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Funky First Friday Farmers Market at BADSEED - A MUST ON FIRST FRIDAYS IN THE CROSSROADS

Calling All "Locavores" & "Farm-Fresh Junkies" -

It is cold out there!!! But that ain't enough to keep us farming fools from diggin' in that glorious dirt. We will be armed and ready this "first" Friday from 4-9 PM at the BADSEED Farmers Market with a mouthwatering array of earthly delights including free-range meats, pastured eggs, gourmet mushrooms, sexy veggies, tenacious tubers, mean greens, wholesome baked goods, canned goods, ARTISAN SHEEP'S MILK CHEESE, raw honey, and a whole lot more. The Food Revolution is at your fingertips. Stay out of the soulless supermarket and support your local farmers instead!!! It's fun and it tastes better!

Our folky friends from Checkered Past will be performing as usual this "first" Friday with a whole lot of harmony, politics, and humor. The farmers will be "gettin' down" and you should too. Get serenaded as you shop but beware of dancing farmers!! They are bound to get carried away and may take you for a whirl amidst the winter squash and baked goods. In that event, you have the market manager's permission to hit them over the head with a giant Blue Hubbard Squash as long as you promise to pay for it afterwards.

Mini Farm Up-Date -

I gotta keep it short and sweet cuz Farmer Brooke is TIRED. The intensity of the last few week's has got me a bit under the weather and planting 1000's of cloves of garlic in rock hard "no-till" soil (until your fingers get brittle and bloody) certainly doesn't help!! Get gloves you say??? Hell NO! The garlic tastes better with a little suffering....

Anyway, enough about garlic. The real news is that Farmer Dan and I have finally transitioned off BADSEED Farm and onto our new land. We are still harvesting the last of the season's bounty on the old farm, but we have now moved into a rental house (the size of a postage stamp) across from our new urban acreage. Furthermore we have officially gotten all the crazy animals on site!!!! This is a BIG DEAL! Dan and I have been trying to get our lives back ever since the big bad City reigned havoc on our idyllic little farm in the Spring of 2009. First we were forced to get rid of our goats, then to confine our chickens, then went the apprentices and volunteers, then the roosters, so on and so forth. By the end of the season our entire operation had been compromised and dreams had been shattered. But happy endings are in the works.....

Family Reunion:

Everybody is together again! Our three heavenly horned dairy goats, 13 mad chickens, an Australian Cattle Dog, and a Great Pyrenees are now boldly roaming 13 acres in the heart of Kansas City. What a site! It feels biblical as I wander my fields like Moses with the glorious escapees of Noah's Arc at my heels. No Joke. These crazy animals follow the farmers wherever they go.....in an orderly line no less!! It is hysterical. But not that funny. I can't get anything done without a goat chewing on one of my pigtails!! Pasture fencing is the next big job on the agenda to say the least. Until then, the "Moses thang" will have to suit me.

Pictures of my family members are attached.

Recipe of the Week:

Okay Folks - Arugula is absolutley off the radar these days. There is something about the cold weather that makes it deliciously dense, peppery, and full of divine flavor. Now that aromatic basil has died and gone to heaven with last week's killing freeze, I use Arugula to make a killer pesto for pasta, bruschetta, and more. I don't follow a recipe. I just sort of taste my way to perfection. But for those of you who need a little direction I find this one to be right on:

ARUGULA PESTO by Simply Recipes

New Vendor Alert !! -
OOOH BABY......check out all this good stuff....

Green Dirt Farm,

Jacqueline Smith & Sarah Hoffman, Weston, MO, www.GreenDirtFarm.com

Can you say Artisan Sheep's Milk Cheese??? Well these ladies sure can. In fact, they are one of the few artisan sheep dairies in the midwest and we are so very lucky to have them. I cannot even begin to put it any better than they already have, so why bother -

"Our sheep’s milk cheeses are made using milk from our own grass-fed, gently raised, ewes. We handcraft our cheeses on our farm using traditional old world methods that produce a unique richness and depth of flavor. The diverse grasses of our pastures flavor our ewe’s milk with hints of clover, legumes and flowers. The flavors in our milk change as the pastures grow, creating cheeses that uniquely reflect our farm and celebrate the seasons."

