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: Re: need suggestions for keynote speakers
: Re[2]: need suggestions for keynote speakers
: Re: Amish, sustainability, low input, and marketing
: PANUPS: Suicide Seeds on the Fast Track
: Re: Snack food crisis
: FW: Marketing Sustainable Agriculture
: Alarming Trends
: RE: need suggestions for keynote speakers
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: Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 13:33:41 -1000
: From: "Richard L. Bowen" <rbowen@hawaii.edu>
: Subject: Re: need suggestions for keynote speakers
:
: Joel Salatin received a standing ovation from the 300+ attendees at the
: recent SARE 2000 conference in Portland
:
:
: >> Who are the three best keynote speakers you have ever heard?
: >>
: >> 1.Joan Dye Gussow
: >>
: >> 2.Sheila Daar
: >>
: >> 3.Elain Ingham
: >>
: >> We need to find keynote speakers for our upcoming Future of our Food
and
: >> Farms Summit--and are looking for ideas! Some background on the Summit
is
: >> below.
: >>
: >> Thanks for your help!
: >>
: >> Maria van Hekken
: >> RISA
: >> Farmers' Market Trust
: >> 610-432-4884
: >> 610-439-2848 fax
: >> ____________________
: >> THE FUTURE OF OUR FOOD AND FARMS 2000
: >> A Regional Summit to Promote Agriculture,
: >> Learn about Trends in Food Distribution
: >> and Find Ways to Reduce Hunger
: >>
: >> The Future of our Food and Farms Summit will be held on November 30 and
: >> Decemmber 1, 2000 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Summit aims to
: >> increase knowledge of the food system in the Delaware Valley Region;
improve
: >> community food security; increase opportunities for networking among
leaders,
: >> professionals, and youth; and encourage collaboration among diverse
people
: >> working to strengthen the food system so that it serves all.
: >>
: >> Creating Connections: Encouraging Collaboration in the Delaware Valley
Food
: >> System
: >> The theme for 2000 is "Creating Connections". Targeted audiences
include:
: >> farmers, including minority and sustainable farmers, policy-makers,
youth,
: >> educators, emergency food providers, faith-based community
representatives,
: >> urban farmers, educators, environmentalists, agribusiness
representatives,
: >> food wholesalers and retailers, government officials, media
representatives,
: >> community gardeners, nutritionists, extension agents, food safety
: >> researchers, chefs, and others interested in the region's food system.
: >>
: >> The 2000 Summit will focus on community food security and have four
major
: >> subject areas-food, farming, hunger and youth. The youth sessions will
focus
: >> on youth involvement in food, farming and hunger; and will be held in a
: >> half-day session on Thursday, November 30. A three-hour Symposium
Session
: >> may also be held on the morning of Friday, December 1 to allow in-depth
: >> examination of a specific food system issue. Multiple opportunities
will be
: >> provided for participants to dialogue and network across particular
areas of
: >> concern.
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: Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:13:38 EST
: From: "John Henning, Eco-Echo, McGill U., Montreal, Ca"
<INF3@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA>
: Subject: Re[2]: need suggestions for keynote speakers
:
: the suggestions of John Ikerd and Joel are just great ... would
: add to them ... Fred Kirshenmann craffensperger@compuserve.com
: and a Canadian
: Rod MacRae ..rmacrae@ican.net
:
: ... at the 2000 Guelph organic confernce Elliot Coleman (Maine)
: provided a wonderful presentation of how a relatively small scale
: organic farmer can make a go of it in the relatively cold north.. he
: also has a dry New England wit that reminded me very much of Bob
: Newhart .... he was my diversion during the years of trying to
: get through graduate school ... jh
:
:
: >Joel Salatin received a standing ovation from the 300+ attendees at the
: >recent SARE 2000 conference in Portland
: >
: >
: >>> Who are the three best keynote speakers you have ever heard?
: >>>=20
: >>> 1.
: >>>=20
: >>> 2.
: >>>=20
: >>> 3.
: >>>=20
: >>> We need to find keynote speakers for our upcoming Future of our Food
a=
: >nd
: >>> Farms Summit--and are looking for ideas! Some background on the
Summi=
: >t is
: >>> below.
: >>>=20
: >>> Thanks for your help!
