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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: cheselka AT theriver.com, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Old Tires was Application Rates for Poor Soil
  • Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 10:08:24 -0500

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:02:40 -0500, you wrote:

>
>It's an interesting project for many reasons. Maybe what I should do is
>see if someone at the local university might be interested in studying it
>with me. Perhaps if we get someone to take some measurements over a coupla
>years and see what's going on, we can have a better idea about if this
>method is acceptable to those of us (me included) who want to keep toxins
>out of our veggies.
>

You might want to contact the Noble Foundation:

http://www.noble.org

They seem particularly interested in using tires as lumber
for raised beds, and they do issue grants. They might be
interested in this project.

Pat
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