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[John Fritz <johnfritz77@yahoo.com>]

I've sent our request to the Mother Earth News (MEN) for an update on their 
March/April 1980 article on the work of Jean Pain and his forest thicket 
compost methods, and received a reply (see below).  I had originally planned 
to also send a snail mail letter duplicate, but Cheryl Long's quick reply via 
email is satisfactory for now.  Anything more from us at this time would 
probably be counter-productive.
   
  John Fritz, NW Arkansas.
   
   
   
          Subject:  RE: Suggestion for MEN article    Date:  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 
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Thanks for your suggestion, John.  I’ve read the Permaculture article and we 
will see if we can do an update article.  I have also sent a note to the Jean 
Pain Web site asking about the broken link.  It appears that they are selling
 chipping equipment.
   
      
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  From: John Fritz [mailto:johnfritz77@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2007 5:10 PM
To: Cheryl Long
Subject: Suggestion for MEN article

   
    Dear Cheryl,

     

      A number of participants in a Permaculture yahoogroup that I belong to, 
would like to see a MEN update to its' March/April 1980 article about the 
work of Jean Pain.  We feel that widespread knowledge about Jean Pain's 
forest thicket compost methods would help advance rural economies; support 
the healing of our forests; increase the productivity of our gardens; and 
empower rural self-reliance by providing local, inexpensive fuel (methane 
gas)for space heating, water, and cooking.

     

      We encourage MEN to publish an update to it's March/April 1980 story, 
especially concerning details that would enable easy replication of Pain's 
methods and how this could offset dwindling natural gas supplies for rural 
homesteads. The following are the email addresses of the Permaculture 
yahoogroup members (including myself) who would like to see such an update by 
MEN: 
     

    John Fritz @ JohnFritz77@yahoo.com

     

    Tom Golodik @ t.golodik@verizon.net>

     

    Joe @ coldestsnow@aol.com

Larry Saltzman @ lbsaltzman@aol.com  

     

    Tracy Dee Cook @ tracydeecook@yahoo.com

     

    Jenny Nazak @ jnazak@yahoo.com 

     

     Each member has given me permission to send their email address to MEN 
in this context.


     

     Please see the link below to an article in the Permaculture Activist 
about Pain's work.  Hopefully MEN's researchers could expand on the article 
and provide the "nuts and bolts" of implementing a forest thicket compost 
system for Another Kind of Energy.  Thank you for taking the time to read my 
email.

     

      Sincerely, John Fritz.

     

    Another Kind of Energy
by Peter Bane

Copyright Nov. 2000, Permaculture Activist magazine.



Let's look at Jean Pain's methods and try to assess what sort of legacy 
he has left us as we enter the 21st century.

The rest of the story:
http://www.permacultureactivist.net/PeterBane/Jean_Pain.html

     

    P.S. Also, check out: http://www.jean-pain.com/  , though the link for 
English is not working. Perhaps MEN could use it's influence to get the 
English link working?

    




   

 
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