: >>>=20
: >>> Maria van Hekken
: >>> RISA
: >>> Farmers' Market Trust
: >>> 610-432-4884
: >>> 610-439-2848 fax
: >>> ____________________
: >>> THE FUTURE OF OUR FOOD AND FARMS 2000
: >>> A Regional Summit to Promote Agriculture,
: >>> Learn about Trends in Food Distribution
: >>> and Find Ways to Reduce Hunger
: >>>=20
: >>> The Future of our Food and Farms Summit will be held on November 30
an=
: >d
: >>> Decemmber 1, 2000 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Summit aims to
: >>> increase knowledge of the food system in the Delaware Valley Region;
i=
: >mprove
: >>> community food security; increase opportunities for networking among
l=
: >eaders,
: >>> professionals, and youth; and encourage collaboration among diverse
pe=
: >ople
: >>> working to strengthen the food system so that it serves all.
: >>>=20
: >>> Creating Connections: Encouraging Collaboration in the Delaware
Valley=
: > Food
: >>> System
: >>> The theme for 2000 is "Creating Connections". Targeted audiences
incl=
: >ude:
: >>> farmers, including minority and sustainable farmers, policy-makers,
yo=
: >uth,
: >>> educators, emergency food providers, faith-based community
representat=
: >ives,
: >>> urban farmers, educators, environmentalists, agribusiness
representati=
: >ves,
: >>> food wholesalers and retailers, government officials, media
representa=
: >tives,
: >>> community gardeners, nutritionists, extension agents, food safety
: >>> researchers, chefs, and others interested in the region's food system.
: >>>=20
: >>> The 2000 Summit will focus on community food security and have four
ma=
: >jor
: >>> subject areas=97food, farming, hunger and youth. The youth sessions
wi=
: >ll focus
: >>> on youth involvement in food, farming and hunger; and will be held in
=
: >a
: >>> half-day session on Thursday, November 30. A three-hour Symposium
Ses=
: >sion
: >>> may also be held on the morning of Friday, December 1 to allow
in-dept=
: >h
: >>> examination of a specific food system issue. Multiple opportunities
w=
: >ill be
: >>> provided for participants to dialogue and network across particular
ar=
: >eas of
: >>> concern.
: >>>=20
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: >Dr. Richard L. Bowen
: >Professor and Specialist in Sustainable Agriculture and Public Policy
: >Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM)
: >University of Hawaii at Manoa
: >Honolulu, HI 96822
: >808-956-8419 office
: >808-956-6539 fax
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: Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:55:44 -0500
: From: Steve Groff <sgroff@epix.net>
: Subject: Re: Amish, sustainability, low input, and marketing
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: Greg & Lei Gunthorp wrote:
:
: > Do you think the adaptation of rotational grazing and seasonal
: > dairying by the amish is because of the philosophy of grass production
: > being better for the environment or is it because they have a
: > disadvantage because they aren't able to use as much mechanization.
: > There are a lot of SGD in our area now too. I think it just plain
: > makes more sense when most things they have to do is by hand to not
: > make the hay in the first place or haul the manure after its fed.Best
: > wishes,Greg --
:
: I would say all of the above and add profit. it seems that grazers are
: about the only ones making money now. Grazing does really benefit the
: Amish from the mechanical standpoint. I know of one amishman who sold
: his mules becasue he didn't need them anymore! Another interesting
: developement is that a new dairy value added processing facility is
: about to open in our area. out of all the farmers contacted it was the
: Amish who had the most interest and now consist of the majority of the
: producers for it.
:
: Steve Groff
:
: "Enhancing the Environment" http://www.cedarmeadowfarm.com/
: Cedar Meadow Farm
: 679 Hilldale Road
: Holtwood, PA 17532 USA
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: <p>Greg & Lei Gunthorp wrote:
: <blockquote TYPE=CITE> <font color="#000000"><font size=-1>Do you
: think the adaptation of rotational grazing and seasonal dairying by the
: amish is because of the philosophy of grass production being better for
: the environment or is it because they have a disadvantage because they
: aren't able to use as much mechanization. There are a lot of SGD
: in our area now too. I think it just plain makes more sense when
: most things they have to do is by hand to not make the hay in the first
: place or haul the manure after its fed.</font></font><font size=-1>Best
: wishes,</font><font size=-1>Greg </font>--</blockquote>
: I would say all of the above and add profit. it seems that grazers are
: about the only ones making money now. Grazing does really benefit the
Amish
: from the mechanical standpoint. I know of one amishman who sold his mules
: becasue he didn't need them anymore! Another interesting developement is
: that a new dairy value added processing facility is about to open in our
: area. out of all the farmers contacted it was the Amish who had the most
: interest and now consist of the majority of the producers for it.
