PAGE 4 AGRICULTURE· FOOD CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 NORTHWEST CONFERENCE FOR ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE. Nov. 21-23, 1974. Being engineered by Becky and Woody Deryckx, and friends. Poplar Hills ,. Rt•. 1, Box 6,4. Palouse, Wn. 99161. (509) 878-4503. For people involved in Agriculc ture, both rural and urban. Land reform, alternative energy, marketing, economics. INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENCE INSTITUTE West Road Box 183 Ashby, Massachusetts 01431 Probably the central source of information about land trusts. A very old network with roots in the thirties "acre and independence" movement, and Henry George (Progress and Poverty); Microfarms - A Proposal for Development Glen A. Twombly. 1972. Old Route 202. Pomona, N. Y. 10970 A proposal and explanation of urban microfarms, similar in some ways to J. B. De.Korne 's '"Ecosystem". The problems of human survival can only be solved by changes in the values,· life style and environmental consciousne s~ on the part of large sections of the population. Since the middle class urban/ suburban portion of the society is most instrumental in setting and maintaining value systems and policies in this country this plan is directed primarily toward them. E:ne rgy Use for Food in the United States ~ Hurst. Oak Ridge Nt. Lab. ORNL - NSF - EP - 57 Oct. 73. 32 PP The loaf of bread you bought today costs as much in energy as you would consume if you were to drive your car 40 or 50 miles. ·Water Recycling by Rafael Montanaro, Laboratory for Maximum Potential Systems, School of Architecture, Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 $5. 00 Residential water use options incl. low water, grey water toilets, reducing use with spray showers, foot pedal-actuated faucets, etc. (lj) An Algal Regenerative System For Single-Family Farms and Villages C. G. Colueke & W. J. Oswald Research on the utilization of algae for the reclamation of . nutrients and water from agricultural waste waters, and on the development of photo-synthetic life -support systems. Progress report available from Sanitary Engineering Research Laboratory U. of California Richmond Field Station 1301 S 46th St. Richmond, Ca. 94804 $2. 00 (Check to: Regents of the University of California) OREGON HERB SOCIETY 6825 SW Capitol Highway Portland, Or. 97219 OCTOBER, 1974 FIRST ANNUAL NE WASHINGTON HARVEST FESTIVAL AND BARTER DAYS. Was held Sept. 28&29, 1974; to give people a chance to se 11 or barter their excess of food they have grown or gathered. And watch these pages for more on bartering in upcoming issues. The fossil fuel energy consumed by tractors in the United States is about equal to the total energy yield for US agriculture. --see also energy ) Hang Gliding Aeron Industries Incorporated 9985 SE Eastmond Drive Gresham, Or. 97030 663-4915 665-8560 PSU Flying Club Portland State University PO Box 751 Portland, Or. 97207 Cygnus Sky School (hang gliding) PO Box 244 Rhododendron, Or. 97049 see also Energy €RCHITECTURE ) Sweet N' Sour: An Alternative Architecture Catalog Pliny and Daria Fisk Laboratory for Maximum Potential Systems Architecture Dept. University of Texas 70712 A specifications/description of various commercially available architectural mate rials. "Will the New Consciousness of Energy Create an Imploding Metropolis? "--Herbert M. Franklin and "The Varied and Early Solar Energy Applications of Northern New Mexico"--Jeffrey Cook, AlA In AlA Journal, magazine of the American Institute of Architects. 11735 New York Av. NW. Washington, DC 20006 August, 1974
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