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["Claude Genest" <genest@together.net>]

Ava, I'm pretty new to PC. Tell me, how do academics and Ag Schools view
Permaculture? I can't understand why there aren't more people on board. Why
do youy suppose that is?
Does PC have a bad rap? and if so, why?

----- Original Message -----
From: Ava Devenport <essenheal@iname.com>
To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: Lawn Obsession...Ortho products


> On 05/30/00, ""Claude Genest" <genest@together.net>" wrote:
> > Oh Ava !
> >
> > Don't knbow wether to laugh or cry on that one !
> > Cheez, I'd only heard good things about Indiana till now ( my brother
went
> > to Purdue).
> > This lawn business is worse than I thought.
> > Apparently there was an Oprah show recently devoted to the splendors of
a
> > manicured lawn.
> > What madness.
>
>
> Speaking of Purdue!  Home of Dr. Jim Simons and his 'New Crop' program.
> Wonderful ideas regarding sustainable living, new fiber and chemical crops
> for agriculture.  Supposed to help put the American Farmer back on the map
> (other countries have discovered they can grow corn & wheat, also).  The
> only problem with this program is that they take most of the educational
> programs out of the country.  Mint is the only crop education/workshops
> they have available for this state, which has only been producing mint
> since my grandparents can remember!
>
> They do nothing here to help support permaculture, sustainability, etc.
> I've tried getting information, etc. from Dr. Simon and he won't even take
> the time to respond.  I thought that since he was on the board of United
> Plant Savers, which I'm a charter member of, that I might have a little
> pull with them and nothing!  I had to write to other organizations to get
> grants/seeds/roots to help with the Wetland Restoration Program we had
> set-up at one of our local state parks.
>
> I also do agri-research with fiber/chemical crops (latex for green-earth
> building).  I recieve the seeds (untreated) from the Agricultural Research
> arm of the USDA.  Purdue has trial crop research on two of the plants I'm
> working with and they haven't sent copies of the research to me regardless
> of many requests I've made.
>
> > I changed the tilte of this email cause I wanted to share with the group
a
> > little bonus I got from Ortho, manufacturer of nasty chemicals (and some
> > decent books).
> > I noticed a weed identification chart at a gardening store that I felt
would
> > be useful to help me identify all those beneficial "weeds" that I might
want
> > to encourage. (i.e spare rom mowing)
> > Anyway, I went to Ortho's web site and asked for one and ,
lickety-split,
> > it's on it's way !
> > Hee-hee. (I don't why I'm so tickled by this, feel like I'm being
naughty or
> > something..)
>
>
> Good for you!  I love weeds!  They're beautiful, nutritious, beneficial to
> the environment and make lovely gardens.  They don't mind poor soil or
> little water and the less you care for them, the better they grow!  I have
> some recipes for dandelion wine and jelly, but I can't use them because my
> 9-year old eats ALL of the blossoms before I can get to them.  Well, at
> least he has a healthy liver!
>
> Blessings,
> Ava
>
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