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[Linda Ray <lindaray@att.net>]

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From: Pesticide Action Network North America <subscribe@panna.org>
Subject: What if you could say anything to Monsanto & co.?







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We want off the toxic treadmill




 
What's your message for Monsanto & co.?

Tell us how you’ve been impacted by pesticides. We’ll deliver to the Big 6. 


Dear Supporter,

World Food Day is this Sunday. It’s a day for renewing our commitment to end 
the root causes of hunger. Here at PAN, we’ve honored this day for decades 
both in spirit and in daily practice with our work – always with your help.

As you know, pesticide-dependent agriculture, and the corporate-controlled 
food system that goes with it, are key drivers of world hunger. It's time to 
confront this fact. 
We want off the toxic treadmill» This year, nearly a billion people are 
hungry around the world, and 20% of people in the richest country on earth 
are on food stamps. Meanwhile, the handful of corporations who control the 
global food supply are awash in profits. We think it’s time that those 
corporations understand the human costs of a broken food system. 
For decades the world has been trapped on a toxic treadmill by a pesticide 
industry peddling an unsustainable system of agriculture. Join us in telling 
them that we want off this ride. 
Here's the plan» You tell your story in a picture, we’ll deliver it to 
Monsanto, Syngenta, Bayer, Dow, DuPont and BASF – the “Big 6” 
pesticide/biotech corporations who control the world market. If you could say 
anything to Monsanto or Bayer, what would it be? 
Farmers who’ve lost their land, communities who’ve lost their farms, all of 
us whose health has been compromised. Beekeepers who are losing their 
livelihoods, farmworkers doing dangerous work for sub-poverty wages, families 
who have lost loved ones too soon to cancer, or a father to Parkinson’s 
Disease. Children doing daily battle with a learning or developmental 
disability, and the families who support them … there are so many ways the 
toxic treadmill of a chemically dependent food system has resulted in real, 
human loss. Help us make these impacts visible to the people who run the Big 
6 pesticide corporations. 
The message is simple: 
Hey Big 6: I am a [farmer/farmworker/food lover/beekeeper/mom/dad/student 
etc.], and I want off your toxic treadmill. [add your story: how pesticides 
have affected you, and/or why you care about safe, fair food]. We want our 
food system back!

We need your story to make this work. It’s easy to do and incredibly 
powerful. You make the message, upload it and we’ll deliver it. You can do it 
with any digital camera – or snail mail or email us and we'll upload it for 
you. No camera? Upload just your words instead.  
With thanks for whatever you do to address the root causes of hunger … and 
hopes that this World Food Day, we can be a part of it.

Pesticide Action Network North America 49 Powell St., Suite 500, San 
Francisco, CA 94102 USA
Phone: (415) 981-1771 Fax: (415) 981-1991 Email: panna@panna.org 
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Large or small, our landscape is filled with possibilities. Locked in your
property may be the means to sustain an abundant lifestyle for growing your
food, collecting fresh rain water for drinking, and reducing your dependence
on purchased resources. This series will unlock the ecological capital that
abounds within your yard, fields, or the neighborhood that surrounds you. It
will give you the skills  and foresight needed to assess, concept and design
your property into a perpetual harvest garden and low input living system.�
Learn ecological landscape design language and technique while using the
permaculture  design process to create a ecologically balanced residence and
abundant lifestyle. Small  intensive design classes are limited to 12
tables. Register early.� Classes will be held� at SouthWoods in Prior Lake,
MN. See details below. Any class can be taken individually, however the
Urban Design series is a progressive learning format building from all
sessions. 

The Urban Design Series will culminate with each participant completing a
personal homestead design ready for implementation.�


Instructor: Daniel Halsey, designer and teacher of�
SouthWoods Center for Permaculture Design
Biography:� <http://www.pricoldclimate.org/dan_halsey_bio>
� 
Schedule� Classes 1- 4 are 3 hour lecture and practice sessions with
extensive homework assignments (4-5 hrs)
���������������� Class 5 is a final design workshop finishing the concepts
with plants, materials, and final critique.
� Free Pre-Series Evening Event. Ecological Design: Natures Beauty and
Abundance.
Day 1�� Urban Design I: Base Plan and Residential Site Assessment� (UD1)����
Day 2 � Urban Design II: Permaculture Concepts for the Urban Homestead
(UD2)�  Day 3�� Urban Design III: The Design Progression� (UD3)��
 Day 4 � Urban Design IV: Draft Design Workshop - Spaces, Plants and
Abundance (UD4)
Day 5 � Urban Design V: Final Design and Supervised Work Session (UD5)�

Call SouthWoods with questions.� 612-720-5001�� Space is limited,
non-refundable payment reserves seat in sessions.)

�

Homestead Design 1: Base Plan and Residential Site Assessment (UD1)
Overview- Paper Language, Bubble Maps, Concept, Draft, Final Draft, Final
Design 
Assignment - Homestead Base Mapping Measurements Demonstration: Site
Assessment and Base Mapping�

Homestead Design 2: Permaculture Concepts for the Homestead (UD2)
Classroom Pencil Practice: Tools, Landscape Symbols, Complete Your Base Map,
and using Bum Wad. Assignment - Finish base map and start bubble maps.
Demonstration: Access, Water Works, & Homestead Resources

�
Homestead Design 3: The Design Progression - Hardscapes, Uses, Access, Plant
Patches (UD3)
Classroom Pencil Practice: Refining the concepts, allowing natures energy
flow to enhance soil fertility and� - Transfer bubble concepts to draft
Design.� Demonstration: Systems Thinking and Design


Homestead Design 4: Draft Design Workshop Spaces, Plants and Abundance (UD4)
Style Demo, Practice and Supervised Work Session. Determining plant size and
placement, polycultures, ecological functions and seasonal access.
Assignment - Complete draft design Demonstration: Polyculture Design,
Ecological Facilitation, Resource Partitioning


Homestead Design 5: Final Design Process and Supervised Work Session (UD5)
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The final steps to a sustainable design: Plant Selection, Ground Covers,
Material Calculations, Implementation Notes and Logistics Demonstration:
Plant Database Queries and Internet Resources Urban Design student materials
list is provided below; some items will  need to be  purchased at a
specialty art or office supply store. Design kits may be  rented during the
course. 


Materials List T-square 36�, Drafting tape,� Triangles: 45-90 degree & 30-60
degree,� Scissors Compass, Drafting pencils � HB, B, 2H, 4H,� 8   Scale
Ruler,  Large and Small circle templates, Tube for carrying drawings,
8-scale graph paper; sheet size 24� x 36� (approx. 4 sheets), 24'x36' vellum
paper , -2 sheets Bum wad paper, Glue stick or double-stick tape, Eraser,
Black ink pens � minimum of 3 tips: narrow, medium, bold� (This is included
in the rental fee).

When:� Five consecutive Saturday morning sessions � � � � ��
Where: SouthWoods Forest Gardens, 17766 Langford Blvd, Prior Lake, MN 55372
��������������������������

 Limited tables so design classes are limited to 12 people.

Cost: Homestead Design Series (UD1-5)   per person per table.� (Equip.
rental $40.00)