Be sure to please your palate with a varied array of traditional French farmhouse cheeses like the classic "Wooly Rind", the ash-dusted "Dirt Lover", or the distinctive "Bossa".

**Grass-fed Lamb also available.

KC Community Farm (at the Kansas City Center For Urban Agriculture), Alicia Ellingsworth & Crew

, KCK www.kccua.org

I am pleased to say that the BADSEED Market will have mean greens and hearty roots all winter long thanks to KCK's thriving urban farm. Alicia Ellingsworth, farm manager, will be bustin' her frozen butt to produce luscious winter veggies in a series of hoop houses (unheated greenhouses). These veggies are certified organic and ooooh soooo good. This week's offerings will include Hakurei Turnips, Spinach, Salad Mix, Funky Fresh Greens Mix, Arugula, Eggplant, Fresh Herbs, Tomatoes, Broccoli Raab, & Chinese Broccoli!!!

Blue Door Farm, Laura Christensen

, KCK

Winter Veggies have never been so hot!! Like Alicia, Laura too will be bustin' her frozen butt to keep you herbivores nice and full during these next few (cold!!) months. Laura will be harvesting a refreshing array of gourmet greens, spicy asian delights, crisp radishes, and root vegetables. Eat up or go hungry!!

Don't forget about the usual suspects!! Organic Offerings include:

BADSEED Farm, Brooke Salvaggio & Daniel Heryer (South KC) www.badseedfarm.com

*Japanese Sweet Potatoes!!! (pink-skinned,white-fleshed, taste like roasted marshmallow!!)

*Beauregard Sweet Potatoes (orange-fleshed, very sweet)

*O'Henry Sweet Potatoes (white-skinned, white-fleshed, super sweet and absolutely divine!! New Variety!!!)

*SEX IN A BOWL Signature Salad Mix!! (with chocolate mint, dill, cilantro, and fresh chives!!)

*Sexy Saute Mix!!!! (a gourmet mix of sexy cooking greens with hints of garlic chives and aromatic herbs)

*Giant Southern MUSTARD GREENS (spicy, tender, and oooh sooo good)

*Arugula!! (peppery and perfect)

*King Kale

*LEEKS!!! (the only thing better than an onion...)

*Gourmet Oasis TURNIPS!! (eat em' raw like an apple)

Herb"N"Gardener, Lew Edmister (Westside, KCMO)

*Yummy Asian Mustard Greens

*Arugula Gourmet Mix

*Swiss Chard

*Kale

*Winterized Rosemary and Decorative Okra Stalks

Bigg Blue Farm, Stan & Carmen Biggs (Mosby, MO)

*Heirloom Winter Squash !!!! (including Butternut, Acorn, Carnival, Spaghetti and the totally amazing BLUE HUBBARD!!!)

*Purple Top Turnips!! (first of the Fall)

*Candy Onions

*SWEET POTATOES!!!

*French Breakfast Radishes and Cherry Belle Radishes

*Mean Greens in Oriental Mix, Tendergreen Mustards, Siberian Baby Kale, Tatsoi, and Arugula

PJ's Mushroom Farm, Paul & Judy Miller (Warrensburg, MO)

They're Back!!!!
*Shitake Mushrooms!!

*Oyster Mushrooms!!

*Farm-Fresh Brown Eggs

*Hand-made rugs & stained glass items (from 100% recycled materials)

Western Hills Produce, Alice & Marvin Huenefeld (Wellington, MO)

*Farm-Fresh Brown EGGS

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Lettuce, and Assorted Produce

*Jams and Jellies from homegrown fruit

*Baked goods from homegrown, hand-milled wheat including:

-moist breads

-chocolate zucchini and pumpkin loaves

-banana bread

-cookies & more

**hand turned wood carved items by Marvin!!

FIG FARM, Curtis and Brenda Langewisch and Aaron Riekhof (Higginsville, MO)

*Fresh FIGS!!!! (grown sustainably in an unheated greenhouse)

Parker Farms, Tom and Paula Parker (Richmond, MO) www.parkerfarmsmeats.com

*A variety of 100% grass-fed beef and all natural pork including:

*Pork Brats
*Pre-cooked Chipotle Brats (with cheese and cranberries)

*Pre-cooked Franks (both hot and mild)
*Spare Ribs
*T-Bones

*Roasts
*Rib Steaks & Ribeyes

*Ground Beef and patties for the grill!!
***Delicious LAMB CUTS!!!!

