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LifeCyclescultivating communities


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LifeCyclescultivating communities


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Fertility of the soil is thefutre of civilization.- Sir Albert Howard


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Apprentice and farmerelationships have mult

benefits. Farmers givtheir wisdom, and

apprentices share theenergy and enthusiasm


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The role of animals onthe farm can be verydiverse, from buildingsoil, to pest control, to

pollination.


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Bees are the earthsnumber one pollinato

in fact bees pollinate o1/3 of all food crop


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Biodynamics is ascience of life-forces, arecognition of the basic

principles at work innature, and an approach

to agriculture whichtakes these principles intoaccount to bring about

balance and healing.


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Supposedly the oldesknown written recipe is

beer!


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Good ideas arecommon, the peoplewho can implement

them are rare. Passion,choice, and deep

knowledge are thekey characteristics

behind virtually everyentrepreneurs success.

- Jon P. Goodman


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CSA is an innovative aresourceful strategy t

connect local farmerwith local consumersMembers or share-

holders pay in advancecover the costs of farm

In return, they receiveshare of the farms bouthroughout the growi

season. They also sharin the risks of farmingincluding poor harves

due to unfavorableweather or pests.


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A nation that destroysits soils destroys itself.- Franklin D. Roosevelt


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Let one ThousandFlowers bloom..

Mao Tse-Tung


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In sustainable agricultural

systems, there is reducedreliance on non-renewable energy sources

and a substitution ofrenewable sources or

labor.


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The difference betweengood garden or farm aa great one is often in t

planning.


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Take care when canning......steam was generated

beyond the power of thecanister to endure. As a

natural consequence, thecanister burst, the deadturkey sprang from his

coffin of tinplate andkilled the cook forthwith.

News report of an earlycanning industry accident

(1852)


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We need to adapt oufarming much more

sensitively to the natuof the places where th

farming is done.- Wendell Berry


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Do two test plots, oneinside the greenhouse

and one outside. Watchand compare the rate ofgermination and growth.


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Better than any argumis to rise at dawn and pdew-wet red berries in

cup.- Wendell Berry


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Herbs differ in terms ofcultural methods, scale ofproduction, post-harvesthandling, and marketing.

They can be producedas fresh culinary herbs,

dried culinary herbs, herbplants, decorative and

fragrant herbs, essentialoils and dyes, andmedicinal herbs.


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If your horse says no, yeither asked the wronquestion, or asked th

question wrong.- Pat Parelli


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We can better manageour water use byimproving water

conservation and storagemeasures, selection ofdrought-tolerant cropspecies, using reduced-

volume irrigation systems,

and managing crops toreduce water loss.


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51% of BC Farm cash

receipts come fromlivestock (MAFF).


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The worlds biggestpancake was 15.01 m

(49 ft 3 in) in diameter,2.5 cm (1 in) deep, and

weighed 3 tonnes (2.95tons). It was made inManchester, UK, on

August 13, 1994, forthe 150th anniversaryof the Co-Operative

movement.


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Man did not weave theweb of life - he is merelya strand in it. Whatever

he does to the web hedoes to himself.- Chief Seattle, 1854


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A modest gardencontains, for those whknow how to look an

to wait, more instructithan a library.

- Henri Frederic Ami


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Respect for biodiversityentails a shift to

production systemsthat maintain life onEarth and do not pushit to extinctionthe

life of soil organisms, of

water systems, of plantand animal diversity. Anonviolent agriculturewould do no harm tobees, butterflies andearthworms. It also

would not falsify theproductivity of industrial

monocultures, which

waste water and energy,need expensive andharmful chemicals, and

wipe out lifes abundance.Vandana Shiva


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The Canadian FoodSecurity Networks

objectives are tofacilitate dialogue, to

share information, anto work for joint actio

among Canadians andorganizations workin

for food security. The

have a good listing oorganizations acrossCanada. www.ryerson

ca/foodsecurity/democracy.html


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Skill in raising vegetableplants from seed is the

very cornerstone of

gardening independence.Choice of seeds and careful

handling can bring younot only earlier harvests,

but better vegetables.- Nancy Bubel


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Seedy Saturday is notone event, but a series oindependent local event

which have sprung up acrothe country. They bring

together home gardenerseed savers, native plantcollectors, agriculture

conservation groups, ancommunity gardeners as was local seed companies thsell open-pollinated varietof vegetables, fruits, flowe

grains and herbs.www.Seedysaturday.org


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Red Wiggler worms canconsume their weight in

organic material every twodays!


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Each shovel of soilcontains more living

things than all of thehuman beings ever bo


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SUCCESS comes to theman who so works that

his efforts will bring themost and the best results not to the man who

simply works hardThereare many handy devices,not made in any factoryand not sold in any store,that every intelligent mancan make himself, which

save money and labor andime. Handy Farm Devicesand How to Make Them


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There are now about5,000 acres of premiuwine grapes growing B.C., 1,000 of which

were planted in the latwo years. The industis small by compariso

but it is among the morapidly expanding of tnew world wine region

www.bcwine.com


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