Words of Wisdom from Steven McFadden : Chiron Communication Jan.2003

2003-01-23 Thread bdnow
Chiron Communiqué Author's Occasional Newsletter From Steven McFadden in Santa Fe, NM http://www.chiron-communications.com/ Vol. 8 No. 1 © January, 2003 © - Copyright 2003 by Steven McFadden All Rights Reserved Your Food, Your

Re: BD Farming in America

2003-01-05 Thread bdnow
I think we are wishing for an outdated paradigm when we expect to have some top down organizational figure heads baby us through our movement. This is the era of the conciousness soul, the age of individuality. What ever is lacking in the movement is no one fault but our own. Christy Tell me more

Penn State and Biodynamic Viticuluture Jan 28-29, Middletown, PA

2002-12-30 Thread bdnow
January 28 - 29 A meeting to discuss alternative viticulture will be offered by Penn State Cooperative Extension of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The goal of the meeting is to bring perspective and information to the often fuzzy realm of non-conventional commercial viticulture, including sustainabl

Fwd: OFF: Need help with color work on the chakras

2002-12-30 Thread bdnow
Status: U Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 10:13:42 -0800 (PST) From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Request Please To: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests=none version=2.43 X-Spam-Level: Allan, I need someone who can help with color work on the

Fwd: Solid Cow Manure

2002-12-26 Thread bdnow
Kia ora all This morning I went into the cowshed and was somewhat amazed by the = sudden difference in the consistency of the manure. Having had a = difficult 9 months with the cows healthwise it just seemed that this = morning their manure was like it should be rather than the green = rainbows

ADMIN: Science article on BD

2002-12-23 Thread bdnow
Nice Post, Kara, but, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE **NEVER** send files or attachments to BD Now! If you need to show graphics to BD Now!, please publish them on the web youself and refer to them OR contact me off line at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and ask me to publish them for you. Graphics clog the net, gra

About BD500

2002-12-22 Thread bdnow
http://www.kheper.net/ecognosis/essays/Biodynamic_500.html You'll find the referenced illustrations at this link, also -AB) About Biodynamic "500" spray. This article orginally appeared in the Anthroposphical Journel of Australia in February 1991. It was subsquently picked up by the biodynamic

Fwd: From Mark Moody

2002-12-10 Thread bdnow
OK - I'll let you know what happens when you Americans get out of bed and I get a reply to my fax.

WENDELL BERRY: The Failure of War

2002-12-08 Thread bdnow
from RESURGENCE #215 http://resurgence.gn.apc.org/home.htm THE FAILURE of WAR by Wendell Berry IF YOU KNOW even as little history as I do, it is hard not to doubt the efficacy of modern war as a solution to any problem except that of retribution - the 'justice' of exchanging one damage for anoth

Fwd: A REAL RAW DEAL

2002-11-14 Thread bdnow
Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Michael Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: A REAL RAW DEAL To: email metrofarm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Priority: 3 Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 List-Help: Lis

ADMIN: Watch out for address book scam!

2002-11-10 Thread bdnow
This is unverified by me, folks, but I've received the mailing and, in my innocence, was saved from downloading the software by the fact that it is not Mac-compatible. Any one as narcisstic as I is in danger of being scammed by this site, it appears! -Allan - Original Message - From:

RESEND: Koliskos on 'Smallest Entities In Agriculture'

2002-08-10 Thread bdnow
The following is from "Agriculture of Tomorrow" by Eugen and Lily Kolisko. This title is out of print and is reproduced here for purposes of education. "Today, people in general are little inclined to detach themselves from the claims of the material world and to seek the spiritual directly i

FWD: HAARP Concerns Russian Duma

2002-08-10 Thread bdnow
>From Tom Schley: >> >>US HAARP Weapon Development Concerns Russian Duma >> >>Interfax News Agency >>8-9-2 >> >> MOSCOW (Interfax) - The Russian State Duma has expressed concern >>about the USA's programme to develop a qualitatively new type of >>weapon. >> >> "Under the High Frequency Act

