[Pil-pc-oceania] Pil-pc-oceania Digest, Vol 10, Issue 16

Fri Aug 10 09:14:32 EST 2007

Yes there is a strong new group headed by Viki Gear on the coast.  Their
next meeting is in Tuggarah Hall on Monday night 13th August.  Vicki's
contact is 43928655 or pccnsw at yahoo.com.au.  They are a dynamic group with
an excellent newsletter.
Janet Millington

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Today's Topics:

   1. HELP PLEASE - Permaculture on NSW Central Coast (Keith Stewart)
   2. People (pacific-edge)
   3. FEED - August 2007 (Deb Guildner)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 16:31:59 +1000
From: "Keith Stewart" <brooklynboats at integritynet.com.au>
Subject: [Pil-pc-oceania] HELP PLEASE - Permaculture on NSW Central
	Coast
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Friends.

Some of VERY OLD 'PC-People' might remember me from our 'Old Days'.

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Back in Australia from some 11 years living and working in rural 
Bangladesh..

Living at Umina. Near Woy Woy.

Are there any 'PC-People' on our NSW Central Coast?

         < Gosford - Woy Woy etc . I am at Umina Beach.>

Used to 'Tropical and silt'. Which was easy to grow our own village rice,

Fruit, veggies, fish etc.

Having problems growing my own stuff here - with a concrete yard.

02 - 4342 8873  / M - 0428 580 131

Keith Stewart
ENDS

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Subject: [Pil-pc-oceania] People
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Some of those who made permaculture:
http://www.permacultureinternational.org/Members/pacificedge/our-people-our-
permaculture/
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Subject: [Pil-pc-oceania] FEED - August 2007
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FEED - August 2007
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Subject: FEED - August 2007

                  FEED - Food & Environment Electronic Digest - August 2007
                  Read FEED online

                  Contents

                    1.. I'll have the Green Plate Special 
                    2.. Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico continues to grow 
                    3.. Organic beats no-till in building quality soil 
                    4.. New map locates animal factories 
                    5.. USDA contemplates pharma crop ban
                  1. I'll have the Green Plate Special

                  The Union of Concerned Scientists is excited to bring you
a brand new seasonal web feature-Green Cuisine: Earth-friendly, healthy
recipes from top chefs and local farmers. Green Cuisine will profile local
chef-farmer partnerships and the creative, healthy, sustainable dishes that
result from these collaborations. For summer, the spotlight is on delicious
and juicy farm-fresh tomatoes, as prepared by visionary chef Nora Pouillon
of the celebrated (and certified organic) Restaurant Nora in Washington, DC.
Check out our interactive photo slideshow, and get a FREE summer recipe from
Nora. 

                  2. Dead Zone in Gulf of Mexico continues to grow

                  According to researchers at the Louisiana Universities
Marine Consortium, the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico has expanded this
year to cover 7,500 square miles - nearly the size of New Jersey. Located
off the coast of Louisiana, the dead zone is an area that becomes so
oxygen-depleted that it cannot support fish, shrimp, or other marine life.
Read more...

                  3. Organic beats no-till in building quality soil

                  A new study by the federal Agricultural Research Service
has demonstrated that organic farming builds soil organic matter better than
conventional no-till farming, challenging the belief that no-till is the
best farming option for soil health and carbon sequestration. Organic
farming traditionally employs minimal tillage to control weeds and
incorporate manure, while conventional no-till farming avoids tillage
altogether and often relies upon applications of herbicides to control
weeds. Tilling a field, or stirring up the ground to kill weeds and
facilitate planting, can destroy soil organic matter important for growing
crops. However, the new study demonstrates that the use of manure and cover
crops in organic farming more than offsets the soil losses from tillage. In
addition, the organic soil in the studied fields contained more carbon and
nitrogen than the no-till soil. After nine years of organic production, the
organic soil supported an 18 percent inc!
 rease in corn yield over the no-till soil. Read more from the Agricultural
Research Service.

                  4. New map locates animal factories

                  Food and Water Watch has developed a new interactive map
showing the location of animal factories by county in the United States.
Read more...

                  5. USDA contemplates pharma crop ban

                  Released in mid-July, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's
(USDA's) long-awaited draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on the
regulation of genetically engineered (GE) organisms presents a ban on food
crops as one option for overseeing pharmaceutical (pharma) and industrial
crops. If the option is adopted by the USDA, it will become the basis for
pharma/industrial crop regulation in the new GE crop rules expected in 2008.
But that outcome is far from assured. The EIS also presents a weaker option
that the USDA currently prefers over the ban. 

                  In the works since 2004, the comprehensive rule making
including the EIS is the most significant regulatory initiative on GE crops
to come out of the USDA in the last two decades. The new rule making will
establish the USDA's regulation of GE crops for many years to come.

                  UCS will be mounting a major effort to generate public
comments from individuals and organizations to persuade the USDA to adopt
the ban option. Stay tuned for an action alert with directions on how to
comment to the USDA on the EIS later this month. Meanwhile, you can sign our
pharma crop petition to the USDA today at www.ProtectOurFood.org. 

                  Read the USDA environmental impact statement on the
regulation of genetically engineered organisms (pdf).

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