Joel Salatin of Polyface Farm in Virginia was mentioned at the Placer Sustain "Local Food" meeting on August 16th. Salatin is a self-described "environmental capitalist lunatic farmer" and was profiled by Michael Pollan in The Omnivore's Dilemma. He also spoke earlier this year at a Nevada County Grown event. Here is a link to his talk at the Woodstock Farm Festival on "Why Food, Farms, and Eating Local Matter":
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The Moonu Ball
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A Story of Place -- Creatively Connecting with the Natural, Social, and Economic Landscape
Wed, 10/19/2011 - 8:00pm — Jeffrey BordelonNo doubt there are many efforts around the globe that are working in one way or another on creating a story about their place: vision, values and principles, and so on. Here, by "Story of Place" I mean a Story that reflects a deep pattern language of community grounded in nature in a particular Place. This kind of Story of Place is created by an integration of good information on natural / social / and economic qualities of a place and creative imagination about what this information reveals about the deep patterns that are this Place. The
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"Relationship" and "Relatedness:" Being "In Community"
Sun, 10/09/2011 - 11:56am — Jeffrey BordelonI was reading some "spiritual" stuff and came across material that discussed the distinction between "Relationship" and "Relatedness," all under the general heading of "Friendliness." The image is of two mature trees, side by side, whose branches inter-twine.
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