Subject: CSA Magazine

From: [email-masked] (Adam Finkelstein)
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 01:02:01 GMT

Received a magazine devoted to CSA. Titled: _The Harvest Times_
They want articles about CSA and may even want to interview you.
Rates are: $10 USA, $15 CA, $20 Foreign. 
Address is: The Harvest Times, P.O. Box 27, Mt. Tremper, NY  12457 USA
Publishing Editor: Melody Newcombe
I have no involvement in this publication, it looked interesting 
for CSA people.

Adam
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[Quoted from <One Earth> magazine Issue #16 published by Friends of the Earth
-- Hong Kong]

                    Organic farming in Penang

                                                  BY Kit Chan

    By the 1970s most Malaysian farms were heavily into chemical
fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides, and the resultant pollution of the
environment is there for all to see and suffer.

    The situation is improving, however, and there is already one Malaysian
farm where the tenant farmer eschews all chemical inputs. What is more, you can
have a working holiday on this organic farm and help ensure its success, and
the adoption of organic farming principles on a much wider scale.

    The four-acre farm is on the slopes of a hill at Sungit Pinang, Balik
Pulau, on the island of Penang. It was once an orchard but was abandoned long
ago, before the chemical input era arrived, and so is free from residual traces
of man-made chemical fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides. There are large
areas of similar land in the vicinity offering the opportunity for future
expansion.

    It is run on a collective basis and avoids using capital intensive
machinery. There is fund for the purchasing of essential tools and
machinery and it is open to anyone to `subscribe' to a M$200.00 shareholding.
Volunteers and shareholders are recruited for farm labour and have
priority access to the organically farmed produced to value of their
financial input.

    Volunteers requiring overnight accommodation (weekends, or otherwise)
stay in a  farmhouse with  a panoramic view of the Penang coastline
free of charge  in exchange  for a few hours farm work each day.

    If you are interested in more details, contact Tian Chua on telephone
number 332 1346.

N.B.  FoE holds various
magazines   including the `Earth
Watch' mentioned   plus a variety
of other material which will
help members identify environmentally
friendly holiday options, and members
are welcome to visit the office and copy
the information they require.

[End of quote]

- MP Luk -