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> sanet-mg-digest     Wednesday, February 23 2000     Volume 01 : Number
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>
> In this issue:
>
>     Lumen Foods goes pro-GMO (& contact info.)
>     Re: Lumen Foods goes pro-GMO (& contact info.)
>     Re: Lumen Foods goes pro-GMO (& contact info.)
>     Internships/Redefining Progress
>     Bond - Editorial in Scienc
>     Lumen Foods, Senator Bond, and Peter Raven
>     MAC's website
>
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>
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:27:40 -0800
> From: "Ericka & Rich Dana" <doodles@netins.net>
> Subject: Lumen Foods goes pro-GMO (& contact info.)
>
> - ----------
> From: GMOStuff@aol.com (Campaign to Label)
> To: Ban-GEF@lists.greenbuilder.com
> Subject: B-GE: Very disturbing development
> Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2000, 2:59 PM
> - ----------
>
> Major Health Foods Manufacturer Takes Pro-Genetically-Modified Stance
>
>      LAKE CHARLES, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000--Lumen Foods
>
> ( http://www.soybean.com ), a major health foods manufacturer and the
> nation's largest maker of "vegetarian jerkies," announced it has broken
> ranks with Greenpeace and other environmental groups over the issue of
> genetically-modified foods.
>
>      Not only is the company resisting pressure from environmentalists to
> take a "non-GM" (short for "non-genetically-modified") stance, but it's
> actually promising to use genetically modified ingredients in its in-house
> brands. Lumen Foods is, to date, the only U.S. food processing company to
> take this position.
>
>      The decision comes on the heels of announcements by much larger food
> companies (i.e. Frito-Lay, Heinz, Gerber, etc.) to either ban GM
ingredients
> from their products, or, in the case of Frito-Lay, request that their
> growers avoid GM seed. All have made the decision following vigorous
> pressure from anti-GM environmental activists.
>
>      "They have it all wrong," said Lumen Foods' President, Greg Caton,
> "There is no credible scientist in the world today who can show that
> so-called genetically modified foods are any less healthful than those
made
> from traditional hybrid seed. In fact, the reverse is true. The FDA, USDA,
> and EPA have all done exhaustive research into their safety and have found
> nothing that remotely suggests that either the consumer or the environment
> are at risk from GM seed."
>
>      To help consumers understand some of the issues surrounding
> genetically-modified foods, Lumen Foods has set up a section on its web
> site, called "Biotech Education Series," that contains
government-sponsored
> studies, reprinted articles, and letters from scientists from around the
> world. (See http://www.soybean.com/bseries.htm).
>
>      "We understand that Greenpeace and other eco-groups have to have
> fund-raising issues," Caton notes. "But their current campaign amounts to
a
> declaration of war on agricultural biotech science, and it's going to be
> their Waterloo. What they are doing makes as much sense as calling for a
ban
> on all computers because their monitors emit low-grade electromagnetic
> radiation. It's absurd. Once the public has figured out what they have
done,
> the greatest danger is that in the future, when really important
> environmental matters are at stake, few people will listen to them, and
> their more intelligent arguments will be relegated to the left-wing
fringe.
> This has to be stopped."
>
>      About Lumen Foods
>
>      Lumen Foods is a whole foods manufacturing company, located in Lake
> Charles, Louisiana. The company was founded in 1986 to take advantage of a
> new development in food science for the manufacture of meat replacement
> products (or "meat analogs") from textured soy flour. It sells over 300
> manufactured and packaged health food products, ranging from vegetarian
> jerkies to dried fruits and vegetables to complete meal entrees to
long-term
> storage food items.
>
>      For more information, please contact Greg Caton, (337) 436-6748,
Email:
> caton@ifu.net or visit the Lumen Foods web site: http://www.soybean.com .
>
>      SOURCE: DigitalWork ( http://www.digitalwork.com )
> DigitalWork.com -- Your Business Workshop
>
> CONTACT:
>
> Lumen Foods, Lake Charles
>
> Greg Caton, 337/436-6748
>
> Email: caton@ifu.net
>
> Web: http://www.www.soybean.com
>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:36:11 -0500
> From: "Greg & Lei Gunthorp" <hey4hogs@kuntrynet.com>
> Subject: Re: Lumen Foods goes pro-GMO (& contact info.)
