[NAFEX] Getting the word out WAS Re: NNGA membership declines
road's end farm
organic101 at linkny.com
Tue Jul 3 10:43:03 EDT 2007
On Jul 3, 2007, at 6:56 AM, loneroc wrote:
> If we at NAFEX want to arrest a declining membership and combat a lack
> of
> general societal interest in fruit growing, we must seek out people
> who have
> nothing to contribute (other than their ears/eyes) initially. We must
> hook
> people who have marginal initial interest in fruit and help to create
> the
> new experts who will take up the torch of the dead and dying
> old-timers!!!!!!!!!!!!
A very good point.
And how is anyone to know that they're interested in something that
they've never been exposed to? None of us were born knowing any of
this. I'm sure I'm not the only one who wound up a fruit (and, actually
primarily right now, vegetable) grower due to almost accidental
exposure.
As others have posted, there's a huge amount of information available
in the heads of older people; as well as in the genes of their
plantings. Also as others have posted, there's a difficulty in getting
this information transmitted, and the future care of the plants
ensured. The difficulty is compounded by the fact that (with many
exceptions) some of the people who have the information, and some of
the people who could benefit from it and who are essential to prevent
it from being lost, are currently using different means of
communication.
What is needed here is translators; and I note that several volunteers
for this have posted on this also. What is not useful is for people, in
either group. to put down and/or try to ignore the existence of those
who prefer different communication methods than they themselves like to
use. Why shouldn't we try to make it easy for everybody to join, and as
easy as possible for everybody to communicate?
Claude, thanks for apology. I'm sure we've all hit "send" without
thinking of the possible impact of a particular line (and I was pretty
groggy when I answered you, and hope I didn't come off as snarly.) And
I do think subscription, as well as other communications, should be
possible through as many means as is practical.
--Rivka
Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly
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