permaculture

[Phil Vergamini <phil@inetserv.com>]

Robert-
	Thanks for the information regarding your Financial 
Permaculture event.  I was surprised and disappointed to discover 
that such a large Financial Permaculture event was being held without 
any representation from or information about the Permaculture Credit 
Union (PCU),  (http://www.pcuonline.org).

	The PCU is an invisible structure, a financial structure, 
created to support the permaculture community. It is based on the 
earth care ethics of Permaculture: care of the earth, care of the 
people, and sharing the excess.  The PCU opened its doors in August 
of 2000 and has grown in a sustainable manner with both federal and 
state oversight.  We have been "Transforming Our Financial System ... 
From the Bottom Up" since then.

	The PCU presently has close to $4 million in assets that it 
makes available as loans to its over 1000 members.  It encourages 
earth friendly loans through reduced rates for items like high 
mileage vehicles, student loans, water catchment systems, home energy 
systems, including solar, wind, micro hydro, and energy conservation.

	Recently, we began a cooperative project with the Santa Fe 
Farmers Market Institute, to make small, low interest loans to small 
organic farmers in northern New Mexico.  We could do this for almost 
any farmers market.

	Please announce our existence and contact information to your 
event attendees.  Web site: http://www.pcuonline.org
          Phone:  Toll Free: (866) 954-3479; or (505) 954-3479

        Thanks-

        -Phil Vergamini
         PCU Member, Account #1




> Below is a reminder from the Solari Network of the Financial 
> Permaculture event that starts tomorrow (Friday, Oct 24) and runs 
> through next Tuesday.  If you aren't attending, you can follow the 
> event through the various event blogs, linked below.
>
> Bob Waldrop, www.bobwaldrop.net
> Oklahoma Food Coop, www.oklahomafood.coop
> Barking Frogs Permaculture, www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org
>
> ==============================================
> Transforming Our Financial System ... From the Bottom Up
> ==============================================
>
> The central bankers of the world are planning to meet in Europe to
> redesign the financial system from the top down. From Friday, October
> 24 through Tuesday, October 28, a diverse group of permaculturists,
> entrepreneurs, community leaders, and investment strategists are
> gathering in Hohenwald, Tennessee, to transform the financial system
> from the bottom up, contributing to efforts that are spreading
> virally, creating liquidity and economic health.
>
> =============================================
> Get the Details on the Financial Permaculture Conference
> =============================================
>
> http://www.financialpermaculture.com
> http://solari.com/events/financial-permaculture/
>
> For those of you who will not be joining us in person at the
> conference, we hope you will join us in the blogosphere -- by either
> posting at your blog, commenting at one of ours, referring our blog to
> your network (www.solari.com/blog/), or just enjoying the 
> discussion.  See all http://www.financialpermaculture.org for daily 
> updates and participation.
>
> Here are some recent blog posts to inspire your participation:
>
> Financial Permaculture in Hohenwald - Final Schedule
> http://solari.com/blog/?p=1738
>
> Principles of Financial Permaculture
> http://solari.com/blog/?p=1730
>
> Solari Circles - An Intro for Financial Permaculture Students
> http://solari.com/blog/?p=1718
>
> Can Our Own Communities Serve as Financial Safe Havens in Troubled
> Times?
> http://solari.com/blog/?p=1706
>
> Financial Permaculture - Meet the Finance Team
> http://solari.com/blog/?p=1674
>
> Financial Permaculture - Meet the Food Coop Leaders
> http://solari.com/blog/?p=1717
>
> We Welcome Your Help: Small Business Structures
> http://solari.com/blog/?p=1714
>
> Financial Permaculture - Got a Comment?
> http://solari.com/blog/?p=1734
>
> =====================================
> Join the Solari Prayer Team by Teleconference
> =====================================
>
> I would also like to invite you to join our Solari Prayer Team by
> phone conference line for short periods of group prayer before and
> during the conference itself. We will focus on the goals of the
> conference and the many people who are attending in various
> capacities. The prayer will be led in the Christian tradition, and we
> always invite participants on our prayer calls to take part in a way
> that is true to their own religious or spiritual path and
> understanding.
>
> Here are the details on how to join us:
> http://solari.com/blog/?p=1735
>
> ==========================
> 2008: Live in San Francisco DVD
> ==========================
>
> If you haven't had the opportunity yet, you can watch a video clip of
> our latest DVD, 2008: Live in San Francisco. This live presentation
> highlights material from the Solari Audio seminar: Positioning Your
> Assets for Growth in Uncertain Times.
>
> Watch the video clip:
> http://solari.com/store/audio-seminars/live_in_san_francisco/
>
> -- Catherine Austin Fitts
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--
Phil Vergamini, Santa Fe, NM 
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Subject: [permaculture] Farmer in Chief by Michael Polin
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The New York Times
Farmer in Chief
by Michael Polin
Oct. 9, 2008

It may surprise you to learn that among the issues that will occupy much 
of your time in the coming years is one you barely mentioned during the 
campaign: food. Food policy is not something American presidents have 
had to give much thought to, at least since the Nixon administration — 
the last time high food prices presented a serious political peril. 
Since then, federal policies to promote maximum production of the 
commodity crops (corn, soybeans, wheat and rice) from which most of our 
supermarket foods are derived have succeeded impressively in keeping 
prices low and food more or less off the national political agenda. But 
with a suddenness that has taken us all by surprise, the era of cheap 
and abundant food appears to be drawing to a close. What this means is 
that you, like so many other leaders through history, will find yourself 
confronting the fact — so easy to overlook these past few years — that 
the health of a nation’s food system is a critical issue of national 
security. Food is about to demand your attention.

Read More. 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/magazine/12policy-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&ref=magazine>

Sincerely:

Brent McMillan
Steward of Wood Haven, Avilla, Indiana