>
> That has to be the most proposterous thing I have ever seen.  What is the
> low down on this Lumen Foods?  Are they a subsidiary of ADM?  Odds are
> pretty good there is something behind it.
>
> Where are the benefits to the consumers in these convenience driven
> genetically manipulated products?  All I see are a bunch of farmers buying
> Monsanto product cause its easier to spray it with Round up than use any
> other means including other chemicals to control their weeds.  How about
the
> food security issue?  Is it safe to allow a handful of multi-national
> corporations own the genetics that feed the world?  How about the ethical
> dilemna of messing with things that should be left to God?  Genetic
> manipulation is not the same as traditional plant breeding.  How about
> explaining that testing procedure?  How about explaining when or even why
> the corps would ever produce a genetically manipulated product that will
> actually benefit the hungry of the world?  There could be potential for
> genetic engineering by the right people but I don't ever see the
> corporations of the world ever using it for anything besides selling more
> product.  So far they haven't faltered in that and have no plans to
change.
>
> Best wishes,
> Greg Gunthorp
> Free range Pig, chicken, rabbit, and beef producer
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Ericka & Rich Dana <doodles@netins.net>
> To: sanet <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 8:56 PM
> Subject: Lumen Foods goes pro-GMO (& contact info.)
>
>
> >----------
> >From: GMOStuff@aol.com (Campaign to Label)
> >To: Ban-GEF@lists.greenbuilder.com
> >Subject: B-GE: Very disturbing development
> >Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2000, 2:59 PM
> >----------
> >
> >Major Health Foods Manufacturer Takes Pro-Genetically-Modified Stance
> >
> >     LAKE CHARLES, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000--Lumen Foods
> >
> >( http://www.soybean.com ), a major health foods manufacturer and the
> >nation's largest maker of "vegetarian jerkies," announced it has broken
> >ranks with Greenpeace and other environmental groups over the issue of
> >genetically-modified foods.
> >
> >     Not only is the company resisting pressure from environmentalists to
> >take a "non-GM" (short for "non-genetically-modified") stance, but it's
> >actually promising to use genetically modified ingredients in its
in-house
> >brands. Lumen Foods is, to date, the only U.S. food processing company to
> >take this position.
> >
> >     The decision comes on the heels of announcements by much larger food
> >companies (i.e. Frito-Lay, Heinz, Gerber, etc.) to either ban GM
> ingredients
> >from their products, or, in the case of Frito-Lay, request that their
> >growers avoid GM seed. All have made the decision following vigorous
> >pressure from anti-GM environmental activists.
> >
> >     "They have it all wrong," said Lumen Foods' President, Greg Caton,
> >"There is no credible scientist in the world today who can show that
> >so-called genetically modified foods are any less healthful than those
made
> >from traditional hybrid seed. In fact, the reverse is true. The FDA,
USDA,
> >and EPA have all done exhaustive research into their safety and have
found
> >nothing that remotely suggests that either the consumer or the
environment
> >are at risk from GM seed."
> >
> >     To help consumers understand some of the issues surrounding
> >genetically-modified foods, Lumen Foods has set up a section on its web
> >site, called "Biotech Education Series," that contains
government-sponsored
> >studies, reprinted articles, and letters from scientists from around the
> >world. (See http://www.soybean.com/bseries.htm).
> >
> >     "We understand that Greenpeace and other eco-groups have to have
> >fund-raising issues," Caton notes. "But their current campaign amounts to
a
> >declaration of war on agricultural biotech science, and it's going to be
> >their Waterloo. What they are doing makes as much sense as calling for a
> ban
> >on all computers because their monitors emit low-grade electromagnetic
> >radiation. It's absurd. Once the public has figured out what they have
> done,
> >the greatest danger is that in the future, when really important
> >environmental matters are at stake, few people will listen to them, and
> >their more intelligent arguments will be relegated to the left-wing
fringe.
> >This has to be stopped."
> >
> >     About Lumen Foods
> >
> >     Lumen Foods is a whole foods manufacturing company, located in Lake
> >Charles, Louisiana. The company was founded in 1986 to take advantage of
a
> >new development in food science for the manufacture of meat replacement
> >products (or "meat analogs") from textured soy flour. It sells over 300
> >manufactured and packaged health food products, ranging from vegetarian
> >jerkies to dried fruits and vegetables to complete meal entrees to
> long-term
> >storage food items.
