Comments on: What Kind of Tree Do Acorns Grow On? http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2007/12/17/what-kind-of-tree-do-acorns-grow-on/ Organic Grocery Market, Shop Local, Small Farms, Family Farms Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Finlayson http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2007/12/17/what-kind-of-tree-do-acorns-grow-on/#comment-1019 John Finlayson Fri, 01 Feb 2008 19:06:15 +0000 http://organictobe.org/index.php/2007/12/17/what-kind-of-tree-do-acorns-grow-on/#comment-1019 So there is a contrary computer as well as a contrary farmer in Wyandot County!! How strange! Thanks for your comments Gene and, no I don't endorse your tongue-cheek comment about it being to your advantage as I suspect you don't either. I feel we should use whatever media is appropriate and effective to try and pass on these skills and activities. Computers just happen to be the flavour of the decade and I for one certainly hope that books don't ever go out of fashion. I guess we just keep plugging on and do what we can. Is there an e-mail site that I can send some pics to you showing a little of what we do in the Antipodes? Just give you some idea of what and how we operate. Also I have finally managed to get a second-hand copy of some of your earlier books (alcohol, aquaculture, Wyeth, etc)I had not read and they, as usual, are welcomed by my inquisitive mind. Please don't stop! Cheers and thanks again. Hope the computers stay awake for you. So there is a contrary computer as well as a contrary farmer in Wyandot County!! How strange!

Thanks for your comments Gene and, no I don’t endorse your tongue-cheek comment about it being to your advantage as I suspect you don’t either. I feel we should use whatever media is appropriate and effective to try and pass on these skills and activities. Computers just happen to be the flavour of the decade and I for one certainly hope that books don’t ever go out of fashion. I guess we just keep plugging on and do what we can.

Is there an e-mail site that I can send some pics to you showing a little of what we do in the Antipodes? Just give you some idea of what and how we operate.

Also I have finally managed to get a second-hand copy of some of your earlier books (alcohol, aquaculture, Wyeth, etc)I had not read and they, as usual, are welcomed by my inquisitive mind. Please don’t stop!

Cheers and thanks again. Hope the computers stay awake for you.

]]> By: Gene Logsdon http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2007/12/17/what-kind-of-tree-do-acorns-grow-on/#comment-783 Gene Logsdon Sat, 12 Jan 2008 15:55:02 +0000 http://organictobe.org/index.php/2007/12/17/what-kind-of-tree-do-acorns-grow-on/#comment-783 John: the computers have been contrary lately and today is the first I saw your comment. I thank you and I wish you well in efforts to bring important lessons to the educational system. I used to complain that the US educational system was not doing its job, but although I probably shouldn't admit it, its negligence is my gain since those of us who try to fill the void, as you have experienced, sell more books, etc. Gene Logsdon John: the computers have been contrary lately and today is the first I saw your comment. I thank you and I wish you well in efforts to bring important lessons to the educational system. I used to complain that the US educational system was not doing its job, but although I probably shouldn’t admit it, its negligence is my gain since those of us who try to fill the void, as you have experienced, sell more books, etc. Gene Logsdon

]]> By: John Finlayson http://www.yourlocalmarketblog.com/2007/12/17/what-kind-of-tree-do-acorns-grow-on/#comment-715 John Finlayson Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:55:10 +0000 http://organictobe.org/index.php/2007/12/17/what-kind-of-tree-do-acorns-grow-on/#comment-715 Hi Gene. If it makes it any easier for you there are the same (where do acorns come from) issues here in NZ and quite frankly, it scares the whatzit out of me as an older, reasonably self-contained man of the land. It has worried me for some time now and rather than sit on the proverbial I have for a few years now worked with our regional Polytechnic here in NZ and we are now running fees-free and very practically based programmes on all aspects of sustainable and self-help land use from poultry raising, growing your own organic vegetables through managing the home orchard to alternative energy systems, bee-keeping and replanting native forests. These programmes are endorsed and funded by our Govt through the tertiary education system. The practical nature means that the sudden realisation that at long last learning can be fun as well as productive is a joy to behold on their faces (ages range from 16 to 85+) and they come back and sign up for the next course. So far we are the only institution to do this in NZ and, funnily enough, we are the only one with a growing hort/ag student roll in the whole country! How very strange! I hope that this gets to you as I feel it important to understand that this is a global problem and not just USA based and that there are ways and means to counteract this trend. Thanks for all your pioneering work, books and leadership and all the very best for 2008. Cheers John Hi Gene. If it makes it any easier for you there are the same (where do acorns come from) issues here in NZ and quite frankly, it scares the whatzit out of me as an older, reasonably self-contained man of the land. It has worried me for some time now and rather than sit on the proverbial I have for a few years now worked with our regional Polytechnic here in NZ and we are now running fees-free and very practically based programmes on all aspects of sustainable and self-help land use from poultry raising, growing your own organic vegetables through managing the home orchard to alternative energy systems, bee-keeping and replanting native forests. These programmes are endorsed and funded by our Govt through the tertiary education system. The practical nature means that the sudden realisation that at long last learning can be fun as well as productive is a joy to behold on their faces (ages range from 16 to 85+) and they come back and sign up for the next course. So far we are the only institution to do this in NZ and, funnily enough, we are the only one with a growing hort/ag student roll in the whole country! How very strange!
I hope that this gets to you as I feel it important to understand that this is a global problem and not just USA based and that there are ways and means to counteract this trend.
Thanks for all your pioneering work, books and leadership and all the very best for 2008.

Cheers John

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