permaculture

[Michael Pilarski <friendsofthetrees@yahoo.com>]

Hi Darren,

I am writing from the Interior region of the Pacific Northwest in the USA. On 
November 4-6, 2011 we are putting on the Inland Northwest Permaculture 
Conference (the first one).

If you happened to be in the US at that time, we would love to have you come 
and talk about keyline and permaculture.  Keyline systems have tremendous 
relevance in some of our ecosystems. We are a low budget affair and can't 
afford to fly you in from Australia, nor would we want to. But on the offhand 
chance you are over here already.

PS, I am also involved in organizing the 2nd Northwest Permaculture 
Confergence in Portland, Oregon, September 16-18.  Maritime Northwest. Ditto 
offer on 
presenting there.  

Permacordially,

Michael Pilarski
Friends of the Trees Society
Inland Northwest Permaculture Conference
Northwest Permaculture Convergence

Calling all permaculturists in
Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, Idaho, western Montana and Southern
Interior British Columbia. This is a vast area with a low population density
overall. The vast majority of people have never heard the word permaculture. 
Of
those few who are conversant with permaculture only a small % of them have
taken a permaculture design course or consider themselves a permaculture
practitioner. If there are 5 million people in the Inland region and 1% know
about permaculture that is 50,000 people. 







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I'm looking for specific information about using pigs and chickens (and/or 
ducks, turkeys, guineas, etc.) for orchard floor management (controlling 
vegetation under trees) and insect control in an organic orchard.  Does 
anyone know of resources or people they could point me toward where I might 
learn more about that?  I read of an organic orchard co-op in Wisconsin where 
they're doing that and I've found and heard brief mentions here and there of 
other instances that are all void of details, but I need some more specific 
"how-to" information about replicating it.  I even read about the U. of MI 
doing research in this field, but I still can't track down any details.

Thanks for any leads,

-Leslie / NE Oklahoma