: <p>Steve Groff
: <p>"Enhancing the
Environment"
: <A
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: <br>Cedar Meadow Farm
: <br>679 Hilldale Road
: <br>Holtwood, PA 17532 USA
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: Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:56:42 -0800
: From: PANUPS <panupdates@panna.org>
: Subject: PANUPS: Suicide Seeds on the Fast Track
:
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: P A N U P S
: Pesticide Action Network Updates Service
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: Suicide Seeds on the Fast Track
:
: March 24, 2000
:
: "We've continued right on with work on the Technology Protection System
: [Terminator]. We never really slowed down. We're on target, moving ahead
to
: commercialize it. We never really backed off."--Harry Collins, Delta &
Pine
: Land Seed Co., January, 2000
:
: A report released by the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)
: reveals that Terminator and Traitor technology are riding a fast track to
: commercialization. Terminator technology, the genetic engineering of
plants
: to produce sterile seeds, is universally considered the most morally
: offensive application of agricultural biotechnology, since over 1.4
billion
: people depend on farm-saved seeds. Traitor technology, also known as
genetic
: use restriction technology (GURTs), refers to the use of an external
: chemical to switch on or off a plant's genetic traits.
:
: "After Monsanto and AstraZeneca publicly vowed not to commercialize
: terminator seeds in 1999, governments and civil society organizations were
: lulled into thinking that the crisis had passed. Nothing could be further
: from the truth," said RAFI's Executive Director Pat Mooney. "Despite
: mounting opposition from national governments and United Nations'
agencies,
: research on Terminator and Traitor (genetic trait control) is moving full
: speed ahead."
:
: According to RAFI, Delta & Pine Land, the world's largest cotton seed
: company is moving aggressively to commercialize Terminator. And despite
: massive protests, the U.S. Department of Agriculture supports and defends
: its anti-farmer patent and research on suicide seeds. Last year,
AstraZeneca
: conducted field trials on genetic trait control technology (Traitor
: technology) in the UK. According to industry sources, it is not the first
: company to conduct field tests of this kind.
:
: RAFI's report concludes that corporate commitments to disavow Terminator
are
: virtually meaningless in light of the pace of corporate takeovers.
Monsanto
: and AstraZeneca have each merged with other companies since they pledged
not
: to commercialize suicide seeds.
:
: * On December 2, 1999 Novartis and AstraZeneca announced they would
spin-off
: and merge their agrochemical and seed divisions to create the world's
: biggest agribusiness corporation -- to be named "Syngenta."
:
: * On December 19, 1999 Monsanto announced that it will merge with drug
: industry giant Pharmacia & Upjohn to create a new company, named
Pharmacia,
: with combined annual sales of $17 billion.
:
: The Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization
: (FAO) Jacques Diouf recently declared his opposition to Terminator. In
: publicly rejecting Terminator, FAO's Diouf has come to the defense of the
: 1.4 billion people who depend upon farm-saved seed for their survival.
:
: Among the national governments that have announced their intention to
oppose
: Terminator technology are Panama, India, Ghana, and Uganda. India, one of
: the first governments to publicly reject Terminator, explicitly prohibits
: Terminator genes in a draft bill now before the Indian Parliament.
Ghanaian
: Minister of Environment, Cletus Avoka, says that his government will not
: tolerate the use of Terminator technology. Panama's Minister of
Agriculture
: and Fisheries writes that his government "will adopt measures to prohibit
: the specific patents as well as the technology in general." Ugandan
: officials have said that their government is discussing measures to outlaw
: Terminator at the highest levels of government.
:
: Terminator and Traitor technologies are not limited to a single patent,
nor
: is the research confined to one or two companies. Delta & Pine Land is
: currently the high-profile crusader for Terminator, but the goal of
genetic
: trait control is industry-wide. According to RAFI, over 30 patents are
: collectively held by the multinational agrochemical firms that dominate
the
: field of biotechnology.