**Homemade soy based candles and gourd birdhouses (compliments of their lovely girls who grew the gourds on the farm!!) as well as embroidered Tea Towels and homegrown Teas in orange, chocolate, lemon balm, spearmint, and peppermint!!!! Samples available.

**Hedge Apples for Pest Control!!

Wells Family Farms, Kim & Steve Wells (King City, MO) www.wellsfamilyfarms.com

*Certified Organic Grass-fed Beef in steaks, roasts, ground, and special cuts

*Natural Bug Repellant
*Diatomaceous Earth

*Teas

Bread Of Life Bakery, The Crowther Family (Stewartsville, MO) www.breadoflifebakery.net

*sandwich breads

*savory breads

*sweet breads

*specialty treats (vegan as well)

**ALL MADE FROM 100% Locally Grown, Organic Wheat!!!!

***Gluten-Free Breads and treats from the "Sweet Sisters" new line of baked goods!!!

Puddin' Head Coffee, Harry Lee, (Raytown, MO) www.puddinheadcoffee.com

*Only the BEST fair-trade/organic/micro-roasted coffee in town!!

Get yourself some beans or grab yourself a mug.

COFFEE BY THE MUG IS ONLY $1.00!!!!

Other goodies include:

Certified Organic Flour from Heartland Mill

Freshly ground & locally grown whole wheat flour, whole wheat pastry flour, unbleached all purpose white flour, malted all purpose flour for bread baking, & blue corn meal !!! A bakers dream.....

RAW HONEY!!!....YES!! Les Miller (our wicked honey man) will be a buzzin' this Friday with that godly golden nectar and bees wax to boot!

and, of course, Kombucha Mushroom Tea (Brooke's home brew)

Sip while you shop!

Remember:
LIVE NUDE VEGETABLES!! and other organic delights...
EVERY FRIDAY AT BADSEED

Yours Truly,

Brooke
- farmer and mistress of the BADSEED

BADSEED
An Urban-Organic Farm & Market
Celebrating Local Food, Culture, and Community
Fridays, 4-9pm
1909 McGee*KCMO*64108
www.badseedfarm.com

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Sustainability Announcements

WEEKLY ANNOUNCEMENTS
2 November 2010

ECO RADIO KC ¤ WEEKLY ECOLOGICAL ISSUES RADIO SHOW
Tuesday, 2 November 2010, 12:00noon-1:00pm ¤ on Kansas City Community Radio
Listen at KKFI-FM 90.1, or on web-streaming at http://www.kkfi.org/

On Eco-Radio KC this week, host Richard Mabion will be talking with Felicia Gokool-Sheikh about how mainstream environmentalist would benefit by collaborating with people of color. Ms. Gokool-Sheikh participated on a panel discussion with Richard Mabion at the North American Association of Environmental Educators conference in Buffalo, NY.

Also of ecological interest on KKFI this week:

On Wednesday at 9:00am, Alternative Radio presents "Climate Wars" with Gwynne Dyer, a noted journalist and lecturer on international affairs. An increase in just two degrees Celsius in average global temperature could trigger conflicts over scarce food and water. As the planet gets hotter, glaciers will melt and there will be less water for agricultural and drinking water, spurring climate refugee migrations on a scale never before seen. Wars will result.
On Friday at 9:30am, the Bioneers Radio Series presents "Making Tomorrow Today: The Power of Youth". Dynamic young people are surmounting considerable social and economic obstacles by following their dreams to create a better world. Jessica Rimington, Rhummanee Hang, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Manuel Francisco, Caleb Ryen, Amalia Anderson, and Lily Dong are enlivening the horizon of positive possibilities with grace, courage and boundless creativity. They'll settle for nothing less than justice, cultural preservation, and the defense of wild lands.