Fwd: re:lime and humus

2002-08-08 Thread bdnow
>Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 12:55:16 -0700 (PDT) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: re:lime and humus >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Dear Allan, > >Please Fwd: > >Dear Lance, et. al, > >As matter of fact, I had this same question a few >weeks ago; does lime eat humus? > >First, I do

Hugh Courtney on "Spirituality"

2002-07-30 Thread bdnow
HUGH COURTNEY: We talk about non-physical forces that eminate from the cosmos and from other beings here on Earth. Steiner talks about a whole hierarchy of spiritual beings that we are no longer aware of in our present age, but humanity did have this awaremenss for eons. Steiner was one of the

Fwd: re:fresh nettle tea

2002-07-29 Thread bdnow
>Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 10:15:46 -0700 (PDT) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: re:fresh nettle tea >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Allan,Pls Fwd: > >When you say "formic acid around plants", in >association with the bees, wouldn't this imply the >flower specifically? I wonder w

Fwd: re:fresh nettle tea

2002-07-29 Thread bdnow
>Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 08:27:45 -0700 (PDT) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: re:fresh nettle tea >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Dear Allan, > >Please Fwd: > >I was really hoping that someone would be able to connect Steiner's >ideas of the Ag Lectures with those he gave on t

Glen Atkinson / Elaine Ingham / Hugh Lovel / Hugh Courtney /James DeMeo / Mark Shepard / Steve Storch / Jerry Brunetti / Will Winterand more featured Oct 4-6 in Loudoun Co. VA

2002-07-28 Thread bdnow
I'm a solid supporter of RDI and their Bioneers events, so please don't take the following wrong. I just wanted to remind everyone that they can spend 3 days with the above speakers for a measily $125 if they register for the 7th Annual Mid-Atlantic Biodynamic Food and Farming Conference in

Glen Atkinson / Elaine Ingham featured in "Wisdom at the End ofthe Hoe" Event October 22 - 24 (in California)

2002-07-28 Thread bdnow
Wisdom at the End of a Hoe Soil and Soul: >From Microcosmos To Cosmic Forces October 22-23, 2002 $195 Featuring: Glen Atkinson and Elaine Ingham Bay Area location to be determined More information coming soon.. email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with questions download a printable workshop flyer here

Fwd: farmers' market and farmer stories wanted

2002-07-27 Thread bdnow
>Subject: farmers' market and farmer stories wanted >Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 11:34:59 -0400 >X-Priority: 1 > >Friends of farmers' markets, > >Apologies for the short notice, but if you can reply to this early >the week of the 29th, and not later than Friday the 2nd, I'll be >grateful. > >I need y

Fwd: Bad Air Reports

2002-07-18 Thread bdnow
>Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 06:35:57 -0700 (PDT) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Bad Air Reports >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Hugh Lovel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Dear Allan, > >Please Fwd: > >Question; how do local news agencies know in advance to publish >their warnings concerni

From Michael Smith: FWD: Right, No Drought in SE!

2002-07-16 Thread bdnow
Allan, Please Fwd: Dear Hugh, What is happening is that municipalities are sucking up entire rivers; not replacing water. This gives the impression of drought, when resources are diverted. I read that Atlanta's projected reserve date of 2020 for water has been downgraded to 2012 (to run ou

Fwd: Cabbage Worm (?)

2002-07-16 Thread bdnow
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Thomas Schley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Cabbage Worm >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > >Can anyone help me with what I think is cabbage worm? My kale leaves >are full of holes. Could the white butterfly with dark dots on its >wi

MARK PURDEY Fwd: pilferers and plagerists, et al

2002-07-15 Thread bdnow
> > > >Hi Allan, > >I've just been corresponding with Mark from Wisconsin about >plagerists which you are apparently debating at the moment on BD >Now. This arose after a Colorado journalist had given oxygen to some >plagerists of my work - despite having interviewed me at length, he >obviousl

MARK PURDEY: To The Ends Of The Earth 5

2002-05-27 Thread bdnow
> > >That morning , Kandy came to pick me up from the Mission. Former health >officer on the miners' union, she had been emailing me for ages since my BBC >film about Manganese and mad cow was shown on ABC Four Corners. Kandy had >lived on Groote with her husband for twenty years, having done the

To the Ends of The Earth 4.

