Jam Today, $4 for 6 issues from: P.O. Box 195 • • Davis, CA 95616 ''.The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday_:_but never'jam today." "It inust come sometime to jam today," Alice objected. This is the California Journal of Cooperation. Articles range from detailed discussions of running a cooperative business to the history of the cooperative movement. It is.a very solid newsletter which steadily improves. Give it your support. The International Association for Education, Development and Distribution of Lesser Known Food Plants and Trees P.O. Box 599 Lynwood, California 90262 Most of the people in the world are fed by approximat~ly 20 crops- far less than the 15 0 different species of food plants which have successfully been cultivated. This makes a large portion of the population dependent on precariously few crops: The National Academy of Science's report titled Underexploited Tropical Plants with Promising Econ'omic Value (Rainbook; p. 159) states in the introduction, "These plants are the main bulwark between mankind and . starvation. It is a very small bastion." The group above (is an acronym eveN possible?) is working to promote the cultivation of some of these plants and trees. Among their goals are: to acquaint the public wjth these plants through local chapters, promote their use in parks and in home gardens, establish a seed bank to provide a source for these plants and trees, and develop information about their nutritional and economic value. Write for information about their work or becoming a member of the association. Membership brings you their newsletter, Good and Wild. Pacific Horticulture, $5/year from: Pacific Horticultural Foundation Hall of Flowers , Golden _Gate Park San Francisco, CA 94122 Published quarterly, this journal carries timely articles on western horticulture. One recent series was on drought gardening. It is a good' complement to Horticulture, which tends to emphasize the east. (ecoNOMICS ) Community Organizing Ownership Project • 6529 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, CA 94609 415/65 3-655 5 Committed to bringing economic control back into the community, this group has published a number of excellent sources on pension funds, comrimnity control and ownership, energy policy, public utilities cooperative , housing and more. Ed Kirshner, director of COOP, describes their work as erecting a mirror around the community, so that people's resources and money are reflected right back. This is particularly important in communities which ·are, as he describes Oakland, "export economies." "The Public Works," their newsletter, is available for $5/year for individuals and $10/year for institutions. Write for their publication list also. RAIN 'November 1977 Page 19 Treepeople California Conservation Project (CCP) 1745 Selby Avenue, No. 18 Los Angeles, CA 90024 213/474-3784 Established in 1973, the California Conservation Project is a private, non-profit group'conducting programs of-environmental education; smog-tolerant tree reforestation (through the use of, 1 thousands of volunteers) of the forests of Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties and generally increasing the public's awareness of their effects on and responsibility for a healthy environment. The group is currently operating a forestry nursery in Coldwater Canyon which they want to ma~e into-a Community Environmental Education and Participation Center. These folks have been making it on their own and deserve your $Upport. Who wouldn't like to plant a few trees for the future? Public Interest Economic West 1095 Market Street, Suite 604 San Francisco, CA 94103 415/626-1650 This g~oup is in the business of linking public interest groups or community organizations with economists. A sample of the kind of work done by their Clearinghouse is an economic analysis •for the Powder River Resources Council in Wyoming on the impact of a coalfired plant on a small community. Their Education group c,onducts workshops such as the ones held on property and school taxes following the recent Ser- , rano court decision. '
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