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YOUR WATER FOOTPRINT = THE STUFF YOU BUY

If climate disruption is resulting in disappearing glaciers and desertification, then a crisis of fresh water scarcity may manifest sooner and stronger than fossil energy scarcity. After all, water is essential for life on "planet water". But drought is only part of the problem, because it is exacerbated by industrial water pollution and water intensive industrial practices. Considering that huge quantities of water are required for extracting oil from Canadian tar sands, pulping and bleaching paper, washing dust from coal, hydraulic fracturing of natural gas, and most every other manufacturing process, water is embedded in everything we use. So while a person in an agrarian economy may consume only five gallons of water per day, those in industrial economies use nearly 2000 gal/day. Only five percent of that is for washing, flushing, or gardening, the bulk being what is embedded in our things. If you want to make a serious dent in your water consumption, use this Water Footprint Calculator to learn of the water hidden in the food you eat, the energy you use, products you buy, and services you rely on. Then you can go way beyond that water saving shower head.
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FOOD NOT LAWNS ¤ COMMUNIVERSITY CLASS #2305A
Wednesdays, 3 & 10 November 2010, 7:00pm - $$
UMKC School of Medicine, Theatre C, 2411 Charlotte St., Kansas City MO 64108

Grow food not lawns! Increase local food security, improve your diet, beautify your surroundings, build community, reduce pollution and energy use (It takes 87 calories of fuel to transport one calorie of perishable fresh fruit from west coast to east coast). As supporters of the Food Not Lawns national movement, we will hold five sessions dealing with topics that include whole system design, garden preparation, permaculture, water-wise gardening, seed saving, planting, and free resources. Presenters include master and highly-qualified gardeners. Class fee is $18, plus $5 for materials. Register at Communiversity online registration. Bring a picture ID. Limit 30. More info at Food Not Lawns KC, or <steve@prairietrading.com>.
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PERMACULTURE FOOD PRODUCTION: FOOD FORESTS ¤ 7TH LECTURE
Thursday, 4 November 2010, 6:00-9:00pm - $$$
Matt Ross Community Center, 8101 Marty St., Overland Park KS 66204

Steve Moring of Vajra Farm Permaculture Center will describe the concept of polyculture forest garden systems. Food forests involve creating plant associations of trees, shrubs, and berries into "guilds", arranged by size, height, and sun-orientation, called "stacking". The emphasis will be on the development and maintenance of nut and fruit tree food forests. This lecture is the seventh in a nine-session permaculture lecture series, presented every week. The lecture will be followed by a viewing of the film "Establishing a Food Forest" by Geoff Lawton. Preregistration is required, and a percentage of the fees will support the Kaw Permaculture Collaborative and it's parent organization, the Sustainability Action Network. For more information contact Steve Moring at (785)691-7305 or <smoring@grasshoppernet.com>
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NATIONAL SMALL FARM TRADE SHOW & CONFERENCE
Thursday-Saturday, 4-6 November 2010, 8:00am-5:00pm - $$
Boone County Fairgrounds, Columbia MO

The USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) program will be hosting this the largest annual small farm trade show in the United States. There will be more than 30 "Farmers Forum" talks, with sessions 25 to 55 minutes long, and covering topics like composting, beneficial bees, agroforestry, heritage turkeys, community gardens, local food systems, freshwater shrimp farming, weed control with goats, elderberries, and much more. To register, call "Small Farm Today" at (800)633-2535, write National Small Farm Show, 3903 W Ridge Trail Rd, Clark MO 65243, or see http://www.smallfarmtoday.com for more information.
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WAKARUSA SIERRA CLUB NIGHT HIKE AT CLINTON LAKE
Friday, 5 November 2010, 6:00pm

This get-together hike will follow a pot luck dinner for Sierra Club members and non-members alike. For directions to the pot luck and hike, e-mail <Lynate@sbcglobal.net> or call 331-0625.
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COLORADO BIONEERS REGIONAL CONFERENCE
Friday-Sunday, 5-7 November 2010 - $$
Colorado University, Boulder CO

This is the nearest of the few remaining Bioneers Conferences to the Kansas City/Lawrence area. Advance registration is still open until 2 November at Colorado Bioneers - 2010. The regional ones have a local focus, but with added electronic presentations from the national conference too. Others on this same weekend are more distant such as Cleveland, Salt Lake City, and Vancouver. For the full list go to - Bioneers beaming to regional conferences.
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THE POPULATION PERIL

There's much well reasoned discussion around per capita carbon footprint, ecological footprint, water footprint, carrying capacity, etc. and how humans can conserve and reduce our impact on the planet. The more enlightened institutions and individuals are planning for peak oil energy scarcity, sustainable food growing, non-fossil fuel transportation, etc. Yet all these (still potentially) downward trends are being offset by one huge expansive trend, that of exponential population growth. And in any of the aforementioned discussions, rarely is population control or decline considered as an essential part of any solution.

