From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] (Forwarded Message) Please help us write Coppice Agroforestry!
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:54:13 -0500
(Forwarded Message) Please help us write Coppice Agroforestry!
Please help us write Coppice Agroforestry!
Dave Jacke davej at edibleforestgardens.com
Sat Nov 6 13:49:07 EDT 2010
Sorry for any cross-postings! Please pass this along.
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Hello friends!
We hope this message finds you fulfilled and healthy after a wonderful
summer/autumn. I'm writing because Mark Krawczyk and I have begun
writing what will be, to our knowledge, the first North American manual
on coppice agroforestry, and we have two favors to ask of you.
For those of you who don't know, coppicing is a traditional forest
management practice where deciduous trees get cut during dormancy and
then regrow from the stump. We can later harvest these sprouts to make
crafts, fuel, fodder for livestock, and many other useful products.
Though humans have coppiced for over 6,000 years, no comprehensive
resource exists that describes coppice system design, management, and
establishment for our continent, well-suited North American species and
projected yields, and the economics of coppice systems. It's a big gap
to fill and we're eager to fill it as best we can!
We're already well underway, writing, researching, and building
connections and a portfolio of case studies. Mark will travel to the
west coast and Midwest this December to learn more about how folks have
been using coppice there. Dave has begun combing the literature for any
and all existing research on the subject so we can consolidate what
researchers know. He is also building a database of species and their
coppicing characteristics. We hope to complete our first draft by
winter's end.
The first favor: while we've contacted publishers about this project
(and they are interested), we've elected to self-fund our manuscript
development. We ask you, our friends, colleagues, students and
supporters, to help make it happen by engaging in our Kickstarter
campaign. If you're not familiar with it, this wonderful web-based
service enables folks to financially support creative projects in return
for various creative rewards and a connection to the project’s creative
process. Like Community Supported Agriculture, this Community Supported
Authoring structure helps us maintain our financial viability while we
create a resource the permaculture community needs. Even small
amounts—$5 and $10 offerings—will help us achieve and pass our $5,000
goal so we can travel to interview and photograph practitioners, acquire
resources from overseas, and cover at least some of our living expenses
while we work. Check out the write-up, video, and rewards on our
campaign page at:
The second favor: if you or someone you know already uses coppicing as a
way to produce crafts, biochar, animal fodder, or other products, we
would LOVE to hear about it. Please send the person’s contact
information to both of us at the email addresses above. Also, if you
have or know of any written materials, research papers, or references,
we’d also love to hear about those. You can send references to Dave at
davej at edibleforestgardens.com or at 308 Main St. #2C, Greenfield, MA
01301.
We feel grateful for whatever support you can provide (moral and
otherwise) and will deeply appreciate you passing this email along to
friends, listservs, and networks that may also be interested in helping
support our work. (I guess that makes three favors! Thanks! :-)
With sincere thanks,
Mark and Dave
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Dave Jacke
Dynamics Ecological Design
308 Main St. #2C • Greenfield, MA • 01301
603-831-1298 • davej at edibleforestgardens.com
Visit www.edibleforestgardens.com for information on or to purchase my
award-wining two-volume book, Edible Forest Gardens.