2002-05-25 Thread bdnow
I did not sleep again during the night. The heavenly sunset of last evening had transformed into a hellfire night The mob violence escalated once again, as the night went on. A father had been charging around wielding a machete at anybody who got in his way. The problem had fired up from a feud

MARK PURDEY: Motivation to write faster! ;-)

2002-05-24 Thread bdnow
Hi Gil, Yes, I think it is a brilliant idea to get this horor story out. But I am still writing it on a day to day basis as the events and research unfolds. I also want to be out of here before it becomes better publicised, because the repercussions for me could be lethal. The politics is very

MARK PURDEY: To the Ends of The Earth 111

2002-05-23 Thread bdnow
To the Ends of the Earth 111. The next morning the veranda was packing up tight with the usual bustle of ataxic victims, care workers or simply aboriginal kiddies homing in to the centre for a focal place to gather at that time of day. A monster of a pick up truck pulled up in front of the Mis

Fwd: FW: Organic gardener position

2002-05-16 Thread bdnow
>Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 13:20:33 -0400 >Subject: FW: Organic gardener position >From: David Lillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >AB, >Please forward as appropriate. >DL > > >-- >From: Betsy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Betsy Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECT

Fwd: Fw: Ifgene conference

2002-04-28 Thread bdnow
> > >Genetic Engineering and the Intrinsic Value and Integrity >of Animals and Plants > >Wednesday 18th to Saturday 21st September 2002 >Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK > >Speakers: > >*Holmes Rolston III, Environmental Ethicist, Department of Philosophy, >Colorado State University >*Donald Br

Fwd: re:Fw: [globalnews] Poll: Americans Support Cutting Aid toIsrael, No Longer Consider Terrorism #1 Issue

2002-04-16 Thread bdnow
>Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2002 13:44:52 -0700 (PDT) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: re:Fw: [globalnews] Poll: Americans Support Cutting Aid to >Israel, No Longer Consider Terrorism #1 Issue >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Dear Allan, > >Please Fwd: > >Stephen, > >You are correct in

Flow Forms and Compost Tea (from SFW)

2002-04-13 Thread bdnow
(From Elaine Ingham's monthly newsletter. You can get the current edition or subscribe at http://www.soilfoodweb.com Frankly, I find this report confusing, but the first sentence is pretty encouraging! -Allan) 1. BIODYNAMICS Flow-Forms - do they make good tea? They sure do! No surprise to

Fwd: re:learning to dowse

2002-04-12 Thread bdnow
>Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 12:52:29 -0700 (PDT) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: re:learning to dowse >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Allan, > >Please Fwd: > >Dear All, > >There is also a wonderful e-book on the avalon site by >Tom Graves entitled "Needles of Stone" which is >extr

Fwd: BD Biz

2002-04-10 Thread bdnow
>Status: U >Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:47:47 +0100 (BST) >From: Srinivas Kalle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: BD Biz >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Hello dear Biodynamic friend, > >I am Sreenivasulu Kalle, from India. >Since 1997, I am practicing Biodynamics. And I am >giving BD advisory services in Ind

Fwd: Recessive Spiral Pump

2002-04-09 Thread bdnow
>Status: U >Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:58:35 -0400 >From: Francesca Bertone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Recessive Spiral Pump >Sender: Francesca Bertone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Dear Mr. Balliett, >Thank you for your message. >We are conducting prototype deve

Fwd: Re: Prep Questions!

2002-04-08 Thread bdnow
>Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 13:02:24 -0700 (PDT) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Prep Questions! >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Dear Allan, > >Please Fwd: > >Dear Hugh, > >It sounds here as if the 508 is acting as a catalyst >on the clay, pulling the alumina/silica into a >coh

Fwd: Fw: Optimum Tea

2002-04-02 Thread bdnow
> > >To: All concerned >From: Jerry Brunetti > >I read your e-mail of 3/7/02 re: equisetum to create an optimum tea. >How much dried horsetail per gallon of tea are you using? We have a >35 gallon tank and are including cereal straws and oak bark, as well >as misc. sugars, starches, kelp, et

