Re: Seeking a model organic farming community

I should add this:
No town can be a "model of the future for environmental sustainability",
because first the people in it would have to be determined to live
sustainably. I seriously doubt the employees of that company know where to
begin. 

paul [email protected]
http://medicinehill.net

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On 2/4/2005 at 11:03 PM Globalcircle wrote:

>Actually, to name one example, asian cultures farmed sustainably for
>millenia. See the classic Farmers of Forty Centuries, by F.H. King. As for
>planning a new town there are disturbing questions. Will it pave over
>fertile farmland? How much concrete for paving and storm sewers? How much
>fossil fuel for its electrical needs? Will it be designed like almost all
>other towns for automobiles? How far will people travel to work, using
>fossil fuels? Will sewage systems use up clean drinking water? Will
>greywater be recycled to grow fruit or nut trees? Will xeriscaping be
>planned into it to save water? Will food be produced locally or will they
>have to keep buying groceries from hundreds of miles away?  And can any
>town be designed to be a model of environmental sustainability? My
>suggestion would be no new town at all, but refurbish existing dwellings
to
>save resources.
>
>paul [email protected]
>http://medicinehill.net
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>On 2/5/2005 at 1:03 AM [email protected] wrote:
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>>I would suggest www.biodynamics.com/internshippacific.html and check out
>>Live Power, Round Valley, CA.  (Not known from my personal experience,
but
>> . . .  recommended by a respected friend.)
>>
>>Biodynamics is the oldest 'sustainable' organic technique.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Zachary
>>
>>> We have a client that has asked us to plan a new town, for their
>>> employees and their families.
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>>> The new town is itself intended to be a model of the future for
>>> environmental sustainability.
>>>
>>> Are any fellow subscribers to Ecobalance familiar with successful
>>> organic farming operations in the US,
>>>
>>> One that our clients might visit and develop a cooperative information
>>> exchange ?  Thank you.
>>
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