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>From: Rachel Freifelder <rrfreifelder@ucdavis.edu>
To: permaculture-mg <permaculture-mg@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu>
Subject: educational visit
Contact: Michael Fields Agricultural Institute, Inc.
W2493 County Road ES
East Troy, Wisconsin 53120.
Phone:414-642-3303 Fax:414-642-4028
Michael Fields in a public non-profit education and research
organizations promoting sustainable practices in organic and biodynamic
farming and encouraging conventional farmers to switch to biodynamic
methods.
They have publications, short courses and field days. They also
advertise for apprenticeship positions for students and others who would
like to work on biodynamic farms. Give the a call they can probably
assist you.
Irwin Weintraub
Agriculture Resource Librarian
Rutgers University
Piscataway, NJ
weintraub@zodiac.rutgers.edu
Hello, I am a grad student at UC Davis, studying sustainable agriculture
and systems design. Does anyone know of any permaculture/biodynamic
farms or similar integrated operations that welcome short-term visitors
interested in seeing how they work, or, even better, that are interested
in someone undertaking some kind of agronomic study of their farm? I am
trying to develop ways to audit for "sustainability", including soils,
water quality, energetics, nutrient cycling, interaction with natural
systems; I'm hoping that these audits would be useful to people striving
for sustainability.
I'm especially interested in communities, and obviously would be most
able to visit places within California or southern Oregon.
Any leads would be appreciated.
Rachel Read Freifelder
Department of Vegetable Crops
University of California, Davis
(916)753-3039