translations of teaching materials

S* S*

Hello All,

I am working on translating organic gardening Fact Sheets that Washington
State U. ag agents produce.  Of course all 45 of them are in English and we
have funds to translate.  I wanted to know who has teaching materials in
what languages already so we don't re-invent the wheel.  I will happily
share all fact sheets we have translated with anyone who is interested.

Sally Anne Sadler
Urban Food Gardeners
WSU Cooperative Extension
206-205-6386

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>   4. biotech, community gardening, the universe... (odin zackman)
>   5. Youth offender/community gardens (Katherine Soucy)
>   6. list (anne parsons)
>   7. Listserve & "related topic" items (Terri Ann Gumula)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:52:54 -0400
> To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> From: Tetrad <garlicgr@pond.com>
> Subject: [cg] community_garden listserve
> 
> >From: Lucy Bradley <BradleyL@Ag.Arizona.Edu>
> 
> 
> >I've noticed a number of people dropping off the list lately and I'm not
> >sure how many more have silently unsubscribed on their own.  My concern
> is
> >that the community_garden list has had quite a bit of traffic lately
> >focused on anti biotechnology, and very little on community gardening
> >management issues (this is not to say that the biotechnology discussion
> is
> >not relevant to community gardening).  My fear is that we are loosing
> >contact with folks whose experience and knowledge we could benefit from
> >because of the volume of traffic on the list that is not central to
> >community gardening.
> 
> Do we *know* why folks are leaving?  I mean, folks sign up and leave
> mailing
> lists for all sorts of reasons -- and I haven't seen anything in the sigs
> of
> folks that are leaving that indicated that they even *are* community
> gardeners.
> 
> We seem to attract many folks who are simply "gardeners" and don't
> necessarity belong to or work with a community garden. Some of them seem
> to
> leave once they realized that we aren't answering basic "how to" gardening
> questions. 
> 
> Rather than make assumtions as to *why* people are leaving, could we have
> an
> "exit" questionaire that the list owner sends to folks when they are
> removed
> from the list?  If we politely asked them a few questions (why are they
> leaving, what would make the list better, etc.) I think we would have a
> better idea of what (if anything) about the list per say is putting folks
> off.
> 
> Just my opinion -- perhaps there is more info that I am unaware of?
> 
> Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator
> St. John's Organic Community Garden
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> Message: 2
> From: "Georgann Hood-Smith" <hoodg@hotmail.com>
> To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 18:47:25 PDT
> Subject: [cg] Re: Response to question
> 
> TO: Lucy Bradley
> 
> I joined the community_garden list recently to listen and learn.  The 
> biotechnology discussions are interesting, but you may be right in 
> developing a separate list for those discussions.  I am new to community 
> gardening (I started one in our rural Arkansas county last spring) and
> have 
> much to learn from all of you with much more experience.  I would like to 
> see more discussions of funding, using volunteers, liability, freebies, 
> community support, model gardens, etc.  In short, I want to pick brains
> for 
> experience and knowledge.  I plan to stay on the listserve, no matter what
> 
> you decide. All the issues are related.
> 
> Thanks, Georgann Smith
> 
> >Message: 3
> >Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 22:19:00 -0700
> >To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> >From: Lucy Bradley <BradleyL@Ag.Arizona.Edu>
> >Subject: [cg] community_garden listserve
> >
> >Greetings!
> >
> >I've noticed a number of people dropping off the list lately and I'm not
> >sure how many more have silently unsubscribed on their own.  My concern
> is
> >that the community_garden list has had quite a bit of traffic lately
> >focused on anti biotechnology, and very little on community gardening
> >management issues (this is not to say that the biotechnology discussion
> is
> >not relevant to community gardening).  My fear is that we are loosing
> >contact with folks whose experience and knowledge we could benefit from
> >because of the volume of traffic on the list that is not central to
> >community gardening.
> >
> >I wonder if there would be merit in setting up a separate list and
> inviting
> >all those who are interested in biotechnology to join that list to carry
> on
> >those discussions?  What do you guys think?
> >
> >Lucy Bradley
> >
> >Lucy K. Bradley
> >Extension Agent, Urban Horticulture
> >Maricopa County
> >The University of Arizona
> >Cooperative Extension
> >4341 E Broadway Rd.
> >Phoenix, AZ  85040-8807
> >
> >Phone:  (602) 470-8086 ext 323
> >Fax:  (602) 470-8092
> >email:  BradleyL@ag.arizona.edu
> >http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/
> >
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> Message: 3
> From: Hope Finkelstein <hope@merr.com>
> To: "'lizzy@snowcrest.net'" <lizzy@snowcrest.net>,
> Lucy Bradley
> <BradleyL@Ag.Arizona.Edu>
> Cc: "community_garden@mallorn.com" <community_garden@mallorn.com>
> Subject: RE: [cg] community_garden listserve
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 20:46:33 -0500
> 
> I think as long as someone accurately describes what they are writing
> about in the subject line, readers can make their own choice about opening
> up their mail.
> 
> To me genetic engineering and other bio tech concerns are deeply related
> to community gardening.  Perhaps more could be discussed about these
> connections.
> 
> HOPE 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Liz Vazquez-Gregson [SMTP:lizzy@snowcrest.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, October 28, 1999 4:11 AM
