(1:375/65.0) @PATH: 375/65 3615/50 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (133) Wed 7 Dec 94 9:37 By: South Country Community Assoc. To: Allen Dick 546-2588 Re: ACTION ALERT: 1995 FARM BILL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @PID: RA 2.02 80118 @MSGID: 1:358/1 54841fec @REPLY: 1:3641/223 0006ab01 @TID: GE 1.1+ Now, i'm no expert but as far as i know, there is but one commercial hemp grower in eastern canada but he is so tightly regulated that he can hardly justify growing. i believe he is farming approx. 45 acres, but again i'm no expert. --- * Origin: The TERMINAL BBS Lethbridge, AB, CAN [403]327-9731 (1:358/1) @PATH: 358/1 3615/50 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (174) Wed 7 Dec 94 3:18 By: Doreen Clancy To: All Re: Tire Houses ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:353/385.0 2ee5296c Did someone in this echo ask about houses made from tires recently? There's a story in a local paper about them being built here in Canada. I'll save the story for awhile in case anyone wishes info. ... OFFLINE 1.51 --- Maximus/2 2.02 * Origin: William's, Vernon B.C. (604)549-2409 24hrs free access (1:353/385) @PATH: 353/385 680 3615/50 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (175) Fri 9 Dec 94 9:00 By: Environment Arkansas! To: All Re: Carbofuran Alternatives? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:3821/16.0 87738C34 @TID: WILDMAIL!/WC v4.10 93-0244 Please respond to: >INTERNET:ncap@igc.apc.org Thank you. Cordially, David Dickerson EcoNet/IGC Networks ----- /* Written 5:03 PM Nov 28, 1994 by ncap in igc:haz.pesticides */ /* ---------- "Rice Water Weevil Alternatives" ---------- */ November 28, 1994 To: All Sustainable Agriculture Activists From: Norma Grier, Executive Director Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides P.O. Box 1393 Eugene, OR 97440 503-344-5044 E-mail address: >INTERNET:ncap@igc.apc.org The Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides, along with four other organizations, is working to block attempts to continue uses of the insecticide carbofuran in the United States. Through this year, granular formulations of carbofuran have been permitted in rice fields to control rice water weevil. Key to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's deliberation over whether to extend this use is whether alternatives to carbofuran exist. Some research has been done to determine if there are resistant varieties of rice (or at least varieties that tolerate weevil populations). Research with early planting dates and water management also shows promise, although these cultural management techniques have not been used on commercial-scale operations. We have found no one working on biologically-intensive management strategies (i.e. predators, parasites, pathogens) in the United States. We would appreciate it if anyone could direct us to resource people and examples of this type of rice water weevil control. Please e-mail us information on name, address, phone, e-mail addressof individuals that you think can help us. Send it to >INTERNET:ncap@igc.apc.org. Thank you very much. +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | The above story is cross-posted from EcoNet, a member network of | | the Association for Progressive Communications (APC). To retrieve | | EcoNet's on-line brochure, please send an empty e-mail message to | | >INTERNET:econet-info@igc.apc.org. | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ * QMPro 1.53 * The truth, however, is not pertinent to the issue. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.10 * Origin: Environment Arkansas! Little Rock (501) 562-7969 (1:3821/16.0) @PATH: 3821/16 399/10 3615/50 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (176) Fri 9 Dec 94 8:45 By: Environment Arkansas! To: All Re: Family Farm In Jeopardy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:3821/16.0 87738C35 @TID: WILDMAIL!/WC v4.10 93-0244 GOODYEAR SURVEY SHOWS FAMILY FARM IN JEOPARDY SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 5, -/E-Wire/-- Family farming continues to be in jeopardy, according to more than 80 percent of land and water conservationists who concluded a program here Sunday sponsored by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) and National Association of Conservation Districts. The conservationists, of whom 75 percent are working farmers, responded to a survey conducted by Goodyear and cited the growth of corporate farming, urban development and government regulations as the three top issues that will cause the number of U.S. family farms to decrease by the year 2010. The conservationists also indicated they may be looking for help from the new U.S. Congress and have some advice for the legislators. Respondents recommended that federal legislators approach rule-making in a