> >
> >     For more information, please contact Greg Caton, (337) 436-6748,
> Email:
> >caton@ifu.net or visit the Lumen Foods web site: http://www.soybean.com .
> >
> >     SOURCE: DigitalWork ( http://www.digitalwork.com )
> >DigitalWork.com -- Your Business Workshop
> >
> >CONTACT:
> >
> >Lumen Foods, Lake Charles
> >
> >Greg Caton, 337/436-6748
> >
> >Email: caton@ifu.net
> >
> >Web: http://www.www.soybean.com
> >
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 18:36:26 -0800
> From: "sal" <sals@rain.org>
> Subject: Re: Lumen Foods goes pro-GMO (& contact info.)
>
> the head of the USDA said that no GMOs in organic.  so organic is non GMO
> isn't that great.  we can still look for the organic label.  I don't care
> about no stinking Frydoelay who the heck are they, not a organic company
Da
> because they never did care about organic or natural . DA   that is why
> organic  is called a nitch market .  what the heck this is good the wheat
> from the chaff.  Lumen Foods is free to put what they want in what they
call
> food just so they don't call it organic.  thanks for the warning I will
> watch out for them also.   boy I am glad the USDA is watching out for us
> with all this big money going around.  I am just thankful the USDA  did
not
> take over organic and make it mean nothing  instead the people voiced
their
> concerned and the USDA came through.,  NO GMOs in USA organic food it is
now
> the law. No irradiation No swegeslege in organic food.   we label we are
> proud Organic is still the only way one know he is not getting GMO and
maybe
> Kosher how sweet it is.  .   don't panic buy
> ganic.   ----------------------------------------------------
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>
> Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 19:00:30 -0800
> From: Michele Gale-Sinex <mgs@rprogress.org>
> Subject: Internships/Redefining Progress
>
> Howdy, all--
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 05:53:09 -0600
> From: Ronald Nigh <danamex@mail.internet.com.mx>
> Subject: Bond - Editorial in Scienc
>
> The Bond pro-bioitech speech in the senate has been turned into an
> editorial in Science (Feb 18).. It would be good if one of the saneteers
> who has written so eloquently on this subject such as Ann Clark or Charles
> Benbrook, would write a letter to the editor of Science, pointing out that
> that those concerned about biotechnology are not "without scientific
basis"
> regards,
>
>  Politics, Misinformation, and Biotechnology
>
> Christopher S. Bond*
>
> In the past half century, the number of people fed by a single U.S. farmer
has
> grown from 19 to 129. Despite this stunning advance, intractable health
and
> nutrition problems remain. The world's population continues to grow even
as
> available farmland shrinks. Preventable illnesses and malnutrition still
> claim the
> lives of many children in the developing world. As the new millennium gets
> under
> way, policy-makers, health care professionals, scientists, and others are
> searching for the tools to meet the increasing demands
> of a growing and changing world. Chief among these tools is biotechnology.
> Leading scientists have concluded that, although
> still in its infancy, biotechnology has breathtaking possibilities for
> improving human health and nutrition and that a satisfactory
> regulatory system is in place to govern its development.
>
> Despite this consensus, a vocal, aggressive--and in some cases,
> lawless--group of advocacy organizations seeks to discredit
> and eliminate biotechnology. At issue is the alleged risk that any
> genetically modified plant may pose to the environment.
> However, the issue of risk is by no means one-sided. Yes, we must
> understand whether transgenic corn poses more risk to the
> Monarch butterfly than does the existing practice of using synthetic
> chemicals. However, the greater risk, in my view, is that
> without a scientific basis, the naysayers may succeed in their goal of
> subverting biotechnology and thus condemn the world's
> children to unnecessary malnutrition, blindness, sickness, and
> environmental degradation.