> To:	Lucy Bradley
> Cc:	community_garden@mallorn.com
> Subject:	Re: [cg] community_garden listserve
> 
> Thank you Lucy. You hit it on the nailhead for me. I just want gardening
> info., not the tech. stuff. 
> 
> Lucy Bradley wrote:
> > 
> > Greetings!
> > 
> > I've noticed a number of people dropping off the list lately and I'm not
> > sure how many more have silently unsubscribed on their own.  My concern
> is
> > that the community_garden list has had quite a bit of traffic lately
> > focused on anti biotechnology, and very little on community gardening
> > management issues (this is not to say that the biotechnology discussion
> is
> > not relevant to community gardening).  My fear is that we are loosing
> > contact with folks whose experience and knowledge we could benefit from
> > because of the volume of traffic on the list that is not central to
> > community gardening.
> > 
> > I wonder if there would be merit in setting up a separate list and
> inviting
> > all those who are interested in biotechnology to join that list to carry
> on
> > those discussions?  What do you guys think?
> > 
> > Lucy Bradley
> > 
> > Lucy K. Bradley
> > Extension Agent, Urban Horticulture
> > Maricopa County
> > The University of Arizona
> > Cooperative Extension
> > 4341 E Broadway Rd.
> > Phoenix, AZ  85040-8807
> > 
> > Phone:  (602) 470-8086 ext 323
> > Fax:  (602) 470-8092
> > email:  BradleyL@ag.arizona.edu
> > http://ag.arizona.edu/maricopa/garden/
> > 
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> Message: 4
> From: "odin zackman" <odinonline@hotmail.com>
> To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 21:05:08 PDT
> Subject: [cg] biotech, community gardening, the universe...
> 
> Hi all...
> 
> A recent message commented on the fact that several people had left our 
> lovely little listserve as a result of there being too much biotechnology 
> being flung about the virtual chatspace.
> 
> Despite the arguability of this assertion, one message did confirm that a 
> subscriber just wanted garden stuff. I would like to respond to this in
> much 
> the same way as I responded to the hub-bub raised about religion and 
> community gardening that came up several weeks back.
> 
> The issue of biotechnology is intimately tied to our roles as community 
> gardeners and community builders. Many of us on the listserve are here to 
> find answers to basic garden questions, many come for tips on community 
> garden governance and still others are looking for guidance from other 
> people and programs for research or work they are doing in this field. We 
> need to honor the diversity of needs and desires that all on the list
> have, 
> IF they have some connection with community gardening.
> 
> Biotechnology is an emerging issue that has tremendous bearing on our
> lives, 
> as people who deal with plants, grow healthy food and work to revitalize 
> communities. Rather than "ghettoize" the biotech folks, can't we just--as 
> Hope F. wisely suggested--just sort through our mail based on the Subject?
> 
> This is a powerful and diverse forum for all sorts of issues, and 
> biotechnology (like faith) affects all of us as community gardeners
> whether 
> we want to deal with the issue or not. I would hope that the listserve
> would 
> remain open to the discussion and postings that have surfaced around this 
> topic. Personally, I struggle much more with folks who (admittedly rarely)
> 
> use the listserve to circulate inappropriate and somewhat offensive
> "humor" 
> which has no relation to community gardening.
> 
> Peace.
> 
> Odin
> 
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 00:55:11 -0400
> From: Katherine Soucy <soucy_k@cc.denison.edu>
> To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> Subject: [cg] Youth offender/community gardens
> 
> Hello all!
> 
> This summer I will be helping to head-up a community garden project in
> Newerk, OH that was established for youth offenders to work off their
> community service hours while creating a true community atmosphere in
> the city.  I am very new in this area and would greatly appreciate any
> information, recommendations of resources, or advice anyone has in this
> area, specifically with the youth offender part, but certainly in the
> realm of organic gardening as well, seeing as I am fairly new to both.
> Thanks so much in advance!
> 
> Kate Soucy
> Denison University
> Granville, OH 43023
> soucy_k@denison.edu
> 
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> Message: 6
> From: "anne parsons" <parsons-anne@nf.sympatico.ca>
> To: <community_garden@mallorn.com>
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 05:46:04 -0230
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> Subject: [cg] list
> 
> I have just read a forward of 'No More Patenting of Life' and so found out
> about your list.
> Could I join your list?
> With best wishes
> Anne Parsons.
> 
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> Message: 7
> Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 07:57:44 -0400
> From: Terri Ann Gumula <tgumula@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: tgumula@earthlink.net
> To: community_garden@mallorn.com
> Subject: [cg] Listserve & "related topic" items
> 
> I agree with Hope, if you correctly I.D. your Subject in the Header,
> Delete is an excellent key, if you don't want to participate. The "exit
> questionnaire" is an terrific idea-- if people are leaving because they
> are frustrated with "related topic" ideas, then with this info, we can
> come to a different consensus in the future.
> 
> My own experience: Some G.E. info has been helpful to me.  In fact, as a
> result of community gardening, I have become very "pro-organic"/anti-GE.
> Tetrad (Doreen P.)'s book reviews are a nice source of ideas for good
> books.  The discussion on religion, while "related topic" was very
> interesting (though at the end I exercised the "delete" key.)
> 
> 
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