/I AGRICULTURE II The People's Food Commission: A Cross-Canada Inquiry into the Food System 4th Floor 7 5 Sparks. Street Ottawa, Ontario CANADA Not unlike other people's commissions, this group hopes to launch an in-depth, nationwide inquiry that avoids the pitfalls and dead-endedn~ss of most government investigations. Their_focus will be the issue of food as it cuts across province, class and interest group. A ten-member commission will travel to 65 communities to hear testimony frorn the locals on the food system, and to identify the common interests of producers, consumers, workers and people of the Third World. They will seek answers to such problems as rising food costs, rural depopulation, poverty among primary producers, the impact of corporations, wages and working conditions in the foo.d industry, and nutrition. A decentralized support network is now being formed and hearings will begin in September, endip.g by April of next year. It should be instructive to keep tabs on this ambitious effort. - SA Willamette Valley Planting Guide, $1 from: • Lane County Office of Appropriate Technology Dept. of Community Relations Public Service Building Eugene, OR 97401 For all our regional friends, here's a ~andy 17"x22'" poster detailing the starting and planting dates in the Willamette Valley for everything from artichoke to watermelon. Includes notations on recommended spacing and the number.of days to maturity. N'Ow let's g~t that food up! -SA The Primo Plant: Growing Sinsemilla Marijuana, Mountain Girl, Leaves of Gr.ass/Wingbow Press, $4.50 from: Bookpeople 2940 Seventh St. Berkeley, CA 94710 What with all the poisoned pot that is now coming in'to the country, you may ' want to,brave the elements and grow your own. Mountain Girl, of Merry Pranksters fame, has lovingly put together this little manual for growing pure, organic sinsemilla (seedless) grass. Her topics range from seed selection and composting to pruning, pests and harvesting. Nicely illustrated and.to the point. Guess to whom it's dedicated! - SA May 1978 RAIN Page 3 RAIN access Rain helps things grow. We are all part of a joyful process of learning to live more lightly on this earth. Our contribution to that process is a magazine that: • networks informati'on about people and groups taking positive actions in their lives, communities and workplaces, • evaluates and gives access to practical tools, data and plans for the development of technologies appropriate to changing energy and resource conditions, • explores ideas which can enable the increased self-reliance of our regions, neighborhoods and families, • analyzes policies, programs and projects that help or inhibit.our ability to make these transitions. We live and work together out of a big green house in Portland. We aren't always consistent in our ideas and goals, but we have fur) thinking about these things. We enjoy feedback on ideas a_nd resource listings, and we appreciate the co.ntribution of any information or bits of wisdom you wish to share ... RAIN's office is at 2270 N.W. Irving, Portland, OR 97il0. Ph: (503) 227-5110. RAIN STAFF: Tom Bender Lane deMqU_ Joan Meitl Lee Johnson Linda Sawaya Steven Ames Typesetting: Irish Setter Printing: Times Litho II FORESTRY The Forester's Almanac 1977, free from: Pacific NW Forest and Range ' Experiment Station P.O. Box 3141 Portland, OR 97208 An acces guide for information on forest and rangeland research in the Pacific Northwest. Whole Earth format. Expansion of materials listed beyond thos_e produced by the Experiment Station would be a valuable service 'to people trying to separate the wheat from the chaff in this area. A good start though, to see what issues are co\·ered by existing research and which ones are not. - TB
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