Re: [Biofuel] Support Your Local Grower (ie Food...or otherwise?:))
A Classic Doco Well worth the watch doug swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Trailer for the movie coming out this summer The Real Dirt on Farmer John http://youtube.com/watch?v=sqP1SC5Tr7U I want to see it! doug swanson frantz DESPREZ wrote: Keith Addison a e'crit : No downside. We have a wwebpage on CSAs: http://journeytoforever.org/farm_csa.html Community-supported farms known as AMAP in France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_pour_le_maintien_d'une_agriculture_paysanne Needs some updating - actually it didn't start in Japan, it started in Switzerland. (And some of the links are broken.) Wikipedia says it started mid 60's in Japan, called Teikei frantz ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All generalizations are false. Including this one. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email is constructed entirely with OpenSource Software. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ - How would you spend $50,000 to create a more sustainable environment in Australia? Go to Yahoo!7 Answers and share your idea.___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] Support Your Local Grower (ie Food...or otherwise?:))
Not meant to scare anyone, but to emphasize support of local, organic growers. To quote from the article, A more decentralized food system that supports local production and consumption would greatly limit the impact of broad-scale contamination. Hope this helps you meet your local grower! Mike http://www.minutemanmedia.org/HARKNESS%20053007.htm WORD COUNT 652 MAY 30, 2007 FIXING OUR BROKEN FOOD SYSTEM - by Jim Harkness The recent discovery of an industrial chemical in animal feed and pet food imported from China has added to the mounting criticism of U.S. food safety agencies. But this case represents much more than simply governmental incompetence. It exposes the inherent weaknesses of an industrial global food system designed to benefit multinational agribusiness companies at the expense of public health. Last year, the United States imported about $10 billion more in food, feed and beverages than it exported. Imports came from 175 different countries and represented a 60 percent jump over the last decade. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspectors were simply overwhelmed. They were only able to examine physically 1.3 percent of food imports last year, about three-quarters of the already minute portion examined in 2003. Our food system's increasing dependence on imports is no accident. Import dependency is a defining characteristic of an industrial food model driven by U.S. farm and trade policies over the last half century on behalf of agribusiness. U.S. farm policy has encouraged the mass production of only a few cheap crops largely used as food ingredients, animal feed and exports. U.S. trade policy has aggressively pushed for the removal of trade barriers paving the way for the global food trade. Missing from this industrial model is a national priority to produce healthy food to feed Americans. For example, most rural Midwest supermarkets, surrounded by farms, import nearly all their food from elsewhere in the country and around the world. Taken to an extreme, some chicken grown in the United States actually is sent to China to be processed and then re-exported back the United States! We have built a system of production and trade that treats food the same as computer parts. Cracks in this system manifest themselves in different ways, including the loss of family farms in the United States and worldwide, declining soil and water quality, and a rise in food-related health problems including obesity. But food safety dangers get most of the headlines, because these can be quickly fatal. The tainted animal feed case is a stark example of these vulnerabilities. Feed contamination in China found its way to the United States food supply through hogs in at least six states and at least 2.5 million chickens. Within the United States, food contamination incidents on one farm or processing plant have hit large parts of the country. E. coli-tainted spinach from a California farm affected people coast to coast, killing three and sickening nearly 200. Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter from a Georgia ConAgra plant sickened at least 329 people in 41 states. These breakdowns were accidental, but what about intentional contamination of food? As Tommy Thompson, former director of the Department of Health and Human Services, said in 2004, I cannot understand why the terrorists have not attacked our food supply because it is so easy to do. In the near term, we must boost the number of food safety inspectors, employ cutting-edge inspection technology, and strengthen oversight to rely less on industry self-regulation. But systemic changes are just as badly needed. A more decentralized food system that supports local production and consumption would greatly limit the impact of broad-scale contamination. Quite simply, we should set policy priorities to produce more of our own food, both nationally and regionally. Consumers already endorse this approach. Locally grown products can be found on more and more store shelves. The number of farmers' markets around the country has skyrocketed. And many mainstream supermarkets are taking steps on their own to give consumers more information about where their food comes from. Congress is writing a new Farm Bill. It's an opportunity to accelerate the transition toward a more locally based food system by funding greater crop diversification, incentives for local purchasing in schools and other government institutions, and full implementation of country of origin labeling in 2008. It's time to put the public's interest ahead of agribusiness in setting our nation's food policy. -- Jim Harkness is the president of the Institute for
Re: [Biofuel] Support Your Local Grower (ie Food...or otherwise?:))
MK DuPree wrote: Not meant to scare anyone, but to emphasize support of local, organic growers. Here in the US, (and probably Western Europe and Japan) this is easier than a lot of folks know. Here's a good place to start (for US folks); http://www.localharvest.org/ In short, join up and buy shares in your local CSA. This trend is strong and growing, and I just can't find a downside. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Support Your Local Grower (ie Food...or otherwise?:))
MK DuPree wrote: Not meant to scare anyone, but to emphasize support of local, organic growers. Here in the US, (and probably Western Europe and Japan) this is easier than a lot of folks know. Here's a good place to start (for US folks); http://www.localharvest.org/ In short, join up and buy shares in your local CSA. This trend is strong and growing, and I just can't find a downside. No downside. We have a wwebpage on CSAs: http://journeytoforever.org/farm_csa.html Community-supported farms Needs some updating - actually it didn't start in Japan, it started in Switzerland. (And some of the links are broken.) Best Keith ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Support Your Local Grower (ie Food...or otherwise?:))