Received 3/31/2002 Biodynamics #240

2002-03-30 Thread bdnow
Biodynamics Journal March/April 2002 Number 240 Contents: The Future of Preparation Making in North America Charles Burkam The Widening of Man's Perception - A Lecture Given At Dornach, January 7,1923 Rudolf Steiner Challenged by the Future: Beyond Sustainability Gunther

Unanticipated Blessing: The One-Straw Revolution On-line

2002-03-29 Thread bdnow
> > >Hello everyone, > I have just uploaded to the files section of the >group two electronic >copies of Fukuoka's The One-Straw Revolution. > >One is a simple text file (232KB) that I believe all pcs and macs can handle >(using notepad in windows), the other is in the pdf format (2

FWD Re[2]: Testing preps?

2002-03-20 Thread bdnow
__ Forward Header __ Subject: Re[2]: Testing preps? Author: Tobias Koenig at Yanco Date:3/20/02 4:20 PM For my part I would like to see 500 and BC tested Tobias __ Reply Separator

NZ dissimination research report oganic soil management

2002-03-19 Thread bdnow
> > > > Dear Organic Friends, > > The Research and Development Group of the Bio Dynamic > Farming and Gardening Assn. has just finished a research > report. The report reviews the research and research > methodologies on organic soil management, particularly >

Fwd: Re:How to Grow Corn as a Soil Improvement Crop--

2002-03-19 Thread bdnow
>Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:31:29 -0800 (PST) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re:How to Grow Corn as a Soil Improvement Crop-- >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Dear Allan, > >Please fwd; > >Dear Hugh, > >First of all, nice web site guy. > >I have a question. I'll try to phrase

Re: Slash and Burn (from Chris Shade)

2002-03-12 Thread bdnow
Hey Allan, No, I have been pretty busy and only loosely following things. I only opened your e-mail because of the subject line (I didn't realize it was to me and not the list). Yes, there is something to ashes. In a rodale study (that was never published and I found buried in some archives),

re:Pfeiffer Field Sprays

2002-03-11 Thread bdnow
(from Michael Smith) Dear Allan, I have the impression the the Pfeiffer field spray may be a combination of 500/BC in some form since it is denoted for its' digestive ability. As a spring plowdown spray, it may be a little out of season and release CO2 back to atmosphere when we should be conce

James DeMeo on "Croft type devices"

2002-03-11 Thread bdnow
Allan, A friend in Namibia informed me that Croft was there in January, and gave a lecture, after which he set up six of his devices, which were then put into use on a non-stop basis. They did not have any rain afterward for two months, until several persons I know who asked me about it, then to

Jean Pain + Lemieux: bacterial vs fungal composting

2002-03-08 Thread bdnow
From the Permaculture list Status: U From: "souscayrous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [permaculture] Jean Pain + Brushwood + Biogas + Compost X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.5 R

Re: BDNOW digest 1064

2002-03-08 Thread bdnow
OH MY GOSH! Did Cheryl tell you she operates this list! tch! tch! I'll take care of this, as usual -Allan

re: 9/11: That Makes at Least Two of Us...

2002-03-05 Thread bdnow
Hello Allan, Please Fwd: I hope this offends no one, but I went looking for America long ago. Where did it go? Who took it? I am deeply saddened. This has to do with a group of individuals who want nothing to do with the milk of human justice. Michael.

Fwd: Re: Electronics and cancer

2002-03-04 Thread bdnow
>Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 06:28:30 -0800 (PST) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Electronics and cancer >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Allan, > >Please Fwd: > >Tom, > >This is one thing that I have absolutely no >comprehension on. > >I understand that HAARP has been related to

MARK PURDEY: Unresolved Questions and Agent Provocatuers

2002-02-25 Thread bdnow
>Hi Geoff, > >Thanks for your respect. > >Weirdly, the popular media seemed much more interested in my work before I >had amassed hard scientific evidence and trekked off on my exciting global >eco-detective escapades. I find this strange because global treks and >successful experiments are far mo

