Announcing the new Community Supported Agriculture mailing list. A Community Supported Agriculture mailing list has been started countesy of UNC MetaLab's Lyris server. Please distribute this announcement wherever appropriate. The market-farming list may also be of interest to many of you; information about it, this list and other agriculture and permaculture forums can be found at http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden. Art Biggert CSA List Co-Owner Lawrence London CSA List Co-Owner Lawrence F. London, Jr. Venaura Farm metalab.unc.edu/intergarden InterGarden metalab.unc.edu/permaculture PermaSphere metalab.unc.edu/intergarden/orgfarm AGINFO lflondon@mindspring.com london@metalab.unc.edu <><><> Welcome to the Community Supported Agriculture e-mail list and discussion group: csa@franklin.oit.unc.edu Community Supported Agriculture Mailing List List FAQ Frequently Asked Questions about the Community Supported Agriculture discussion group * WHAT IS Community Supported Agriculture? Name of list: csa Posting address for list: csa@franklin.oit.unc.edu csa@franklin.oit.unc.edu is a mailing list/newsgroup/webforum for networking among farmers involved in operating a CSA The listowners are: Art Biggert SCook21809@aol.com Ocean Sky Farm Bainbridge Island, WA Lawrence London Venaura Farm lflondon@mindspring.com london@metalab.unc.edu http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden * HOW DO I SUBSCRIBE TO CSA? Self-subscribe throuth the Web by accessing the website at http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=csa. Subscribing & unsubscribing to csa using email instead of the Web interface: In case you do not have Web access or for any reason need to use the email interface, here are some key commands; In all cases, the default server address is: lyris@franklin.oit.unc.edu This is the email address to send commands to change the status of your account. Other addresses are shown where appropriate. Note that commands may be placed in either the subject line or in the body of the message. For some actions you have several choices of commands and you may use the one that suits your preferred mode. SUBSCRIBING: subscribe csa subscribe csa your_name join csa join csa your_name alternate address: join-csa@franklin.oit.unc.edu UNSUBSCRIBING: unsubscribe csa leave csa alternate address: leave-csa@franklin.oit.unc.edu SETTING MEMBERSHIP TO DIGEST MODE: set csa digest SETTING MEMBERSHIP TO INDEX MODE: set csa index SETTING MEMBERSHIP TO DISCUSSION MODE: set csa mail TEMPORARILY SUSPENDING MAIL FROM THE LIST: set csa nomail RESUMING MAIL FROM THE LIST: set csa mail set csa digest set csa index You may subscribe as an e-mail list, a digest of that list or just gain access to the usegroup which gives you access to posts from the web but doesn't deliver them to your mailbox. If you lack web access, or the e-mail commands don't seem to work, e-mail me at lflondon@mindspring.com or london@metalab.unc.edu with your email address and (optional) full name, and I'll sign you up. * HOW DO I UNSUBSCRIBE TO CSA? At the end of every post to this list there is text at the bottom of the page with automated unsubscription info and procedure. Here is a sample from a typical post: You are currently subscribed to csa as: To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-csa-@franklin.oit.unc.edu OR Self-unsubscribe by accessing the website at http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=csa. If you lack web access, or the instructions don't work for you, e-mail me with your full name and email address, and I'll unsubscribe you. PLEASE DO NOT SEND UNSUBSCRIBE MESSAGES TO THE ENTIRE LIST. * DO I HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE TO READ THE POSTS? You can read the posts using the Web interface as well as the News interface without being a subscriber to the list. To read using the Web interface go to: http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=csa and click on the button that says "Visit csa without joining" To read using the News interface use the following methods: Method 1 using your news reader: - Access via Usenet news can be had by adding this news server name to your list of news servers in your news reader, or make it your default server: franklin.oit.unc.edu Connect to the franklin.oit.unc.edu news server, download the list of available newsgroups and subscribe to csa. Subscribing to the csa newsgroup does not make you a subscriber to the list. You can post to the newsgroup only if you are a list subscriber; otherwise you can read the newsgroup. Method 2 using your Web browser [+ news reader]: - go to this URL (i.e. type this URL into the dialog box in your web browser) news://franklin.oit.unc.edu (news:// is part of a URL just like ftp:// and http://) and download the list of available newsgroups and subscribe to csa. or go to this URL: news://franklin.oit.unc.edu/csa for reading (and/or posting if you're a list subscriber) * HOW DO I POST TO Community Supported Agriculture? Send your messages to: csa@franklin.oit.unc.edu You have to be a list subscriber to post to csa using either the Email, Web or News interface. You can, however read all posts, including the archives, as a non-subscriber. In order to post to csa, you must be subscribed to the list AND send your message from the email account that you used to subscribe to the list. In other words, if you have several e-mail accounts or aliases, you need to send e-mail from the account you used to subscribed. IMPORTANT NOTE: All posts to csa are permanently archived. This allows folks to go back and search for specific information in a thread. It also means your name is archived with your post. If this is a problem for you, it's best you not use this list. * WHERE CAN I FIND ARCHIVES OF POSTINGS TO CSA? On the world wide web at: http://franklin.oit.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=csa * WHAT ARE SOME OTHER WEBSITES OR DISCUSSION GROUPS THAT MIGHT BE OF INTEREST SANET-MG Sponsored by the Sustainable Agriculture Network at the USDA, this list is international in scope. It is largely populated by academics and the discussions are frequently philosophical and/or policy oriented. However, farmers frequently lurk here and research on any given topic is available for the asking. Archives and subscription information can be found at http://www.sare.org/san/htdocs/hypermail Biodynamics NOW! (bdnow), the international biodynamic farming and gardening discussion list. You can join BD Now! at http://www.igg.com/bdnow or you can send a message to listproc@envirolink.org put 'sub bdnow YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS YOUR NAME' in the body of the message. The bd-now mailing list is run by Allan Balliett who can be reached at: igg@igg.com InterGarden at MetaLab (forums, links, information): http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden http://metalab.unc.edu/permaculture There's a special document with info on accessing all these lists in a file at this URL: http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden/forumdoc.txt Lists of interest at the MetaLab Lyris server include: csa soil-quality seed-saving community-foodsystems herb market-farming permaculture permaculture-calendar The Sustainable Farming Connection Developed and maintained by Craig Cramer formerly editor of The New Farm. This site is a cornucopia of resources and topics. Sustainable techniques for farms of all sizes and crops. http://sunsite.unc.edu/farming-connection/ ATTRA - Appropriate Technology Transfer to Rural Areas One of the best appropriate scale and alternative crop sites on the web. Loaded with publications and links. This is THE site for posting apprenticeship and internship opportunities www.ATTRA.org IF YOU GARDEN FOR PLEASURE, LANDSCAPE, AND EXPERIMENTATION the following sites may be better suited to your needs http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden InterGarden Rodale Press Gardening http://www.rodalepress.com./gardening.htm National Gardening Association www.garden.org IF YOU HOMESTEAD OR FARM PRIMARILY AS A LIFESTYLE CHOICE AND GROW FOOD primarily to feed your own family, the following site may be better suited to your needs http://www.homestead.org * OTHER RESOURCES GROWING FOR MARKET is a monthly newsletter that has articles by and about market farmers. Good ideas and honest discussion abound. Subscriptions are $30/year. GFM, Fairplain Publications, P.O. Box 3747, Lawrence, KS 66046; Tel 800-307-8949/fax: 913.841.2559. growing4market@earthlink.net THE COMMUNITY FARM A Voice for Community Supported Agriculture Edited and produced by Jim Sluyter and Jo Meller. Quarterly publication comes out in February, May, August and November. $20 US TCM 3480 Potter Rd. Bear Lake, MI 49614 (616) 889-3216 fsfarm@mufn.org * WHERE CAN THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE MAILING LIST FAQ BE FOUND? The FAQ will be sent to you automatically to indicate that you have subscribed successfully OR you may read it (csa.faq) at: http://metalab.unc.edu/intergarden/documents/csa.faq OR have it sent to you by email by sending email to: lyris@franklin.oit.unc.edu with the message text or subject line containing: get csa csa-list.faq <><><> Lawrence F. London, Jr. Venaura Farm metalab.unc.edu/intergarden InterGarden metalab.unc.edu/permaculture PermaSphere metalab.unc.edu/intergarden/orgfarm AGINFO lflondon@mindspring.com london@metalab.unc.edu