Thursday, September 30, 2004
Events / Edmonton, AB
USC* NEPAL - Seeds, Traditional Knowledge & Food Security
ELIST, Sept. 24, 2004 (PIRG – Calgary) - October 1, 2004 @ the Unitarian Church of Edmonton - 12530 - 110 Ave. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. / Presentation at 7:30 p.m. > Free admission Infoline: Sharon at 461-9958 / e-mail: slrempel@shaw.ca. Dear friend / colleague S The Garden Institute of Alberta is pleased to host Mr. Shree Ram Shrestha, head of "USC Nepal", for an evening slide presentation about "USC Canada"s work in Nepal. He'll focus on organicagriculture, seed and traditional knowledge documentation and food securityprojects including our shared project 'Seed Words Nepal'. 'Seed Words'combines adult literacy with traditional seed knowledge. Seed is the heartof agriculture and food security. Please bring a snack or desert to share;coffee and tea to be supplied. Donations for the project work can receive atax-deductible receipt from "The Garden Institute of Alberta" or from "USCCanada". The Garden Institute of Alberta On-line: www.members.shaw.ca/gardenab *USC-Unitarian Service Committee On-line: www.usc-canada.org
USC* NEPAL - Seeds, Traditional Knowledge & Food Security
ELIST, Sept. 24, 2004 (PIRG – Calgary) - October 1, 2004 @ the Unitarian Church of Edmonton - 12530 - 110 Ave. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. / Presentation at 7:30 p.m. > Free admission Infoline: Sharon at 461-9958 / e-mail: slrempel@shaw.ca. Dear friend / colleague S The Garden Institute of Alberta is pleased to host Mr. Shree Ram Shrestha, head of "USC Nepal", for an evening slide presentation about "USC Canada"s work in Nepal. He'll focus on organicagriculture, seed and traditional knowledge documentation and food securityprojects including our shared project 'Seed Words Nepal'. 'Seed Words'combines adult literacy with traditional seed knowledge. Seed is the heartof agriculture and food security. Please bring a snack or desert to share;coffee and tea to be supplied. Donations for the project work can receive atax-deductible receipt from "The Garden Institute of Alberta" or from "USCCanada". The Garden Institute of Alberta On-line: www.members.shaw.ca/gardenab *USC-Unitarian Service Committee On-line: www.usc-canada.org
Green Sourcing
Composting Resources
WEBSITE Reference, Sep. 2004 (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas) - Woods End Agricultural Institute in Mt. Vernon, Maine, specializes in compost and soil analysis for organic farmers, consultation for compost operations, and research on compost. Dr. William Brinton, director of the laboratory, has published numerous articles and publications on the composting process, compost analysis, and compost usage. Descriptions of the for-sale compost publications listed below are available on their website at: http://www.woodsend.org/. These publications are especially useful because they document practical efforts to compost farm wastes, food wastes, and food processing wastes: On-Farm Composting: Effects of Technology & Intensification on End-Product Quality and Costs, Composting School Food Scraps, Composting Potato Culls and Potato Waste Processing, School Food Scap Composting, Composting and Using By-Products from Blue Crab and Calico Scallop Processing Plants in Florida, Composting Fish By-Products: A Feasibility Study, Organic Growing Mix: Use of Compost in Potting Mixes, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Paper Bedding, and Compostability, Health Risks and Bio-Degradation.
Composting Resources
WEBSITE Reference, Sep. 2004 (Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas) - Woods End Agricultural Institute in Mt. Vernon, Maine, specializes in compost and soil analysis for organic farmers, consultation for compost operations, and research on compost. Dr. William Brinton, director of the laboratory, has published numerous articles and publications on the composting process, compost analysis, and compost usage. Descriptions of the for-sale compost publications listed below are available on their website at: http://www.woodsend.org/. These publications are especially useful because they document practical efforts to compost farm wastes, food wastes, and food processing wastes: On-Farm Composting: Effects of Technology & Intensification on End-Product Quality and Costs, Composting School Food Scraps, Composting Potato Culls and Potato Waste Processing, School Food Scap Composting, Composting and Using By-Products from Blue Crab and Calico Scallop Processing Plants in Florida, Composting Fish By-Products: A Feasibility Study, Organic Growing Mix: Use of Compost in Potting Mixes, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) in Paper Bedding, and Compostability, Health Risks and Bio-Degradation.
Exemplary Resources / Seeds / Food Growing
A Catalog of Garden Catalogs
WEBSITE Reference, Sep. 2004 (Food Democracy) - The catalog is maintained by Cyndi Johnson who has an astonishingly comprehensive and annotated listing of seed companies in North America as well as other catalogs relevant to gardening. www.qnet.com/~johnsonj .
A Catalog of Garden Catalogs
WEBSITE Reference, Sep. 2004 (Food Democracy) - The catalog is maintained by Cyndi Johnson who has an astonishingly comprehensive and annotated listing of seed companies in North America as well as other catalogs relevant to gardening. www.qnet.com/~johnsonj .