Mark Purdey: Origins of Spongiform Disease Pt2

2002-02-21 Thread bdnow
Daylight on TSEs - the deadly oxidative connection unleashed. But each time Purdey's trek took him to a newTSE hotspot, he found himself face to face with the same type of high altitude, snow covered terrain. But this common geographical association with TSEclusters continued to baffle him; e

Mark Purdey: Origins of Spongiform Disease Pt1

2002-02-21 Thread bdnow
More on Mad Cow and related ailments at www.purdeyenvironment.com EDUCATING RIDA (Rida is the Icelandic for transmissible spongiform disease) - An underground scientific journey into the origins of spongiform disease. by Mark Purdey. Background. Since 1986, the infamous novel neurodegener

Fwd: Re: Radionics (Drought update)

2002-02-21 Thread bdnow
>Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:13:44 -0700 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Thomas Schley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Radionics (Drought update) >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >> >>Jane - I talk to farmer regularly - particularly farmers in >>California's Central Valley - who believe that the u.s. a

Fwd: Re: Healing

2002-02-21 Thread bdnow
>Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:27:40 -0700 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Thomas Schley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Healing >Cc: >Bcc: >X-Attachments: > >Dear Sherry, et al, >Has anyone had any experience with or heard of any successful >experiences using Machaelle Small Wright's MAP (Co-Creativ

FWD: Belated Groundhog and Mustard Musings from Jim Duke

2002-02-20 Thread bdnow
>Mustard Musings > >I'm starting the New Year in a new way. I'm auditing the opening classes >of >the new school in town, The Tai Sophia Institute of Herbal Healing, >offering >a Master's Degree therein. Got back in town from Peru in time to attend >a >potluck dinner welcoming the new faculty and

ADMIN: PIONEERS SHARE SECRETS

2002-02-19 Thread bdnow
Please - No attachments to BD Now! Thanks -the moderator

Fwd: Agri-Synthesis® Remedies Tested At UAI

2002-02-19 Thread bdnow
>Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 18:21:54 -0800 >From: Greg Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Accept-Language: en >To: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: Lorraine Cahill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Agri-Synthesis® Remedies Tested At UAI > >Allan, > >One last time, please pos

Present moments and A moment in time

2002-02-19 Thread bdnow
fwd from David Lillard It's About Time As the clock ticks over from 8:01PM on Wednesday, February 20, 2002, time will (for sixty seconds only) read in perfect symmetry. To be more precise: 20:02, 20/02, 2002. It is an event, which has only ever happened once before, and will never be repeated. T

FWD: Demeter Non-profit - Not!

2002-02-19 Thread bdnow
Dear Allan and Listmembers, Due to a momentary misalignment of my brain cells with my eyeballs, I mistakenly typed in the numbers 401(c)(3) when I should have typed in the numbers "501(c)(3)". My apologies for the error and any confusion it may have caused. And Jane Sherry, please read the emai

Fwd: Demeter Non-Profit - Not!

2002-02-19 Thread bdnow
>Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 13:13:06 -0800 >From: Greg Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Accept-Language: en >To: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Demeter Non-Profit - Not! > >Dear Allan and All Listmembers, > >On Saturday, I received in the mail a copy of "THE VOI

Re: Radionics (Drought update) FOR BDNOW

2002-02-17 Thread bdnow
quot;biodynamic" by Demeter & Co. But hey, let's not, for the moment, focus on all the incredibly stupid and self-serving things that Demeter, BDA and JPI have done in the past 20 years, let's focus on what's really going on. The two opposing forces are represented on the

Re: companion planting

2002-02-17 Thread bdnow
Dear Dan and Laurel, Especially for the leaf cutter ants spraying with chilli or soap would not help. A simple method can be adopted looking into the region i.e heavy rainfall. Collect sufficient ants and crush them. Put about 5-10 grams of crushed ants in small shallow tumblers with about 50

Fwd: Re: Radionics (Drought update)

2002-02-16 Thread bdnow
>Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 17:25:38 -0800 >From: Greg Willis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Accept-Language: en >To: Allan Balliett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Radionics (Drought update) > >Hugh Lovel said: > >Somehow rotational grazing and compost tea has slipped past all

SFW: Microbial Counts in terra preta?