>
> Although positive change is to the collective long-term benefit of us all,
> it typically results in short-term difficulties, anxiety, and
> fear for some. Opposition of the sort I witnessed at firsthand while at
the
> December 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in
> Seattle, Washington, has been driven variously by trade-protectionist and
> anticorporate sentiment, by competing food
> marketers such as the whole-foods industry, and by scientifically
> unsubstantiated fears of change and technology. Some of
> those who seek to undermine biotechnology are not interested in seeking
> information or constructive dialogue. Some in Europe
> have adopted a constrained trade policy that consists of exporting little
> more than hysteria, which we can expect to energize the
> professional political ambulance-chasers here in the United States. Sadly,
> the actions of radicals such as those who recently
> vandalized test plots in California and set fire to research offices at
> Michigan State University are not harmless pranks; rather,
> such tactics lead to diminished public understanding of the benefits
versus
> the risks of biotechnology.
>
> Diminished understanding is key to obstructing biotechnology. In
> discussions of fact, the scientific viewpoint will prevail.
> However, public education will remain challenging. Given the nature of the
> modern media, will scientists have to start dressing
> up as corncobs, as some protestors have done, to get media attention?
> During the past 2 years, I have asked scientists to work
> with their local media representatives and public officials to help them
> separate fact from fiction. After the problems in Seattle, it
> is clear that much more must be done. We must work diligently to ensure
> that consumers, who drive food production, are
> adequately informed about the science supporting the uses of
biotechnology.
> Input from the scientific community is vital, but we
> cannot count on the media to find scientists; scientists must actively
seek
> to influence the media. As we work to counteract the
> naysayers, we should be encouraged that most Americans, and many others in
> developed countries, embrace technological
> advances and are generally receptive to the benefits that new technologies
> bring to their lives.
>
> A protocol for an international agreement regarding trade of genetically
> engineered products has just been released. Although
> full understanding of the implications of the agreement will not precede
> its implementation, we can all hope that it will serve to
> better inform all citizens and depoliticize the process in favor of
> science-based decision-making.
>
> The development of this technology is not recreational. Through
> biotechnology, scientists are attempting to solve the real-world
> problems of sickness, hunger, and resource depletion. The hysteria and
> unworkable propositions advanced by those who can
> afford to take their next meal for granted have little currency among
those
> who are hungry. It will be up to the policy-makers,
> advocates for the needy, scientists, the media, and others to ensure that
> reason, not hype, prevails.
>
>
> The author is the senior Senator from Missouri in the U.S. Senate.
>
> Volume 287, Number 5456 Issue of 18 Feb 2000, p 1201
> Copyright © 2000 by the American Association for the Advancement of
Science.
>
> Ronald Nigh
> Dana, A.C.
> Mexico, D.F. & San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Chiapas
> Tel. y FAX  525-666-73-66 (DF)
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> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:07:43 -0600
> From: "Laura K. Paine" <lkpaine@facstaff.wisc.edu>
> Subject: Lumen Foods, Senator Bond, and Peter Raven
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I think with all statements concerning the highly polarized issue of GMOs,
> you need to look carefully at people's affiliations.  I don't know
anything
> about Lumen Foods, but in the case of Senator Bond, his state of Missouri
> is home to Monsanto.
>
> Awhile back I heard a talk show that featured Peter Raven, Director of the
> Missouri Botanical Garden and one of the world's foremost experts on
> biodiversity.  The subject of GMOs came up and I expected to hear some
> cautionary statements about the potential risks  to native biodiversity
> posed by introduction of GMOs into the environment.
>
> What he said was that genetic engineering is just like any other form of
> plant breeding and that there is really nothing to worry about.  This kind
> of surprised me until I thought about where MO Botanical Garden is
located:
> St. Louis, and how companies like to contribute to good causes in their
> communities.  Later I learned that Dr. Raven's wife works for Monsanto in
> some sort of public relations/education role.
>
> Kind of an eye-opener.
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Laura
>
>
>
> At 09:36 PM 2/22/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >That has to be the most proposterous thing I have ever seen.  What is the
> >low down on this Lumen Foods?  Are they a subsidiary of ADM?  Odds are
> >pretty good there is something behind it.
> >
> >Where are the benefits to the consumers in these convenience driven
> >genetically manipulated products?  All I see are a bunch of farmers
buying
> >Monsanto product cause its easier to spray it with Round up than use any
> >other means including other chemicals to control their weeds.  How about
the
> >food security issue?  Is it safe to allow a handful of multi-national
> >corporations own the genetics that feed the world?  How about the ethical
> >dilemna of messing with things that should be left to God?  Genetic
> >manipulation is not the same as traditional plant breeding.  How about
> >explaining that testing procedure?  How about explaining when or even why
> >the corps would ever produce a genetically manipulated product that will
> >actually benefit the hungry of the world?  There could be potential for
> >genetic engineering by the right people but I don't ever see the
> >corporations of the world ever using it for anything besides selling more
> >product.  So far they haven't faltered in that and have no plans to
change.