True, in some quarters like the Catholic patriarchy, birth control is banned as a sin, but why would scientific and political circles ignore the topic? Why do most people apparently find fulfillment in seeing the growth and development of offspring rather than in themselves? Some very telling observations of human nature can be found in a lecture (excerpt) by Dr. Albert Bartlett, who points out that we typically choose to reduce the death rate (a noble cause) rather than reduce the birth rate (sad, evil, cowardly cause) Exponential Population Growth: Dr. Albert Bartlett. This is part of a whole series, another amazing one being Exponential Growth vs Finite Resources: Dr. Albert Bartlett (part 3 of 8).

At last population count, China was at 1.3 billion, and they began a new census on Monday, 1 November. Like other industrializing countries, China is experiencing more rapid rural-urban migration than ever before, anticipating 67 percent of the population will be urbanized. This global trend leads to what are called "megacities". "Depending on how one measures, the planet now boasts 20 or so megacities — urban agglomerations where the United Nations estimates the population has reached 10 million or more. The world's rapid urbanization is a reality fraught with both peril and hope. The peril is obvious. Overcrowding, pollution, poverty, impossible demands for energy and water all result in an overwhelming sense these megacities will simply collapse." If you want a glimpse of a future without population control, this article will bring it into graphic perspective - Dhaka: Fastest Growing Megacity in the World. It's not a pretty sight. Are humans capable of restraint?
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LAWRENCE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
Wednesday, 10 November 2010, 5:30pm
Recycling and Resource Recovery Annex, 320 N.E. Industrial Lane, Lawrence KS

The November agenda is unavailable to date. The S.A.B. meets monthly to discuss any and all aspects of furthering sustainability policies and practices by the City of Lawrence government and private persons. The public is welcome. Minutes are finalized in about a month after each meeting http://www.lawrenceks.org/wrr/envadvisoryboard
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KANSAS CITY ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
Wednesday, 10 November 2010, 4:00-6:00pm
Project Living Proof, 917 Emanuel Cleaver Blvd., KC MO

This month's meeting will be at Project Living Proof, a demonstration project of how to restore a century-old house to be energy efficient. The Environmental Management Commission promotes environmental awareness and resource efficiency to the City's leader and staff, to assist the progress of Kansas City toward sustainability. Members of the general public are encouraged to attend and observe meetings and to join and participate in its efforts. More information and the EMC April 2009 minutes are available at http://www.kcmo.org/manager.nsf/web/emc
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"THIS OLD ENERGY EFFICIENT HOUSE" ¤ COMMUNITY FORUM
Thursday, 11 November 2010, 7:00pm - FREE
Union Pacific Depot, 402 North 2nd St., Lawrence KS 66044

This public forum will explore how ecological sustainability and historic preservation can overlap and be mutually beneficial (re: Project Living Proof in previous item). A panel of experts will give presentations and field questions from the audience about saving resources by preserving our building stock, energy audits and upgrading the energy performance of old structures, reinvestment in central city density, and Federal and State programs that are available. It is sponsored by The City of Lawrence, the Lawrence Preservation Alliance, and the Kansas Preservation Alliance.
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SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK - MONTHLY MEETING
Sunday, 14 November 2010, 6:00pm
our Coordinator's office, 700 Mississippi St., Lawrence KS 66044

Local Solutions for Transition to a Sustainable Economy
S.A.N. organizes societal scale action for ecological sustainability both in our personal lives, and through public policy changes. "Be the change you want to see". The S.A.N. meeting agenda will include:

Transition Kaw Valley power point trial run
Ducks in a row: what it means to focalize S.A.N. actions
community workshops - FOCALIZER?: solar food dehydrator, cold frames, rain barrels, etc.
S.A.N.web content, user name access, site e-mail, hosting contracts, etc.
develop an annual events schedule - FOCALIZER?
cultivating multi-organizational co-operation
Fair Trade Holiday Market: S.A.N. involvement?

