I made this for my local farming group, but thought that some m-f folks might like to have this all in one place for reference and to pass along to interested customers & friends:
Here are some newsgroups & organizations that provide great information & discussion regarding small farming and local food systems - hope you find something here that you can use - Happy Valentine's Day!
Ericka Dana, Catnip Farm.
--The Mighty Oak was once a little nut that held its ground.
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1) The Market Farming List:
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<market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu is a mailing list/newsgroup/webforum
for networking among farmers of small acreage whose primary marketing
outlets are consumer-direct and local.
We hope to see discussions on appropriate scale production methods and
equipment, marketing and profitability, cropping sequences and
diversification, sustainability, both of the land and of the farm family,
working with extension agents, private consultants, and fellow farmers, in
other words, all those things involved in making a living providing food
and fiber from your small acreage.
The listowners are Marcie A. Rosenzweig, Full Circle Organic Farm,
fullcircle AT jps.net
and Lawrence F. London, Jr., Venaura Farm, lflondon AT mindspring.com.
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2) Organic Growing Newsgroup:
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organicgrowing AT egroups.com
To Post a message, send it to: organicgrowing AT eGroups.com
To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: organicgrowing-unsubscribe AT eGroups.com
more info: Lucy Goodman-Owsley <goodows AT excite.com
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3) Sustainable Agriculture Network:
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sanet <sanet-mg AT ces.ncsu.edu>
To subscribe: Email majordomo AT ces.ncsu.edu with the command
"subscribe sanet-mg".
To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo AT ces.ncsu.edu with the command
"unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the
command
"unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest".
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4) Ban-GEF Newsgroup (Ban GE food):
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For instructions on joining, leaving, or otherwise using the Ban-GEF list,
send email to Ban-GEF AT lists.txinfinet.com with HELP in the SUBJECT line.
Search the archives (since '97) at http://www.txinfinet.com/ban-gef/,
or go to a recent day's digest at http://www.txinfinet.com/ban-gef/00/.
Updated weekly.
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5) Sierra Club Newsgroup:
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Sierra Club email lists ("Lists") are specifically governed by the terms and
conditions of the List Charter. The List Charter can be obtained by sending the
following message:
To: listserv AT lists.sierraclub.org
Re:
Msg: INFO ListName
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6) CSA-List (the original - has a new owner this month):
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Details on subscribing can be found at
http://www.prairienet.org/pcsa/CSA-L, but basically you need to do the
following:
Send a message to "listproc AT prairienet.org" with "subscribe CSA-L
Firstname Lastname" in the message. Put your first and last names in place
of Firstname and Lastname and omit the quotes. You may leave the subject
line blank.
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7) New CSA List:
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Name of list: csa
Posting address for list: csa AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
csa AT franklin.oit.unc.edu is a mailing list/newsgroup/webforum
for networking among farmers involved in operating a CSA
The listowners are:
Art Biggert
SCook21809 AT aol.com
Ocean Sky Farm
Bainbridge Island, WA
Lawrence London
Venaura Farm
lflondon AT mindspring.com
http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden
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8) Pesticide Action Network Updates:
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To subscribe, send a blank message to
panups-subscribe AT igc.topica.com
To unsubscribe, send a blank message to
panups-unsubscribe AT igc.topica.com
Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA)
49 Powell St., Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA
Phone: (415) 981-1771
Fax: (415) 981-1991
Email: panna AT panna.org
Web: http://www.panna.org
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9) Organic Consumers Association:
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Organic View - An e-mail publication of the Organic
Consumers Association
The Organic Consumers Association is affiliated with the
Bio-Democracy Campaign. To subscribe to Bio-Democracy - a
free e-mail publication on genetic engineering and other
adverse effects of industrial agriculture, go to:
http://www.purefood.org
1-12-00 - Anti-GE Lawsuit Against FDA Has Clinton
Administration Worried -
http://www.purefood.org/ge/antigesuit.cfm
1-7-00 - USDA Claims They'll Issue New Organic Standards in
February - http://www.purefood.org/Organic/usdaFebstds.cfm
12-27-99 - Organic Food Boom: 10% of European Farms Will Be
Organic by 2005 -
http://www.purefood.org/Organic/euroOrg2005.cfm
OCA Staff
Organic Consumers Association / BioDemocracy Campaign
6114 Hwy 61
Little Marais, Mn. 55614
Tel. 218-226-4164
Fax 218-226-4157
Email: info AT organicconsumers.org
http://www.purefood.org
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