[Market-farming] Fwd: [SANET-MG] Subject: Eric Kindberg Dies in China

Owsley lucy boulderbelt at voyager.net
Fri Dec 12 05:48:54 EST 2008


organics has lost a good man

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> Subject:	 Eric Kindberg Dies in China
> From:	steven sprinkel <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:51:22 -0800
>
> Eric Kindberg has been a member of this discussion for over ten  
> years, so I
> thought I would let you all know that Eric Died in China last night  
> of liver
> and kidney failure after about a year with an ailment we are still not
> certain about. Bile duct cancer has been suspected. I know he was  
> jaundiced
> and was describing a lot of symptoms that point to severe liver  
> disease. I
> thought he might have gotten it from contact with liver flukes-a  
> widespread
> parasite in that part of the world. Now all that is beside the  
> point, except
> for the fact that it serves as a lesson that quality Western medicine,
> especially for diagnosis, is imperative.
>
> I am so upset about this. He was a brilliant guy and an authentic  
> organic
> farmer. A crucial expert on organic standards and philosophy when  
> it really
> mattered in December of 1997.
>
> Eric was on the way home to his family in California for  
> Thanksgiving, but
> turned terribly ill and could not continue his trip, eventually  
> going from a
> hotel to a good hospital in Guangzhou-but it wasn't Cedars Sinai.  
> Then he
> went into a coma and just went downhill from there. He was 66 but  
> had the
> energy and athleticism of a forty year old. A tragic paradox. Sorry  
> to bear
> this news to you.
>
> Best wishes to all of you
>
> Steve Sprinkel
> farmerandcook.com
> <><>\\\\\\\\
>
> I am heartbroken about Eric. This is a real shock and a huge loss  
> to the organic and sustainable farming community here in the US and  
> obviously elsewhere around the world. Read these archives to see  
> what a valuable role he has played
> in in the biological farming movement for over twenty years. He was  
> farmer advocate, farm implement designer andprototyper, political  
> and industry activist and one of the most persistent and effective  
> spokespersons and campaigners for organic farming anyone could hope  
> for. In fact he went beyond what most have done and in a
> tactful, considerate, cooperative way.
>
> I worked for him on one of his conferences many years ago and  
> resumed correspondence with him over the past year.
>
> We will all feel the loss of Eric and I will surely miss him.
>
> I suppose Douglas, Steve and I and many others who knew him will  
> carry on in his stead in Sanet and elsewhere,
> on and off line.
>
> For the future,
>
> Lawrence London
> Chapel Hill, N.C., U.S.A.
>
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Lucy Goodman
Boulder Belt Eco-Farm
Eaton, OH
http://boulderbelt.blogspot.com



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