permaculture

[Cory Brennan <cory8570@yahoo.com>]

Urgent Call to Action from Oregon!

Take Action 
In a decision that poses an immediate threat to Oregon’s seed 
growers and organic vegetable producers, the Oregon Department of 
Agriculture (ODA) has fast-tracked the approval of canola production in 
Willamette Valley.

On Friday, August 10, the ODA – in response to the biofuel industry -
 intends to file for a temporary rule to allow the growing of canola, 
including genetically engineered canola, in a previously designated 
protection zone surrounding  Willamette Valley. This decision was made 
after a series of meetings held behind closed doors to allow GM canola 
to be grown in the valley unchecked and with disregard to existing seed 
pinning map isolation guidelines.

Tell ODA to HALT the temporary rulemaking process!

Why is this important? Willamette Valley is the perfect environment 
for growing the specialty seed, brassicas, which includes broccoli, 
cauliflower, arugula, rutabaga, turnip, radish, kale, cabbage, etc. 
Canola is also a brassica but spreads rampantly and cross pollinates 
with a lot of other brassicas, causing contamination and destruction of 
other seed crops.  Oregon State University has conducted research 
proving that canola will cross pollinate with many different crops 
including turnips, broccoli raab, some kales, rutabaga, and possibly 
radish and broccoli.

Willamette Valley is one of the top 5 places in the world for 
growing and supplying specialty seed and maintaining seed diversity. The
 Valley’s seed growers supply seed to companies around the world, 
especially those that grow non-GMO food.

Whether or not you live in Oregon, please contact the ODA and 
Governor Kitzhaber yourself and make your voice heard! This decision 
will have an impact far beyond this one state. And help us spread the 
word!

Remember, we only have until this Friday, August 10th to change this 
decision! 
Take Action
Sign-On.org Petition 
  

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There is a great essay in the New Atlantis entitled: "Shop Class as
Soulcraft" by Matthew B. Crawford, well worth reading online; also
good advice for those interested in making a living
self-employed  in small-scale agriculture:

Shop Class as Soulcraft
Matthew B. Crawford
The New Atlantis � Shop Class as Soulcraft

Editor�s Note: The original essay below, by New Atlantis contributing
editor Matthew B. Crawford, was published in 2006. Mr. Crawford has
expanded the essay into a bestselling book � Shop Class as Soulcraft:
An Inquiry into the Value of Work � published in 2009 by Penguin.

"So what advice should one give to a young person? By all means, go to
college. In fact, approach college in the spirit of craftsmanship,
going deep into liberal arts and sciences. In the summers, learn a
manual trade. You�re likely to be less damaged, and quite possibly
better paid, as an independent tradesman than as a cubicle-dwelling
tender of information systems. To heed such advice would require a
certain contrarian streak, as it entails rejecting a life course
mapped out by others as obligatory and inevitable."