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >Greg Gunthorp
> >Free range Pig, chicken, rabbit, and beef producer
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ericka & Rich Dana <doodles@netins.net>
> >To: sanet <sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu>
> >Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 8:56 PM
> >Subject: Lumen Foods goes pro-GMO (& contact info.)
> >
> >
> >>----------
> >>From: GMOStuff@aol.com (Campaign to Label)
> >>To: Ban-GEF@lists.greenbuilder.com
> >>Subject: B-GE: Very disturbing development
> >>Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2000, 2:59 PM
> >>----------
> >>
> >>Major Health Foods Manufacturer Takes Pro-Genetically-Modified Stance
> >>
> >>     LAKE CHARLES, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000--Lumen Foods
> >>
> >>( http://www.soybean.com ), a major health foods manufacturer and the
> >>nation's largest maker of "vegetarian jerkies," announced it has broken
> >>ranks with Greenpeace and other environmental groups over the issue of
> >>genetically-modified foods.
> >>
> >>     Not only is the company resisting pressure from environmentalists
to
> >>take a "non-GM" (short for "non-genetically-modified") stance, but it's
> >>actually promising to use genetically modified ingredients in its
in-house
> >>brands. Lumen Foods is, to date, the only U.S. food processing company
to
> >>take this position.
> >>
> >>     The decision comes on the heels of announcements by much larger
food
> >>companies (i.e. Frito-Lay, Heinz, Gerber, etc.) to either ban GM
> >ingredients
> >>from their products, or, in the case of Frito-Lay, request that their
> >>growers avoid GM seed. All have made the decision following vigorous
> >>pressure from anti-GM environmental activists.
> >>
> >>     "They have it all wrong," said Lumen Foods' President, Greg Caton,
> >>"There is no credible scientist in the world today who can show that
> >>so-called genetically modified foods are any less healthful than those
made
> >>from traditional hybrid seed. In fact, the reverse is true. The FDA,
USDA,
> >>and EPA have all done exhaustive research into their safety and have
found
> >>nothing that remotely suggests that either the consumer or the
environment
> >>are at risk from GM seed."
> >>
> >>     To help consumers understand some of the issues surrounding
> >>genetically-modified foods, Lumen Foods has set up a section on its web
> >>site, called "Biotech Education Series," that contains
government-sponsored
> >>studies, reprinted articles, and letters from scientists from around the
> >>world. (See http://www.soybean.com/bseries.htm).
> >>
> >>     "We understand that Greenpeace and other eco-groups have to have
> >>fund-raising issues," Caton notes. "But their current campaign amounts
to a
> >>declaration of war on agricultural biotech science, and it's going to be
> >>their Waterloo. What they are doing makes as much sense as calling for a
> >ban
> >>on all computers because their monitors emit low-grade electromagnetic
> >>radiation. It's absurd. Once the public has figured out what they have
> >done,
> >>the greatest danger is that in the future, when really important
> >>environmental matters are at stake, few people will listen to them, and
> >>their more intelligent arguments will be relegated to the left-wing
fringe.
> >>This has to be stopped."
> >>
> >>     About Lumen Foods
> >>
> >>     Lumen Foods is a whole foods manufacturing company, located in Lake
> >>Charles, Louisiana. The company was founded in 1986 to take advantage of
a
> >>new development in food science for the manufacture of meat replacement
> >>products (or "meat analogs") from textured soy flour. It sells over 300
> >>manufactured and packaged health food products, ranging from vegetarian
> >>jerkies to dried fruits and vegetables to complete meal entrees to
> >long-term
> >>storage food items.
> >>
> >>     For more information, please contact Greg Caton, (337) 436-6748,
> >Email:
> >>caton@ifu.net or visit the Lumen Foods web site: http://www.soybean.com
.
