Dietary Goals for tbe United States, prepared by the Staff of the Select Committee on Nutritional and Human Needs, U.S. Senate, February l9Z7 (Stock No. 052-070-039t3-2'), 9 54 from: U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, DC 20402 Says Senator McGovern, Committee Chairman: "Too much fat, too much sugar or salt can be and are linked to heart disease, cancer, obesity and stroke, among other killer diseases. In all, six of the ten leading causes of death in the United States have been linked to our diet." Whether it's your diet or the U.S. diet you are concerned about, the "McGovern Report" has some stupefying answers to some foodbasic questions: How much of my (our) diet is fat? 42%. What percent of my carbohydrate intake is sugar? 52Vo How much sait do I take in? 6 to 18 grams per day on the average. How much do I need? About 112 gram per day. There is also specific informaiion such as a table of fat content of foods which told me that cheddar cheese is 20% saturated fats compare d to 2.2% for whole milk yogurt and .2% for uncreamed cotrage cheese. -Alex Jewell Integral Urban House Farallones Institute 1516 5th St. Berkeley, CA 947lO Starting in the fall of this year, the Farallones-Antioch College/West Master of Science Program in Ecosystem Management and Design will start accepting students who wish to focus on alternative sources of energy or other a.t. investigations that do not fail strictly into the category of the management of biological systems. Student advisors in the a.t. area will be Richard Merrill, Jerry Yudelson and Lynn NelSome new pamphlets are available for 25d each' Management of tbe Pest Garden Spail by Helga and William Olkowski, and Grey Water Reuse in tbe Urban Garden by Tom Javits. The latter includes answers to the most commonly asked questions concerning the use of household wastewater for garden irrigation. See RAIN, April 1977, f.or an early version of this pamphlet. Also, visitors to rhe Bay Area should note that the Urban House now has tour times at 1 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, in addition to Saturday 1-5. Highly recommendedl -LdeM Tbe Draft Horse Primer, Maurice Telleen, 1977, $10.95 from: Rodale Press Emmaus, PA 18049 Horse farming is nostalgic ro many people, but that nostalgia won't feed many farmers. Horsefarming is also increasingly economic, contrary to agribusiness dogma, as farm equipmeni and fuel cosrs increase exponentially. One particular advantage is its flexibility -the ability to use horses together on a single big project or separately on many small simultaneous jobs. The material in this book, culledfrom Draft Horse Journal, Western Horseman, Organic Gardening and Farming, many out-of-print agriculture booklets and years of personal experience, covers most of what can be conveyed through a book-buying, care and feeding, horsepowered machinery, shoeing, hitching and breeding. A growing number of farmers are using horsepower and making a fair living, realizing that highpriced, high-powered machinery is just a treadmill for pumping more dollars around in a circle with little more ending up in the farmer's pocket. -TB American Vegetarian Association 100 Gregory Ave. West Orange, NJ 07052 20t/73t-4902 These folks recently senr us a flyer on some events happening in the next couple of months. They are sponsoring July 1977 RAIN page l1 the North American Vegetarian Conference, JuIy 25-31,, in Arcata, Calif. A World Vegetarian Conference will be held in India November 18-December 9. Details on that are availabie from the Indian Vegetarian Congress, "The Grove," No. 1 Eldams Rd., Madras 600 018, India. A National Vegetarian Congress is happening at the Star Lake Vegetarian Center in Gallilee, Penn., on June 28-July 4. Write to the Vegetarian Society of New York, 113 3 Broadway, New York, NY 10010. If you want to keep up wirh such things on a regular basis, you might do well to subscribe to Vegetarian Life, published quarterly for $5/year by the American Vegetarian Association. Or join the associations for $10/year for individuals ($15 for families). -LdeM GOOD THINGS Doing More witb Less, from: 6595 Heatherheath West Bloomfield, MI 48033 50C an issue. Subscriptions are $6 for 12 issues (but it's published 8 times a year-you figure it our). Ir's getting harder and harder to keep up with all the nice lirtle publications coming out on how to live lightly. Insulating and weatherizing, recycling, fixing drippy faucets and cooking a whole wheaC quiche are included in this one. I don't think these things can be said too many times, and the small networks that build up around each one are wonderfully supportive for people just getting the idea. -LdeM National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools c/o Alternative Schools Network 1105 West Lawrence Room 211 Chicago, lL 60640 A new coalition is forming that looks like it might be useful for alternative learning people to be involved in. I don'r know much about it beyond their initial flyer and the fact that Bill Harwood from New Schools Exchange (Pettigrew, AR 727 52), Linda Hutchinson from the Education Exploration Center (3 104 16th Ave. So., Minneapolis, MN 55407) and Julie Tousley from Edcentrlc (Box 10085, Eugene, OR 97401) are involved. Long time prime movers and good people all. -LdeM
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