:
: According to RAFI, the future of Terminator/Traitor Technology rests with
: national governments and multinational corporations. The pressure points
for
: political action are, first and foremost, with national governments around
: the world. Second, pressure should be applied at key international fora
such
: as through the BioSafety Protocol at the Convention on Biological
Diversity,
: and intellectual property negotiations at the World Trade Organization.
:
: Entitled "Suicide Seeds on the Fast Track," the new RAFI Communiqué is
: available on RAFI's Web site http://www.rafi.org.
:
: Source/contact: RAFI International Office, 110 Osborne Street, Suite 202,
: Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3L 1Y5 Canada; phone (204) 453-5259; fax (204)
: 925-8034; email rafi@rafi.org.
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: Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 10:14:07 +0200
: From: "Klaus Wiegand" <WIEGAND@lufa-sp.vdlufa.de>
: Subject: Re: Snack food crisis
:
: hello michelle,
:
: >Hope you all in the Eastern Seaboard foodsheds are surviving this
: >Horrendous Food Shortage.
: >
: >`Ready to kill' --
: >labor dispute sparks Twinkie shortage
: >MARTIN FINUCANE, Associated Press Writer
:
:
: ready to kill ? now that's EXACTLY the right heading
: for any article on twinkies.
:
: why ?
:
:
: In the 1970s, Dan White was given a light sentence
: for murdering the mayor of San Francisco because
: his mind was addled from too much junk food, the
: infamous "Twinkie Defense"
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: Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 05:09:09 -0500
: From: "Harris, Craig" <Craig.Harris@ssc.msu.edu>
: Subject: FW: Marketing Sustainable Agriculture
:
: of interest to sanet'ers
: cheers,
: craig
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: Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 08:23:40 -0500
: From: BILL DUESING <71042.2023@compuserve.com>
: Subject: Alarming Trends
:
: Living on the Earth, March 24, 2000: Alarming Trends
:
: The recently-released results from two scientific studies jolted even me-
a
: firm believer in human-induced global climate change. In one study,
: Worldwatch Institute compiled reports on glaciers and ice caps from around
: the world. They found that "The Earth's ice cover is melting in more
: places and at higher rates than at any time since record keeping began."
: In the other study, the National Climatic Data Center found that in the
: final quarter of the 20th century, the Earth was warming up at a
previously
: unexpected rate. As reported in <I>The Los Angeles Times, </I>this
: analysis "indicates Earth's climate is warming at an unprecedented rate,
: suggesting that the future impact of global warming may be more severe and
: sudden than predicted." In fact, given the series of 16 consecutive,
: record-warm months in 1997 and 1998, scientists think the rate of
: temperature rise may now be double what it was formerly believed to be.
:
: Although fossil-fuel industry skeptics will cast doubt on these
temperature
: figures, and even on the notion of global warming itself, it is hard to
: argue with the widespread melting of ice, much of which has existed as
: frozen water for thousands of years. At the North and South Poles, and on
: every continent, ice is melting far faster than expected. In many areas,
: one-quarter to one-half of the glaciers' mass has disappeared in just the
: last 150 years. The acceleration of melting above historical averages is
: really worrisome. For example, the Quelccaya Ice Cap in Peru is
retreating
: at ten times its rate just ten years ago.
:
: Because ice reflects the sun's light and heat, while open water or land
: absorbs them, this melting may increase the Earth's temperature even more,
: leading to further melting. Of course, melting glaciers raise the level
of
: the sea. Already, the ocean has risen 4-to-10 inches because of melting
ice
: and increased temperature. If Antarctic ice continues to melt, it alone
: could raise sea levels between six and 70 meters. A 10-meter rise would
: flood the homes of one-quarter of the US population, making many of my
: listening audience homeless.
:
: If we pay attention, the evidence is there. Unfortunately, the
fossil-fuel
: industry, like the tobacco industry for much of this century, tries to
: obscure the connection between its products and these serious problems.
: Yet, even if humans are not the cause of these serious changes on the
: Earth, prudence should dictate that we use our ingenuity to figure out how
: to cope with them.
:
: In the end, it won't matter if we are flooded as a result of our
gluttonous
: use of fossil fuels or by natural long-term changes in the climate.
: Already hundreds of millions of people who live in Central America,
: Bangladesh, Mozambique and North Carolina have experienced the horrors of
: unusually severe storms which became tragic disasters because of
: deforestation, human settlement patterns and industrial-scale hog and
: chicken farms. This country produces about one quarter of the world's
: greenhouse gases and we're determined, it seems, to keep it up.