> >>
> >>     SOURCE: DigitalWork ( http://www.digitalwork.com )
> >>DigitalWork.com -- Your Business Workshop
> >>
> >>CONTACT:
> >>
> >>Lumen Foods, Lake Charles
> >>
> >>Greg Caton, 337/436-6748
> >>
> >>Email: caton@ifu.net
> >>
> >>Web: http://www.www.soybean.com
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> Laura Paine
> Crops and Soils Agent
> Columbia County Agriculture Center
> 120 West Conant Street
> PO Box 567
> Portage, WI   53901-0567
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>
> Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 08:23:35 -0600
> From: "Kelly, Debi" <KellyD@umsystem.edu>
> Subject: MAC's website
>
> > Wanted to update you all about the MAC website.  I've corrected broken
> > links and have added tons more info.  Below is the listing of what can
be
> > found!  Amazing, isn't it?!  If anyone has a better idea on how to
> > organize the listing, or if you have alternative agriculture links that
> > you'd like for me to add, please let me know.
> >
> Next I'll be working on the "Links of Interest."  If you'd like your site
to
> be added, please send me an email and I'll pass it through the rounds for
> approval.
>
> > A special thanks goes to John Travlos, Lisa Tilly and their crew at
AgEBB
> > for all their work and effort in helping with the MAC website.
> >
> debi kelly
> MAC
>
> Debi Kelly, Project Manager
> Missouri Alternatives Center
> University of Missouri
> 531 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO 65211
> 573-882-1905, 800-433-3704 (MO only)
> kellyd@umsystem.edu
> http://agebb.missouri.edu/mac
>
> "There's no need to sustain the farm if there's no family to be sustained
> upon it."
>
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >
> > A
> > Agroforestry
> > Alpacas
> > Alternative field crops
> > Amaranth
> > Apples
> > Apples, organic
> > Aquaculture
> > Aquaculture, fish breeds
> > Aquaculture, getting started
> > Aquaculture, marketing
> > Aquaculture, business plan
> > Aquaculture, cage culture
> > Aquaculture, ornamental
> > Aquaculture, recirculation systems
> > Aquaponics
> > Asian pears
> > Asparagus
> >
> > B
> > Bait fish
> > Bass
> > Bean sprouts
> > Beans, dry
> > Beans, snap
> > Bed and breakfast
> > Bedding plants
> > Beef-See also L for livestock.
> > Beekeeping
> > Beekeeping, mites
> > Beginning Farming
> > Biodynamics
> > Biological controls
> > Bison
> > Blackberries
> > Blueberries
> > Boar, wild
> > Broccoli
> > Business
> > Butterfly gardening
> >
> > C
> > Cantaloupes
> > Carrots
> > Catfish
> > Catfish, fingerlings
> > Cattle
> > Cattle, breeds
> > Cheese making
> > Chicken, general
> > Chicken, bantams
> > Chicken, brooding
> > Chicken, diseases
> > Chicken, egg production
> > Chicken, feeding
> > Chicken, home processing
> > Chicken, housing
> > Chicken, incubating
> > Chicken, meat
> > Chickens, breeds
> > Chickens, free range
> > Chickens, frequently asked questions
> > Christmas trees
> > Cole crops (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage)
> > Consumer cooperatives
> > Community gardening
> > Community supported agriculture
> > Companion planting
> > Compost
> > Cooperatives
> > Corn, field
> > Corn, organic
> > Corn, specialty (organic, ornamental, high-oil, baby)
> > Corn, sweet
> > Cover Crops and green manure crops
> > Crayfish
> > Crickets
> > Cucumbers
> >
> > D
> > Dairy -See also L for livestock.
> >  Dairying, Seasonal
> > Deer
> > Dogs
> > Dogs, guardian
> > Donkeys
> > Donkeys, guardian
> > Donkey, sicilian mini
> > Doves
> > Duck
> >
> > E
> > Eggplant
> > Elk
> > Emu
> >
> > F
> > Farmers Market
> > Fee Fishing
> > Fee Hunting
> > Finance
> > Floriculture
> > Flowers, cut
> > Flowers, dried
> > Flowers, edible
> > Flowers, wild
> > Forage alternatives
> > Fruit, exotic
> > Fruit, small
> > Fruit, tree
> >
> > G
> > Gamebirds
> > Gardening, raised bed
> > Garlic
> > Geese
> > Geese, weeder
> > Ginseng
> > Goats - See also L for livestock
> > Goats, angora
> > Goats, cashmere
> > Goats, cheese
> > Goats, dairy
> > Goats, meat
> > Goats, pygmy
> > Goldenseal
> > Gooseberry
> > Gourds
> > Grapes
> > Grass seed production
> > Grasses, warm season
> > Grazing - See also I for intensive grazing
> > Greenhouses, business
> > Greenhouses, construction
> > Greenhouses, diseases and insects
> > Greenhouses, home/hobby
> > Greenhouses, production
> > Greenhouses, solar
> > Greens (lettuce, turnips, collards, kale, etc.)