2002-02-14 Thread bdnow
>Hi Ted - > >Very interesting! I do not believe I have ever had a sample sent in, but as a >child, I visited the Amazonian rainforest, and I recall the rich, dark, dark >brown earth in places. I agree, the micro-organisms in that material must be >amazing. We need to re-create it in our own so

FSW: Weeds and Insects

2002-02-14 Thread bdnow
> >Hi Tobias - > >Yes, "weeds" deliver messages about soil conditions. I have never noticed or >correlated information about insects such as you suggest. Surely there must >be some information we should be paying attention to there, but there are many >more environmental conditions that influenc

Fwd: Allan Savory Center in Albuquerque

2002-02-14 Thread bdnow
> > > >A recent post by "Merla" mentioned the Allan Savory Center in Albuquerque, >I want to know if someone has direct experience with their "holistic >management for ranchers" diploma or can provide further info about their >pproach and reputation, beyond what is available at their web site. > >

Now a few words from Masanobu Fukuoka

2002-02-12 Thread bdnow
Billions of years passed after the dawn of creation. Bacteria arose on the earth's surface, then vegetation flourished, and animals and man emerged. All arose and developed naturally. All things in the universe undergo constant change together; there are no exceptions. Believing himself to be the

SFW: Inspired by Jennifer: Recommendations for Starting a Garden

2002-02-12 Thread bdnow
Hi Allan - Like Will, I prefer a holistic answer. The Albrecht model gives you part of the answer. Biology gives you part of the answer. But with improving soil biology or chemistry, either or both, you can use some testing to tell you whether the biology or chemistry is right on, or how far o

SFW: Compost tea vs Compost

2002-02-12 Thread bdnow
Hi Dan - Compost has more organic matter than compost tea, basically the non-soluble types of organic matter that do not dissolve in water. Thus, the benefit from compost is for a much longer time period than compost tea, or nearly any other kind of amendment. John Buckerfield in Australia show

SFW: Testing compost in South America

2002-02-12 Thread bdnow
Hi Jose - This is great news! Excellent work! But, yes, you need to have the ability to test there in Brazil. In a microbiology lab, you need to ask them if they do direct counts of the organisms. If someone is interested, we do help people set up labs in other countries. Basically, we ask

Fwd: Re: Agri-Synthesis sprays (CAUTION: Contains CriticalComments!!)

2002-02-10 Thread bdnow
kin was smoother and softer, >especially around my eyes, and no dark lines under my eyes (I haven't >been getting much sleep lately). My girlfriend says I look 3 or 4 years >younger. > >My suggestion to everyone is try our hair spray and get some great >stories of your own. >

Elaine Ingham offers to Answer More Questions this Weekend

2002-02-09 Thread bdnow
I just got back from PASA and found an email from Elaine offering to take more BD Now! questions about compost tea and soil foodweb matters, so, send them up here, folks!! Also spent a few hours with Will Brinton (and a hundred or so other people) today. Very impressive! Pause for thought, th

From Greg Willis: Agri-Synthesis sprays

2002-02-09 Thread bdnow
redients or poisons. The organic herbs and minerals added to the >purified spring water that makes up the base are at a concentration of >less than one part per billion. > >We have a sufficient supply in stock and ready to ship to handle any >order size up to 5,000 bottles. > >Please post this on bdnow. Thanks. > >Greg Willis >Agri-Synthesis®, Inc. >POB 10007 >Napa, CA 94581

Re: Shanti Yoga busted for Whole Milk Sales

2002-02-07 Thread bdnow
> >Allan: >Turns out that Seven Stars and the Kimberton CSA aren't involved. From >what I understand from the yogurt folks, it is the nearby CSA and >biodynamic dairy who had some problems. Even those don't sound like they're >too major. The CSA was told that they couldn't supply dairy products a

FWD Re: Irradiation and seeds

2002-02-06 Thread bdnow
The post office only has the one irradiator up and running (I think it is located in Ohio, but I might be wrong) for nuking congressional, presidential, and some other government mail. CNN reported that there are going to be congressional hearings on the safety of irradiating mail. Apparent

Fwd: Re: Phylloxera and biodynamic wines (was: Grape Cuttings)

