Sept/Oct 1975 RAIN Page 5 Mapping the Northwest This map was handdrawn by our good friend Bob Benson. We are going to overlay it (larger size) issue by issue with locations of important places and connections, starting with energy/environment centers. Send us information of places we should include. Agriculture/Energy Project Reports Center for the Biology of Natural Systems Box 1126 Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130 (314) 863-0100, x. 4983/x. 4994. Barry Commoner's team has completed six excellent studies which are available free: CBNS-AE-1 : Effect of Recent Energy Price Increases on Field Crop Production Costs, Dec. '74, 108 pp. CBNS-AE-2 : Vulnerability of Crop Production to Energy Problems (simplified version of CBNS-AE-1), Jan. '75, 34 pp. CBNS-AE-3: Agricultural Resources Consumed in Beef Production, June '75,41pp. CBNS-AE-4: A Comparison of the Production, Economic Returns and Energy Intensiveness of Corn Belt Farms That Do and Do Not Use Inorganic Fertilizers and Pesticides, July '75, 62 pp. CBNS-AE-5: Energy in Corn Belt Production, July '75, 15 pp. CBNS-AE-6 : A Comparison of Organic and Conventional Farms in the Corn Belt, July '75, 27 pp. (simplified version of CBNS-AE-4). Washington Cooperative Federation 102 N.E. 43rd St. Seattle, WA 98105 The federation is an association of food buying clubs and food co-op stores throughout Washington. We are sporadically printing a newsletter and doing some joint bulk buys, as well as trying to get organized and define our goals, structure and membership. Meetings of all co-ops interested are held every couple of months to work on these things; there is also a rotating committee structure to work on specific projects. We would particularly like to hear from co-ops in Washington that aren't on the mailing list and/or who haven't been receiving the newsletter. The Institute for Local Self-Reliance 1717 18th St. N.W. Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-4108 Has a striking (don't put it up on a bright green; it will pull tacks and walk away); 24"x30" The Urban Farmer, jam-packed with basic information on about SO vegetable crops, information including pound yield per 10' row, protein, companion plants, depth to plant, nutrients, ph range, and more. $2.00. They also have published some results on vegetable yields using different methods of farming (hydroponic, organic, British, US, etc.). Newsletter is expected to begin this fall.
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