From london@calypso-2.oit.unc.eduThu Feb 23 20:00:49 1995 Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 21:47:15 -0500 (EST) From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." To: Rachel Freifelder Subject: Re: educational visit On Wed, 22 Feb 1995, Rachel Freifelder wrote: > Hello, I am a grad student at UC Davis, studying sustainable agriculture > and systems design. Does anyone know of any permaculture/biodynamic > farms or similar integrated operations that welcome short-term visitors > interested in seeing how they work, or, even better, that are interested > in someone undertaking some kind of agronomic study of their farm? I am > trying to develop ways to audit for "sustainability", including soils, > water quality, energetics, nutrient cycling, interaction with natural > systems; I'm hoping that these audits would be useful to people striving > for sustainability. > > I'm especially interested in communities, and obviously would be most > able to visit places within California or southern Oregon. > Any leads would be appreciated. The La Tierra community in California might interest you. Here's all the information I have on it plus some other feedback for you. Lawrence ________________________________________________ Lawrence F. London, Jr. - london@sunSITE.unc.edu ------------------------------------------------ La Tierra information: ---------------------- From: cyronwode@aol.com (Cyronwode) Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture Subject: Permaculture Design Course - CA Date: 2 Nov 1994 21:43:03 -0500 From November 5th through November 19th, La Tierra Community in Sebastopol, California (an hour north of San Francisco) will be hosting a two week Permaculture Design Course with Scott Pittman, founder and director of the Permaculture Drylands Institute. The cost is $750 and includes all meals, and camping or tent dormitory. Call (707) 829-8348 or Permaculture Course c/o Vital Technologies, P. O. Box 279, Sebastopol, CA 95473. I am not associated with La Tierra, but i attended a two-day Permaculture workshop there with Bill Moillison and Scott Pittman and it was GREAT. I assume all readers of this ng are familair with Permaculture, so i will not bother to describe it. La Tierra is a group of 4 families located on 15 acres of old apple orchards, worn out pasture and sedge wetlands, with a year-round creek (unusual in California). I assume that some of what will be done there will be hands-on work setting up swales and ponds, as these were laid out by Mollison when he gave the two-day workshop. The two-week course grants one certification as a Permaculture Design Trainee and entitles one to use the term Permaculture in pursuit of a livelihood and for educational purposes. Course Topics Include: Permaculture philosophy and ethics Principles of natural systems Permaculture principles and design methodology Reading the landscape/site analyisis Soil building/erosion control Water in the landscape Village design Building design/shelters Energy conservation Gardening techniques catherine - From vitaltec@nbn.comWed Feb 22 20:50:41 1995 Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 23:20:52 -0800 From: vitaltec@nbn.com To: london@sunSITE.unc.edu Subject: AIR Mosaic Feedback Mail Mail sent from AIR Mosaic (16-bit) version 3.07.04.02 Hello, my name is Sunny, I am the director of a non-profit called La Tierra. We would like to post an announcement of a Permaculture Certification Course that will be taught by Permaculture founder, Bill Mollison and his associate Scott Pittman. The course is being held May 20-June 3, 1995 in northern CA. This will be Bills only teaching engagement in the western U.S. this year. For more information contact Sunny, e-mail to: vitaltec@nbn.com or Call (707) 829-8191. Any help you can give us in posting this event will be greatly appreciated. - From Cyronwode@aol.comWed Feb 22 21:00:40 1995 Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 19:46:13 -0500 From: Cyronwode@aol.com To: permaculture-mg@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu Subject: educational visit Rachel Friefelder asked about permie places in california and orgeon. Try: Island Mountain Institute, Garberville, California (707) 923-4301 Penny Livingston, Point Reyes, California (415) 663-9139 Sandy Bar Ranch, Orleans, California (916) 627-3379 Permaculture events, courses, and gatherings are held at these places regularly. catherine yronwode - From london@calypso-2.oit.unc.eduThu Feb 23 20:01:09 1995 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 11:13:16 -0500 (EST) From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." To: rrfreifelder@ucdavis.edu Subject: Re: educational visit (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 08:34:43 -0500 (EST) From: Irwin Weintraub To: london@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu Cc: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: educational visit (fwd) >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 14:58:49 -0800 (PST) >From: Rachel Freifelder >To: permaculture-mg >Subject: educational visit - - Contact: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Inc. W2493 County Road ES East Troy, Wisconsin 53120. Phone:414-642-3303 Fax:414-642-4028 Michael Fields in a public non-profit education and research organizations promoting sustainable practices in organic and biodynamic farming and encouraging conventional farmers to switch to biodynamic methods. They have publications, short courses and field days. They also advertise for apprenticeship positions for students and others who would like to work on biodynamic farms. Give the a call they can probably assist you. Irwin Weintraub Agriculture Resource Librarian Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ weintraub@zodiac.rutgers.edu From london@calypso-2.oit.unc.eduThu Feb 23 20:01:55 1995 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 11:35:16 -0500 (EST) From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." To: Rachel Freifelder Subject: Re: educational visit From wderyckx@igc.apc.orgThu Feb 23 11:29:52 1995 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 08:10:20 -0800 From: Woody Deryckx To: london@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu Subject: Re: educational visit (fwd) Rachel, I wonder what kind of agronomic studies you have in mind. I know many organic farms in Oregon and Washington and could recommend some to you if you could elaborate on your interest areas. Several of the farms I work with as a field rep for a processing company are involved in on-farm research projects. I'll try send you some pages from the Tilth directory which would put you in touch with organic farms in Oregon. We are putting a lot of attention on green-manuring (cover crops), com- posting and compost use, cultural/biological control of diseases and potential pest insects, and always better weed control including better cultivation techniques and equipment, smothering with allelopathic (we may hope) cover crops, and the judicious use of propane flames. Woody Deryckx, Cascadian Farm (360) 855-2717 or wderyckx@igc.apc.org Woody ________________________________________________ Lawrence F. London, Jr. - london@sunSITE.unc.edu ------------------------------------------------ From london@calypso-2.oit.unc.eduThu Feb 23 20:02:12 1995 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 19:42:01 -0500 (EST) From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." To: Rachel Freifelder Subject: Re: educational visit From DEITZMAN@carleton.eduThu Feb 23 19:40:15 1995 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 11:04:01 -0600 (CST) From: DEITZMAN@carleton.edu To: london@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu Subject: Re: educational visit (fwd) Rachel - I am a member of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Association of Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. We have several farms in our area that would probably would fit your requirements for study, many of them biodynamic farms. We are a long way from the west coast, so perhaps they wouldn't work. I'd be glad to give you some names of farms if you are interested. David Hougen-Eitzman Big Woods Farm and Biology Deparment Carleton College Northfield, MN 55053 (507)-663-4378 ________________________________________________ Lawrence F. London, Jr. - london@sunSITE.unc.edu ------------------------------------------------ From london@calypso-2.oit.unc.eduThu Feb 23 20:02:32 1995 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 19:59:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." To: Rachel Freifelder Subject: Re: educational visit From jhaap@tilth.orgThu Feb 23 19:53:58 1995 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 09:57:01 +0000 From: "J. J. Haapala" To: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." Subject: Re: educational visit (fwd) Hi, I am aware of a permaculture grazier that has used the Yeomans method to capture water and fertility on his hillside ranch. This fellow is Marvin Hegge in Roseburg Oregon, and his operation is quite a sight. If you have interest beep me back. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- jhaap@tilth.org J. J. Haapala * Oregon Tilth Research & Development 30848 Maple Drive * Junction City, OR 97448 * +1 (503) 998-5801 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From tforster@igc.apc.orgThu Feb 23 19:54:16 1995 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 10:17:32 -0800 From: Thomas Forster To: london@calypso-2.oit.unc.edu Subject: Re: educational visit (fwd) Please forward: Rachel -- its not S. Oregon or California, but here on Orcas Island in Washington, there are several farms that may together be interested in a project -- of which Biodynamic, organic and permaculture are separate cultural practices on distinct farms. If you are interested, my email is tforster@igc.apc.org and phone is 206-360-76-3663. Address Post Office Box 128, Olaga WA 98279 Thomas Forster ________________________________________________ Lawrence F. London, Jr. - london@sunSITE.unc.edu ------------------------------------------------