2002-02-05 Thread bdnow
L PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Phylloxera and biodynamic wines (was: Grape Cuttings) > >Dear Allan, > >Please forward to BDNOW. Thank you. > >Please inform Messers Robertson, Heinricks and Wright that Steiner >mentions a cure for Phylloxera a couple of times in his ag. lectu

Re:Selection is in the Calculation: Was Clinton not Bush

2002-02-04 Thread bdnow
Michael, I've heard this before and find it totally untrue, not due to the perception of the person making the comment, but due to their familiarity with how the presidential elections are determined. The sad, sad thing is that nearly the entire American public is unaware of how it works! Ac

Fwd: re:Cec Balancing

2002-02-04 Thread bdnow
>Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 13:08:58 -0800 (PST) >From: Michael Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: re:Cec Balancing >To: Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Hi Jose, > >One small fu-fu that I made below was on the ergs of >Calcium though. Anywhere from 1 to 499 ergs indicates >a negative position while 500

Re: [maiz_milenio] News - Alien Corn Invades Mexico

2002-02-02 Thread bdnow
>Alien Corn Invades Mexico - Pav Jordan/Reuters >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020130/sc_nm/food_mexico >_genetics_dc_1 > >"CAPULALPAN, Mexico (Reuters) - In this one-telephone village in the hills >of Mexico's Oaxaca state, corn grows out of cracks in the sidewalks, along >r

Re: CEC Balancing

2002-01-31 Thread bdnow
Please FWD: Dear Hugh, Jose, etal, I'm a little confused. In my memory, one of the Albrect saying was; "Lime, lime and no manure, make the father rich and the son poor", which is basically showing how easily lime sucks up and burns organic matter content. To open up another can of worms, Dr

Fwd: COW HORNS FOR PREPS

2002-01-30 Thread bdnow
>Status: U >Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 13:39:46 -0600 >Subject: Jalapeno cow jorns >From: Mark L Shepard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Available: several hundred range-raised cow horns. These cattle were >range raised in Montana, and not "finished" in a feedlot. Slaughter occ

JIM DUKE: An Apple a Day

2002-01-19 Thread bdnow
Status: U Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 13:05:14 -0500 From: Thomas Michael Kengla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: GrassRootsProductions X-Accept-Language: en Subject: Special Newsletter 1-19-02 To: undisclosed-recipients:; Herb a Day . . .Apple (Apple as Antialopecic?)

FWD: DDT for You and Me was Re: Spraying in airplanes etc (wasWhy do the potentized prepswork)

2002-01-18 Thread bdnow
Please Fwd: Hi Allan, Sounds a bit like we're in the same age group. I remember that after moving from Conway, SC that I learned of the death of one of my friends that was run over by a fogger truck on his bicycle while darting in and out of the fogger clouds. I didn't think at that time

Fwd: Nutrition Seminars with Sally Fallon Jan 15-19 throughout Florida

2002-01-16 Thread bdnow
>Status: U >Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 18:10:22 -0800 (PST) >From: Louise Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Nutrition Seminars with Sally Fallon Jan 15-19 throughout Florida >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Discover Research that shows: > > … Butter is the number one health food > … The vital r

ADMIN: Re: 'Visions' while meditating

2002-01-16 Thread bdnow
>Woody - Unless anyone has an objection, as moderator, I have no >problem with you posting this information to the list. (The better >to see it with, you know?) Thanks _Allan

SFW!: Working on hardpan

2002-01-11 Thread bdnow
Dan - Please see the last paragraph - Allan > >> >In an interview with an Aussie here >> >http://www.nutri-tech.com.au/Interviews/Interviews10.htm >> >Elaine is quoted below. I would like for her to elaborate from her >> >experience and maybe provide more reference that could be >> >researc

New Member Introduction

2002-01-10 Thread bdnow
Greetings, Our project is in the City of Albuquerque on Open Space Land. It has a very public face and is used by walkers, joggers, etc. We lease the land from the city to demonstrate agricultural projects including an annual 8 acre corn maze, 1 acre community garden, and 40 acres of veggies,