> > Guinea fowl
> >
> > H
> > Hemp, industrial
> > Herbs
> > Herbs, medicinal
> > Hogs - See also L for livestock
> > Home based business
> > Horses
> > Horses, miniature
> > Hummingbirds
> > Hydroponics
> >
> > I
> > Integrated Pest Management
> > Intensive grazing
> > Irrigation
> > Irrigation, trickle, drip
> >
> > K
> > Kenaf
> > Kiwi, hardy
> >
> > L
> > Lavender
> > Livestock-See also B for beef; H for hogs; I for intensive grazing; G
for
> > goats; S for sheep
> > Livestock, exotic
> > Llamas
> > Luffa gourds
> >
> > M
> > Maple Syrup
> > Marketing
> > Marketing direct to consumers
> > Millets, proso and pearl
> > Mulches
> > Mules
> > Mushrooms
> > Mushrooms, oyster
> > Mushroom, shiitake
> >
> > N
> > Native wild plants
> > Nursery
> > Nut trees
> >
> > O
> > On-Farm Research
> > Onions
> > Organic certification
> > Organic farming
> > Ostrich
> >
> > P
> > Part-time farming
> > Partridge
> > PawPaws
> > Peafowl
> > Pecan
> > Peppers
> > Perennials
> > Permaculture
> > Petting zoo
> > Pheasants
> > Pigeons and squabs
> > Ponds
> > Popcorn
> > Postharvest handling of fruits and vegetables
> > Potatoes
> > Potatoes, sweet
> > Pumpkin
> >
> > Q
> > Quail
> >
> > R
> > Rabbits
> > Rabbits, angora
> > Raised bed gardening
> > Raspberries
> > Reindeer
> > Rheas
> > Rhubarb
> > Roadside markets
> > Rock gardens
> > Root cellars
> >
> > S
> > Sawmill
> > St. John's Wort
> > Season extenders
> > Sheep-See also L for livestock
> > Sheep, budgets
> > Sheep, dairy
> > Sheep, hair
> > Shrimp, freshwater
> > Smokehouse
> > Snails
> > Soap making
> > Soils
> > Soybeans
> > Soybeans, edible
> > Soybeans, organic
> > Sprouts
> > Strawberries
> > Sunflowers
> > Sustainable agriculture
> > Sweet sorghum
> > Switchgrass
> >
> > T
> > Tanning Hides
> > Tilapia
> > Tobacco
> > Tomatoes
> > Tomatoes, Greenhouse
> > Tree farming
> > Trout
> > Truffles
> > Turkeys
> >
> > U
> > U-Pick
> >
> > V
> > Value-Added
> > Veal calves
> > Vegetables
> > Vegetables, budgets
> > Vegetables, greenhouse
> > Vegetables, harvesting and post-harvest
> > Vegetables, mulches
> > Vegetables, specialty
> > Vegetables, transplants
> > Vermicomposting
> >
> > W
> > Walleye
> > Walnut trees
> > Water buffalo
> > Watermelons
> > Wildlife attracting
> > Wind breaks
> > Wind energy
> > Winemaking
> > Wool
> > Worms
> >
> >
> > debi kelly
> > MAC
> >
> > Debi Kelly, Project Manager
> > Missouri Alternatives Center
> > University of Missouri
> > 531 Clark Hall, Columbia, MO 65211
> > 573-882-1905, 800-433-3704 (MO only)
> > kellyd@umsystem.edu
> > http://agebb.missouri.edu/mac
> >
> > "There's no need to sustain the farm if there's no family to be
sustained
> > upon it."
> >
> >
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