WHAT EXACTLY WAS DISCUSSED AT THE RECENT AGRARIAN ELDERS GATHERING IN BIG SUR? Several efforts are underway which will each answer this question in their own complimentary manor. Just posted is Noel Vietors splendid and readable 22-page report. The Agrarian Elders conference was organized by two of the most well-networked, vocal, and trailblazing organic farmers of the last three decades, Michael Ableman, representing the West coast, and Eliot Coleman, representing the East coast. They conceived the gathering when they realized that, for the first time since the industrialization of agriculture, there is a group of agrarian elders who have accumulated thirty or more years of practical experience with the art and craft of natural systems agriculture. The intention of the conference was to gather twenty-five of these elders to dialogue in an intimate format, share stories as well as hard-earned techniques and insights, and to create a grounded vision for the future of food and agriculture. Coming in due course: a book by Michael Ableman and a film by Debroah Coombs Garcia. here are two links with more background. Jim nytimes/2014/01/25/business/the-elders-of-organic-farming.html?_r=0 woodprairie/Newsletter_012414
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:19:04 +0000
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