Please join us
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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE WORKSHOPS ¤ EPA KANSAS CITY REGION
Monday-Tuesday, 15-16 November 2010 - FREE
Westin Crown Center Hotel, Kansas City, Missouri

The EPA Region Seven will host this series of workshops prior to the formal National Environmental Justice Advisory Council public meeting on November 16-18, 2010. The workshops target urban and rural communities, grassroots organizations, academic institutions, businesses, youth, elderly citizens, and many other demographic categories, especially low income and ethnic minority populations. Courses during the workshops include two tracks of (1) Collaborative Problem Solving with Success Stories, Tools, and Demonstrations, and (2) Grants and Resources Information. To register for the EJ Workshops and the NEJAC or for more information visit:http://www.epa.gov/region07/ej/2010_workshop/index.htm
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LAWRENCE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Tuesday, 16 November 2010, 6:00pm
Public Works Conference Rm., City Hall Ground Floor, 6th & Massachusetts St.

The agenda will include: revisions to bicycle parking downtown, and more. The Committee works to improve bicycle safety and awareness through education of motorists and non-motorists, develops bicycle plans and maps, and advises the City and County Commissions on bicycle priorities and needs. The agenda and information can be downloaded at Bicycle Advisory Comm | agendas & minutes.
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"CONNECTING COWS, CARBON & CARROTS" CONFERENCE
Saturday, 20 November 2010, 8:30am-4:30pm - $$
Flint Hills Technical College, 3301 W. 18th Ave, Emporia KS 66801

The Kansas Rural Center is hosting this sustainable agriculture conference with an emphasis on climate change and its challenges for agriculture, the emerging local food movement as business opportunity, and methods of transferring land to the next generation. Throughout the day will be speakers and workshops on: community and school gardens, local food policy councils, high tunnel season extenders, cover crops and biochar carbon sequestration, specialty and organic crops, the 2012 U.S. Farm Bill, and more. To learn more, register, and download a brochure, go to Connecting Cows, Carbon & Carrots, or contact the KRC at (785)873-3431 or <ddysart@rainbowtel.net>.
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FAIR TRADE HOLIDAY MARKET
Friday-Saturday, 26 November-4 December 2010, times TBA
ECM, 1204 Oread Ave., Lawrence KS 66044

The annual Fair Trade Holiday Market features products from artisans in dozens of countries around the world. The items support fair labor practices and are sold at fair prices, with most proceeds going directly to the artisans rather than to warehousers, brokers, advertisers and retailers. For more info go to Fair Trade Holiday Market, or contact the ECM at (785) 843-4933 or <Alicia@TwoHandsWorldshop.com>.

The SUSTAINABILITY ACTION NETWORK, Inc. is a Kansas not-for-profit organization. DONATIONS ARE APPRECIATED, and checks can be mailed to P.O.Box 1064, Lawrence KS 66044. Our mission is to advocate and organize societal scale action to address sustainability issues. The triple crises of Energy-Ecology-Economy are building so rapidly that large scale action is needed immediately and methodically to overcome institutional barriers and advance public policy that preserves ecological sustainability. Our focus is to build a relocalized economy-ecology in concert with the Transition Town movement occurring in many other communities. To join the Sustainability Action Network please contact us at <paradigm@ixks.com>

Our current projects include:
1) Transition Kaw Valley - initiating transition to a relocalized post-carbon economy, and municipal level Peak Oil response planning.
2) Kaw Permaculture Collaborative - developing skills and resources for poly-cropping sustainable food production.
3) Energy Conservation & Renewables - advancing a green economy through decentralized technologies and regulations, for conservation and renewable energy.
4) Land Consortium - organizing interested stakeholders to acquire prime farmland in the urban fringe for land-based economic development and regional food security.
5) Water Rights and Watersheds - protecting the water commons, the source of all life, from privatization and contamination, and restoring our watersheds.
6) Electric & Human Powered Vehicles - promoting neighborhood electric vehicles and utility tricycles, including infrastructure and pro-active regulations.
7) Weekly Sustainability Announcements - informing and encouraging others to become active in the Sustainability Action Network, or other action driven groups.
8) Collaboration with sister organizations - such as: The Light Center eco-village; Kaw Valley Food System farm-based economic development; Citizens for Responsible Planning; Films for Action; Kansas River Valley Growers fighting for local water rights; national efforts by the Sustainable Energy Network; KC Metro groups like the Kansas City Food Circle and the All Species Project, etc.

We welcome suggestions for items to be included. Please send items to <paradigm@ixks.com>

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