Great reading: "The Fate of the Family Farm" by Ronald Jager.
Lots to think about.
Marcia Passos Duffy
(I'm an ag writer as well)
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1 Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 08:37:23 -0600 From: Marty Kraft <martyk AT allspecies.org> Subject:
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Excellent book. There is one more u in
Fukuoka, in case that's needed to find it.
Marty Kraft On
Nov 22, 2005, at 7:20 PM, Craig Gilbert wrote:
> Title:? The One
Straw Revolution > Author:Masanobu Fukoka > ? > It is about
a Japanese scientist who leaves the lab to go back to all >
natural rice and grain farming. All the inconsistencies of government
> programs, extension agents, and chemical companies re-framed into
a > Japanese farming world. Many insights into natural farming.?
good > read. > ? > It has been published by Rodale
and I believe others. I bought a copy > on EBay from New Zealand
for approx $12.00 US.? Fast delivery, easy > transaction >
? > Craig Gilbert > ? > ----- Original Message ----- >
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Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:31 AM > Subject: [Market-farming]
read anything good lately? > > > Hi all, > >??? I'm in
the mood to subscribe to some new farm and vegetable > magazines
as > > well as to read some good new books this winter.? Any
suggestions? I > already > > subscribe to "Growing for
Market" and "Acres USA."? In regards to > books... > >
I'm hungry for something that I can really sink my teeth into-- >
something > > that will excite me as much as Elliot Coleman and Vern
Grubinger did > when I > > first began farming.? Also,
perhaps something about the "big picture > idea" > > of
farming--similar to Richard Manning. Perhaps there are some other > >
publishers out there similar to Chelsea Green that I am unaware of. >
> --Gary Brever > > > > > >
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It is good. I heard Frances
speak last month. Her powerful presence and enthusiasm are
contagious. She's the best speaker I've ever heard.
The book
covers a lot. She writes about closed businesses and government;
letting a small group of people make important decisions for our country.
"It's a symptom of thin democracy, something done to us or for us, not by
or with us. Such democracy is always at risk of being stolen by
private interests or extremist groups, left and right."
She talks
about our food supply even on such a small scale as school gardens.
I'm a school gardener. I grow food with the kids at my daughter's
school, so this particularly interested me. She also writes about
sweat shops, alternative energy, community farming and much
more.
Robin Follette www.thymeforewe.com zone 4 http://www.farm-garden.com/robin
----- Original Message ----- From: Jill Bussiere To:
Market Farming Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] read anything good lately?
Robin, It sounds good - can you tell in a
few sentences what the gyst of the book
is?
Jill Bussiere, Wisconsin -----Original
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[Market-farming] read anything good lately?
I'm
reading Democracy's Edge by Frances Moore Lappe (Diet For A Small
Planet). Very interesting.
Robin
Follette www.thymeforewe.com zone
4 http://www.farm-garden.com/robin
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Does sound great!
Thanks!
Jill -----Original Message----- From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On
Behalf Of Robin Follette Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 8:44
AM To: Market Farming Subject: Re: [Market-farming] read
anything good lately?
It is good. I heard Frances
speak last month. Her powerful presence and enthusiasm are
contagious. She's the best speaker I've ever heard.
The
book covers a lot. She writes about closed businesses and
government; letting a small group of people make important decisions for
our country. "It's a symptom of thin democracy, something done to us or for
us, not by or with us. Such democracy is always at risk of being
stolen by private interests or extremist groups, left and
right."
She talks about our food supply even on such a small
scale as school gardens. I'm a school gardener. I grow food
with the kids at my daughter's school, so this particularly interested
me. She also writes about sweat shops, alternative energy, community
farming and much more.
Robin Follette www.thymeforewe.com zone
4 http://www.farm-garden.com/robin
----- Original Message ----- From: Jill
Bussiere To: Market Farming Sent:
Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:26 AM Subject: Re:
[Market-farming] read anything good lately?
Robin, It sounds good - can you
tell in a few sentences what the gyst of the book
is?
Jill Bussiere, Wisconsin -----Original
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Behalf Of Robin Follette Sent: Wednesday,
November 23, 2005 8:22 AM To: Market
Farming Subject: [Market-farming] read
anything good lately?
I'm reading
Democracy's Edge by Frances Moore Lappe (Diet For A Small Planet).
Very interesting.
Robin
Follette www.thymeforewe.com zone
4 http://www.farm-garden.com/robin
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Women's Voices in the 2007 Farm Bill--
Please respondPoint taken. And it's a good
point.
>>White men do not have a caucus - because they already
have such power in >>our society.
Pamela Kingfisher addressed
this in her talk. I wish I'd taken better notes but it was later
Sunday morning and I was ready to hit the road to drive home. One of
the things she said was that we need to start talking to some of these men
who are in power as though they are our husbands or sons. She said
they need to hear a message similar to "smarten up." Hopefully someone
else who was there will remember her words better than I do and
reply.
Robin Follette www.thymeforewe.com zone 4 http://www.farm-garden.com/robin
----- Original Message ----- From: Jill Bussiere To:
Market Farming Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Women's Voices in the
2007FarmBill--Pleaserespond]]
I agree that all have
valuable contributions to make, and that we can learn much from one
another, no matter what our differences.
Yet, I want to put
forward that there are times when it is appropriate for people to meet and
exclude others.
In an organization that I belong to, we have
caucuses for groups of people that are not well represented in society -
groups that are less powerful than others - groups that have even been
repressed by our dominant society.. These groups each elect a
representative to the governing body to give them more of a voice - a
voice that is not as loud in our society or our organization for both
historical and traditional reasons.
So, we have a Women's
caucus, a Youth caucus, a Diversity caucus, and a LBGT (Lesbian, Bisexual,
Gay and Transgendered) caucus.
White men do not have a caucus -
because they already have such power in our society.
And
yet, men, white men, and all, have valuable voices in our organization,
and, in fact, as in the rest of society, have a higher average of
representation in our organization than one would predict if one looked at
demographics.
So, while a affimr the contribution of all voices
in any organization, I also affirm the encouragement of voices that are
not as well represented.
Besides caucuses, we also use consensus
in decision making, as an attempt to hear all voices.
Not
perfect, but both do
help!
Jill Bussiere, Wisconsin -----Original
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[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Robin
Follette Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 8:32
AM To: Market Farming Subject: Re:
[Market-farming] Women's Voices in the 2007
FarmBill--Pleaserespond]]
>>>>My
defining moment in the women's ag movement came at the same conference
where Cheryl spoke. This particular conference had a pre-conference
the day before that was only open to women. After listening to how
it was a lovely program and this large regional organization should put on
more such conferences, I asked my dining table mates how it would be if a
conference would be staged where only men could attend?
<<<<
Can you imagine? We'd be
screaming our heads off, and rightfully so. I attended the Women In
Sustainable Ag conference in Vermont last month. Men were
welcome. They presented and also networked. One of the best
conversations I had during the conference was with a male farmer who just
finished his second growing season. It's a shame to shut people out
based on their sex.
One of the most beneficial
things to come from the WISA conference was the boost many new and
aspiring women farmers got by networking with other women farmers. I
heard a lot of them saying, "I can Do that!"
Robin
Follette www.thymeforewe.com zone
4 http://www.farm-garden.com/robin
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