doom and destruction! I

Re: BD Farming in America

Alright - Guru status! at last do I get a certificate - Original Message - From: D S Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 11:31 AM Subject: Re: BD Farming in America Glen: Good to know you're still out there listening and your new guru

Re: Monsanto submitted its petition for comm. of GE Wheat

Allan: I tried this and it wouldn't work for me. I even tried downloading the whole file and only got 52K. I don't remember any one else commenting on listening to it, so I may not be a one off. David C - Original Message - From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: BDAAA Statistics

Allan: That figure is very old, I doubt anyone knows the real figure. I wouldn't put too much faith in our media's figures. David C - Original Message - From: Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 7 January 2003 5:55 AM Subject: BDAAA Statistics The

Fw: BDAAA Statistics

Hi Allan, As of yesterday we have 950 members! Not bad for an organisation started in 1989! No idea of land under Biodynamics - we are working on developing that data base. Around 50 members certified (a guess, seeing as Biodynamic certification for our farmers is done by NASAA and BFA) We have