bi-partisan manner, focus on the economy and regulate less. Survey participants also were asked to list by importance each individual's state environmental issues. Respondents indicated water quality protection as the top concern, scoring 87 of 100 points, followed by soil erosion with a score of 79. Other issues listed in descending order of importance included sustainable agriculture scoring 52 points, and wetlands protection at 39 points. "The conservationists that were surveyed are acutely aware of key environmental issues facing our nation and impacting the American farmer. Conservation districts want to work with our policy makers to save natural resources," said Jerry Digerness, president of NACD. "Uniting diverse interests in a common effort will help solve environmental problems facing our urban and rural communities." Surveys were completed by 42 of 57 representatives from award-winning conservation districts throughout the United States who attended the 47th annual Conservation Awards Program, a Goodyear/NACD summit conference for the nation's leading conservationists last week. Goodyear has funded the program since 1947. -0- 12/5/94 /CONTACT: Skip Scherer of Goodyear, 216-796-4045/ (GT) * QMPro 1.53 * One good turn gets all the blankets. --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.10 * Origin: Environment Arkansas! Little Rock (501) 562-7969 (1:3821/16.0) @PATH: 3821/16 399/10 3615/50 3641/1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (177) Fri 9 Dec 94 8:46 By: Environment Arkansas! To: All Re: Farmers Want Relief ---------------------------------------------------------------------- @MSGID: 1:3821/16.0 87738C36 @TID: WILDMAIL!/WC v4.10 93-0244 1995 OFFERS FARMERS HOPE FOR REGULATORY RELIEF ANAHEIM, Calif., Dec. 5, -/E-Wire/-- Results of the November election bode well for California farmers' efforts to reform costly and contentious environmental regulations, according to the president of the California Farm Bureau Federation. Bob L. Vice, an avocado and citrus grower from Fallbrook, told 600 Farm Bureau members attending the federation's 76th annual meeting in Anaheim today that the Republican majority in Congress should produce long-sought reforms in environmentallaws. "We believe this change will be beneficial to agriculture," said Vice. "The environment is right to restore some common sense to federal regulations that have turned the tables on property rights, sound science and progress." A high Farm Bureau priority is reform of the federal Endangered Species Act. Vice said federal agencies' rigid application of the act has inflamed public opinion against it. He said a farmer rally in Fresno this year to protest the government's prosecution of a Kern County farmer charged with violating the law showed that people are outraged. "They are fed up with command and control government, and they're not going to take it anymore. More people understand that it is not possible to save every last rat, bug and snake in the grass. It is not wise to throw people off the land and out of work. In fact, it's downright stupid," Vice said. "It is fiscally irresponsible to hand government a blank check and let bureaucrats run roughshod over our personal freedoms." Vice said political changes should buttress Farm Bureau's efforts to develop a market-oriented 1995 Farm Bill, reform the Clean Water Act and the nation's pesticide laws. Trade and water issues also were cited by Vice as crucial to California agriculture's future. A pending announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on water quality standards for the San Francisco Bay-Delta could severely affect farmers' water supplies as more water is allocated to delta fish. Vice said the announcement, coupled with existing federal restrictions on agricultural water availability, could mean severe economic and social consequences in rural areas. "As farmland is idled, unemployment rises, farm real estate values plummet, farm credit becomes scarce and rural economies wither," Vice said. "It is our hope to help formulate standards that will minimize the potential impact to farmers and ranchers and yet convince EPA to defer to the state standards." He said the solution to the state's water problems lies in the development of new water supplies and in requiring local governments to prove a water supply exists prior to approving new demands for water. "We cannot approve new demands for water without a proven and adequate water supply. If we do, agriculture will bear the brunt of the new urban growth," he said. On the subject of trade, Vice said California farmers must explore new opportunities to sell agricultural goods to capitalize on the North American Free Trade Agreement and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. "International trade is the salvation of our industry. That's