Keith Addison a e'crit : No downside. We have a wwebpage on CSAs: http://journeytoforever.org/farm_csa.html Community-supported farms known as AMAP in France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_pour_le_maintien_d'une_agriculture_paysanne Needs some updating - actually it didn't start in Japan, it started in Switzerland. (And some of the links are broken.) Wikipedia says it started mid 60's in Japan, called Teikei frantz ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Support Your Local Grower (ie Food...or otherwise?:))
Trailer for the movie coming out this summer The Real Dirt on Farmer John http://youtube.com/watch?v=sqP1SC5Tr7U I want to see it! doug swanson frantz DESPREZ wrote: Keith Addison a e'crit : No downside. We have a wwebpage on CSAs: http://journeytoforever.org/farm_csa.html Community-supported farms known as AMAP in France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_pour_le_maintien_d'une_agriculture_paysanne Needs some updating - actually it didn't start in Japan, it started in Switzerland. (And some of the links are broken.) Wikipedia says it started mid 60's in Japan, called Teikei frantz ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All generalizations are false. Including this one. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email is constructed entirely with OpenSource Software. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Support Your Local Grower (ie Food...or otherwise?:))
Thanks Doug...a million times. If this is anything like the trailer, hope it gets spread around the world. I'll do my part and send it on to others. Mike DuPree - Original Message - From: doug swanson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:26 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Support Your Local Grower (ie Food...or otherwise?:)) Trailer for the movie coming out this summer The Real Dirt on Farmer John http://youtube.com/watch?v=sqP1SC5Tr7U I want to see it! doug swanson frantz DESPREZ wrote: Keith Addison a e'crit : No downside. We have a wwebpage on CSAs: http://journeytoforever.org/farm_csa.html Community-supported farms known as AMAP in France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_pour_le_maintien_d'une_agriculture_paysanne Needs some updating - actually it didn't start in Japan, it started in Switzerland. (And some of the links are broken.) Wikipedia says it started mid 60's in Japan, called Teikei frantz ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All generalizations are false. Including this one. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email is constructed entirely with OpenSource Software. ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] Support Your Local Grower (ie Food...or otherwise?:))
Hello Frantz Keith Addison a e'crit : No downside. We have a wwebpage on CSAs: http://journeytoforever.org/farm_csa.html Community-supported farms known as AMAP in France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community-supported_agriculture http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_pour_le_maintien_d'une_agric ulture_paysanne Thankyou. Needs some updating - actually it didn't start in Japan, it started in Switzerland. (And some of the links are broken.) Wikipedia says it started mid 60's in Japan, called Teikei That's the myth, but Wikipedia's wrong, as it quite often is. This is an email I received from one of the founders of the movement in the US: Hi Keith, I enjoy your website immensely and it is a real service to the small farming community. We are a CSA farm and have been since 1990. Sarah Milstein was one of our early members ( the one who wrote the Mother Jones Article). I am writing you as I realize that your introduction of the history of CSA is copied from the book co-written by Elizabeth Henderson. While I respect Elizabeth enormously and regard her as one of my friends, I continue to disagree with her choice of re-writing the history of CSA. I think it is a disservice to anyone with a true interest in the matter. While the Teikei model in Japan has its merits I am sure it had little or nothing to do with the development of CSA. I can assure you as I was there, in the mid to late eighties when the first two CSA farms started up. Actually the first CSA farm was not really in the US but in Dornach, Switzerland. Dornach is where the Anthroposophical society has their headquarters. From there, the idea was brought back with a man named Jan vanderTuin. He told the story to Robyn vanEn (the other co-writer of Sharing the Harvest who has since passed away) of South Egremont, Massachusetts, who then involved some local Anthroposophists to launch this model on her farm. She herself was a Waldorf teacher with firm rooting in the ideas of Rudolf Steiner. Robyn and her partners started with selling cider shares from her old orchard and when a biodynamic farmer (Hugh Radcliff) joined the project, they started included vegetables. At the same time Trauger Groh, a biodynamic farmer from Germany, decided to re-settle in Temple Wilton New Hampshire. He married Alice Groh, and became involved with the local community of Biodynamic farmers. He introduced them and the people of Temple Wilton to an idea he called Community Supported Agriculture / Agriculture Supported Community, and it resonated. I visited Trauger in 1986, and the CSA was just getting some momentum. Other farmers like Ian and Nicki Robb, from Brookfield Farm (Biodynamic) in Belchertown Mass. adopted the same model to help bring their farm away from wholesaling. The CSA movement was at first adopted on many Biodynamic farms while it only later became more mainstream. The first years the annual CSA conferences were hosted by the Biodynamic Association in Kimberton PA. As others felt the need to break away from the BDA as a parent, the BDA felt no need to continue its stewardship of the ideas (ideas are in the public domain and everyone has the freedom to pick it up and run with it in its own fashion). Nevertheless we do owe those early pioneers some due respect, while it might inspire someone to read up on the social ideas of Rudolf Steiner that set the stage for this innovation. Jean-Paul Courtens http://www.roxburyfarm.com Actually I didn't copy the Teikei origin story from Sharing the Harvest, it was more second-hand than that, combined with other information on Teikei here in Japan. I should have known better. In 1984 I met some Swiss organic farmers who ran CSAs in Switzerland and told me something about the movement. The Teikei movement started independently in Japan in the 1970s (not the 1960s), but it didn't influence the start of the CSA movement in Europe and the US, where it arose from Steiner's ideas on community. See: http://www.joaa.net/English/teikei.htm Teikei: Japan Organic Agriculture Association Best Keith frantz ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