:
: If there ever was a time and place to simplify our lives and learn how to
: satisfy our needs close to home it is here and now. What can we do? We
: can use less fossil-fuel energy and take advantage of solar energy. We
can
: drive less, walk more and live in smaller houses which take advantage of
: the sun's non-polluting power. And, we can get serious about eating more
: from our gardens.
:
: Spring began last Monday. Let's use this season's warming sun and
: sprouting plants to show us the way to a more benign relationship with the
: Earth. This way should decrease the rate of global climate change and
make
: us less vulnerable to its ravages.
:
: This spring, we've got out work cut out for us.
:
: This is Bill Duesing, Living on the Earth
: (C)2000, Bill Duesing, Solar Farm Education, Box 135, Stevenson, CT 06491
:
:
: Bill and Suzanne Duesing operate the Old Solar Farm (raising NOFA/CT
: certified organic vegetables) and Solar Farm Education (working on urban
: agriculture projects in southern Connecticut and producing "Living on the
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: Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 07:51:18 -0600
: From: "Kelly, Debi" <KellyD@umsystem.edu>
: Subject: RE: need suggestions for keynote speakers
:
: I agree with Kevin on this - John Ikerd. If you want someone with passion
: in his presentation and who will get the emotion flowing in the audience
and
: get them all revved up for the conference, John is your man. debi kelly,
: MAC
:
: - -----Original Message-----
: From: Webb, Kevin [mailto:WebbK@missouri.edu]
: Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 4:09 PM
: To: 'MariavHM@aol.com'; sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
: Subject: RE: need suggestions for keynote speakers
:
:
: John Ikerd
: Bill and/or Judy Heffernan
:
: Kevin Webb
: Food Circles Networking Project
: Department of Rural Sociology
: University of Missouri-Columbia
: 105 Sociology
: Columbia, MO 65211
: (573) 882-3776
: [573] 882=1473 (fax)
: webbk@missouri.edu
: On the web at: http://www.foodcircles.missouri.edu
:
:
: - -----Original Message-----
: From: MariavHM@aol.com [mailto:MariavHM@aol.com]
: Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 3:21 PM
: To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
: Subject: need suggestions for keynote speakers
:
:
: Who are the three best keynote speakers you have ever heard?
:
: 1.
:
: 2.
:
: 3.
:
: We need to find keynote speakers for our upcoming Future of our Food and
: Farms Summit--and are looking for ideas! Some background on the Summit is
: below.
:
: Thanks for your help!
:
: Maria van Hekken
: RISA
: Farmers' Market Trust
: 610-432-4884
: 610-439-2848 fax
: ____________________
: THE FUTURE OF OUR FOOD AND FARMS 2000
: A Regional Summit to Promote Agriculture,
: Learn about Trends in Food Distribution
: and Find Ways to Reduce Hunger
:
: The Future of our Food and Farms Summit will be held on November 30 and
: Decemmber 1, 2000 near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Summit aims to
: increase knowledge of the food system in the Delaware Valley Region;
improve
:
: community food security; increase opportunities for networking among
: leaders,
: professionals, and youth; and encourage collaboration among diverse people
: working to strengthen the food system so that it serves all.
:
: Creating Connections: Encouraging Collaboration in the Delaware Valley
Food
: System
: The theme for 2000 is "Creating Connections". Targeted audiences include:
: farmers, including minority and sustainable farmers, policy-makers, youth,
: educators, emergency food providers, faith-based community
representatives,
: urban farmers, educators, environmentalists, agribusiness representatives,
: food wholesalers and retailers, government officials, media
representatives,
:
: community gardeners, nutritionists, extension agents, food safety
: researchers, chefs, and others interested in the region's food system.
:
: The 2000 Summit will focus on community food security and have four major
: subject areas-food, farming, hunger and youth. The youth sessions will
focus
:
: on youth involvement in food, farming and hunger; and will be held in a
: half-day session on Thursday, November 30. A three-hour Symposium Session
: may also be held on the morning of Friday, December 1 to allow in-depth
: examination of a specific food system issue. Multiple opportunities will
be
:
: provided for participants to dialogue and network across particular areas
of
:
: concern.
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