Fwd: In the season

2002-01-09 Thread bdnow
>Status: U >Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:00:55 -0700 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Thomas Schley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: In the season > >Hi Allan, > >A couple of days ago I sent a message to envirolink listproc to >rejoin, but so far have not heard a thing. So am sending this >question and

WOODY WODRASKA: A Manifesto for Seeds

2002-01-06 Thread bdnow
http://www.kootenay.com/~aurora and ACRES USA: The Voice of Ecoagriculture (You can subscribe at http://www.acresusa.com) WE HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THIS--A MANIFESTO FOR SEEDS We are seed users, seed eaters, seed growers...all of us. We have been wrapped in a world of seeds for eons, since lo

ATTRA Internships List 2002 is now available

2002-01-04 Thread bdnow
--- Please Post to BD-Now It's that time of year again, time for Farmers and Interns to make connections and plan for the upcoming growing season. I am pleased to announce that the Year 2002 edition of "Sustainable Farming Internships and Apprenticeships"

Sustainable Greenhouse Design Workshop March 22-23 YORK, PA

2001-12-29 Thread bdnow
SUSTAINABLE GREENHOUSE DESIGN AND YEAR ROUND FOOD PRODUCTION WORKSHOP MARCH 22-23, 2002 Learn how to design, build and grow in a passive solar greenhouse-the mistakes and triumphs of years of growing experience condensed into a two-day course. FRIDAY: HOW TO BUILD 8:00-8:45 Introducti

The Best to You in this Special Season

2001-12-25 Thread bdnow
Godspeed in the coming year. -Allan "Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative (and creation). There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one

Fwd: Bio-Dynamic weed control

2001-12-22 Thread bdnow
>Status: U >Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2001 01:31:51 EST >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Bio-Dynamic weed control >X-Comment: Original message was addressed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Hello, > > >I have been Bio-Dynamic for m

Fwd: Re: Soil building with plant matter compost(Collards)

2001-12-18 Thread bdnow
>X-Originating-IP: [167.7.14.68] >From: "Michael Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Bcc: >Subject: Re: Soil building with plant matter compost(Collards) >Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:52:57 >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Dec 2001 13:52:58.0151 (UTC) >FILETIME=[4CE8A370:01C187CB] > >Please

RE: Little Panes of Glass / 501

2001-12-17 Thread bdnow
Dear Allan, Please forward: Dear Jose, This is exactly my point. But when using a term as condensation, the idea that light is involved in the process goes away and falls to the heating and electrical technicians. So my point is that these highly diffuse elements in atmosphere which are some

Re: Off Topic-BDNow and the Waldorf Critics List (from MichaelSmith)

2001-12-14 Thread bdnow
>X-Originating-IP: [167.7.14.68] >From: "Michael Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Bcc: >Subject: Re: Off Topic-BDNow and the Waldorf Critics List >Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 19:35:56 >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Dec 2001 19:35:56.0595 (UTC) >

RESEND: Little Panes of Glass / 501

2001-12-11 Thread bdnow
(from Michael Smith) Dear Allan, Please forward: Peter Thomkins in Secrets of the Soil reports that Rudolf Steiner, before charging students Kolisko and Pheiffer with carring on his research, had observed differences between the formation of ice crystals on the window panes of butcher and f

ADMIN: Fundraising for BIONEERS

2001-12-11 Thread bdnow
Dear Bioneers Friend: Bioneers are improving the environment by changing the world. Help us create the world you want to live in. Here are 3 ways you can help us reach our year-end fundraising goals: 1.

ADMIN: Fund Raising for Envirolink.org

2001-12-11 Thread bdnow
(I encourage everyone to support envirolink the way that they have supported us. Thanks -AB) Dear EnviroLink List Subscriber, When you believe in something strongly, you want people to hear what you have to say. To be heard, you have to have a medium. The email list to which you are subscribe

ADMIN: Not Receiving BD Now!? Viruses and BD Now! Subscriptions

2001-12-05 Thread bdnow
I'm writing this primarily to those of you who are reading from the archives. I'm at the ACRES USA conference with Hugh Lovel until 12/10 and won't be of much service to anyone until after that date. This recent spate of viruses has caused a very high number of BD Now! subscribers to be unsub

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