The Council of Canadians organized a speaker tour in the western provinces to rally
support against GM wheat. The tour ran from late Feb. through last week, but no news
of it here in the east (where we only care about potatoes). Did anyone (Eric?) attend
any of these meetings?
It seems to me
Very interesting article by Kirschenmann, but what jumped out at me was this
inconceivable proposition by S. Blank to rid the country of agriculture! Just when you
think you've heard it all ...
It's on par with Milton Friedman last week calling for legalization of insider
trading.
Nancy G.
Two things from CBC radio today -
1. Ag Canada will be conducting research in Saskatchewan this season with vinegar
spray for pre-seed burn-off. Tom Wolf of Ag Canada was interviewed on a general
interest show - he is looking at concentrations of 5-10-20%; said that, at
applications of
manfred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nancy: what area are you in? must be coastal,...with so much use of
seaweed?
I'm 40K north of toronto.
manfred
Southwest Nova Scotia, walking distance to the coast. Seaweed is still plentiful here,
although die-offs are beginning in other areas.
Nancy G.
Manfred, I have stored carrots with no problems under heavy mulch (about 1-1/2 ft of
eelgrass/seaweed - but hay is used more commonly) through winter. Here we don't
usually get consistent snow cover, so the roots have been easily accessible through
winter. If you get snow or ice over them, it's
Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Let me know, ok? We'll count lurkers in this poll also.
No computer audio equipment for listening here. (No CDs either, we're really
stoneage.)
Would you include the audio file web address in the BDNow ads that have run in Acres
and Lilipoh? Or is that
I'm not sure of the difference between member oriented and public archive. Would
this require registration/password or a membership fee?
How do we protect ourselves from all this anyways, unless you're going to totally
subvert your personality i.e. never say what you think, don't buy any books
The trajedy is that not only have we been unable to stop the progress
of the biotech companies, few Americans really understand how much
they are stealing from both the past and the future.
One faint glimmer of hope: the Supreme Court of Canada last week refused to allow the
patenting of the
Barry Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Please note that the IPCC projections mentioned below DO NOT take into
account the possibility that the earth's climate can transition abruptly
into one of many states. This is, increasingly, being viewed as a real
possibility given what we now know about
Allan Balliett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Also nterested in what people have heard about the Disney cruises
that have resulted in much illness.
The Norwalk-like virus which allegedly hit the Disney cruises is a common cruise-ship
problem, usually these events are covered up. Whether it is the
Are you looking for the Stella Natura type of info? If so, here are the next root
periods: December 8, Dec. 9 (to 12 noon); Dec 16 (5 AM) to Dec 17 (9 PM), Dec. 18 (2
PM) to Dec 19 (3 PM); Dec 26-27-28. Dec. 16 is especially favourable for root work.
Hope this helps, I don't follow the calendar
(Dumb question hour.) Can the preps freeze and retain their forces? I've read not -
but you can freeze seeds with no loss of vitality. What is the difference?
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Allan, do you know if this works with Amazon Canada or UK purchases? If you have an
account with Amazon U.S., it's the same account name/password for the other countries,
but I don't know if the purchase protocols carry over.
By the way, what will you do with all the money? Are there BD farms
Well, gratitude to Jane and all others on BDNow! for taking their time and effort to
post these articles, write detailed and practical responses to all manner of questions
and generally keep the fires burning brightly. And thanks to Allan for putting it all
together and keeping it together.
I would add critical thinking to Stacey's four requirements for democracy, maybe you
could say it's a subset of true literacy - but it certainly seems to have declined
drastically in the past three decades.
BTW, this thread brings to mind a novel by Sinclair Lewis, It Can't Happen Here, about
Jane Sherry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you can't trust your heath food store, who can you trust?
Good question. Fraud is endemic - Arthur Andersen is just the poster boy for an entire
fraud-based economic system.
I bought some organic oranges last year, put them in the cold cellar - one fell
Steve, weren't you using some seaweed stuffed in a conch shell as a
prep? Seem to recall this from a past discussion - do you have any comments or
observations on this? I'm particularly interested because I'm about 1/8 mile from the
Atlantic coast and have thought that we should have remedies
Thanks for posting that blessing Essie, it is comforting.
Many of us outside the U.S. await with trepidation the results of your election
tomorrow. You sneeze, we get pneumonia. You go to war, we hop on for the ride (or get
run over). Tort law gets wiped out by the Republicans, and we move
This is an old method, I guess - have it described in two books, one 1917 (Garden
Steps) and 1893 (Gardening for Profit). From the latter:
The application of salt to Asparagus as a top-dressing is claimed to be of benefit in
inland districts out of the range of a saline atmosphere, but is of
A Google search on 20% acetic acid vinegar turned up the posts below from the
Gardenweb forum - I haven't checked out the web addresses. Also, another post at
Gardenweb mentioned pouring a cup of table salt on a poison ivy vine (just one?) and
killing it.
Nancy Geffken
From Gardenweb
(lifeboatnews.com(?),
Jane had a reference to it awhile back, I think. As if the regular jet traffic wasn't
enough to screw up the atmosphere
Nancy Geffken
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Allan writes: some sort of baseline for the substances
Well, yes...FWIW. But let's never forget that it's FORCES we're workingwith here,
not just substances. Brer Lovel's The Nature of Forces
bears re-reading.
I would support testing the preps and will contribute $ if you go ahead. How
- she was great.
It sure is easy recommending work for other people! Hope you get the help you need to
accomplish it, sorry I can't contribute.
Nancy Geffken
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I'm surprised the biggies like Oxfam wouldn't be able to direct you to somebody. There
sure is a need for seed in the many ravaged countries of the world - and it looks like
ravaging is going to be a growth industry for the near future.
Nancy Geffken
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