This blog is to promote the awareness and importance of the oral history of Organic farming in the Sustainable agriculture community.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
MOSES Organic Farming Conference
The van is loaded & fueled (that hurt... it has a 36 gal tank). This is our 19th year. Watch OrganicVoices for the downloads... or call us. Take a look at Unlimited Access... for $99 you get all the conferences from 2011. Organize a discussion group & split the cost... 5 people, $20 each... 10 people $10 each... Organize your own OragnicVoices discussion group... Let's get all the value out of 2011. Learning from others experience is THE only short cut in the learning process... you don't have to experience the problems yourself. Just adopt the lessons learned from other growers. Ideas change lives but only if you let them... listening may be the greatest life skill you can adopt.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Gold Mine of Organic information
I am looking back at some of the conferences & I am astounded at what I see. There is an incredible motherload of information available. I was listening to an Eliot Coleman half day workshop again. This is absolutely inspiring stuff. How can I not be wildly excited about the coming growing season? Thank you, Eliot, you made me forget the disappointments of 2010. I feel like palnting some seeds!!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Decide the Future of OrganicVoices
We need your help. We wish to expand the reach of OrganicVoices. We would like to see more conferences recorded around the country but time & travel limit our reach. We have been talking to people at the conferences we attend about finding regional affiliates to record conferences that are close to home for them. We had several people express interest while we were at the NOFA-NY conference. If fact, NOFA-NJ found some volunteers to record their winter conference. We have been impressed by the quality they achieved on their first attempt. They were disappointed because they missed a few sessions. We thought they did a remarkable job considering the only training they had was over the phone.
Someone also suggested we lower the cost of Unlimited Access from $99 to under $50. That would be fine if we could dramatically increase the membership. So here is the challenge, we need your help! We will lower the Unlimited Access to under $50 if we have 1000 people email us expressing interest in joining Unlimited Access if the membership was lowered. So, here is how you can be an active participant in OrganicVoices Oral History Preservation Project. Spread the word through email, facebook, twitter or whatever form of communication you use. You can also extend the offer of a free digital download from OrganicVoices. If someone wants a personalized selection based on their area of interest, they can email me directly with their request. Listening to the many OrganicVoices over the past 19 years has made a tremendous difference in our growing experience... two absolute truths have become evident to us in this preservation endeavor:
1. Ideas change lives!
2. There is Magic in the human voice!
Help us in the OrganicVoices Preservation Project!
I look forward to having a conversation with you.
Barry George
www.heritagegardens.shutterfly.com (for those who wonder if we dig in the dirt)
952-432-3079
Monday, February 7, 2011
Encouragement for the coming season!
OEFFA Conference
We will be capturing the organic voices at these conferences in the next two weeks. As a grower, I need the encouragement to get through all the trials a growing season presents. The words from the Organic Voices encourage, inspire & sustain me in my growing season. Help spread some encouragement to other growers. If you email me requesting encouragement I will send you a free MP3 download of an Organic Voice specifically selected for you. So in your email request tell me a little about you as a grower, producer. Does that sound personal... it is... life is a personal experience.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
NOFA-NJ Conference
Paul & Sandy Arnold, Pleasant Valley Farm, Argyle, NY successful vegetable growers in upstate NY share their knowledge plus they took on the task of recording the NJ conference... I'm impressed with the quality of the recordings so far. This is a conference that wasn't on our schedule but this gives me the hope that we can preserve the organic voices without having to travel the country. We believe that this preservation project is an important mission.
Paul & Sandy are exceptional growers & presenters. They are a MUST listen. Not only are they great growers & presenters, they will encourage & inspire the veteran & novice grower alike. Farmers are a tough bunch but every person can use a little encouragement, inspiration & vision. We believe that the most important "nutrient" for any human is ideas. There is an ancient verse that says it best... "man does not live by bread alone but by words..." you can reject the book this wisdom literature came from but the undeniable truth is that humans are the only "idea driven" organism.
Monday, January 31, 2011
change your yard-change your life- Make 2011 the beginning of YOUR Excellant Urban Farming Adventure
Turning backyards into gardens
Is it possible or practical to change your urban/suburban yard into a mini-farm. Can you become a part of the organic farming movement with your lot sized organic garden? Can organic gardening be a serious part of sustainable agriculture? Mini-Farm in Pasadena
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Monday, January 17, 2011
Organic Road Warrior's Excellent Adventure to Saratoga Springs
We are packing up the gear to head out for the NOFA-NY Conference that starts on Thursday in Saratoga Springs, NY. If you are in the neighborhood stop by & say Hi.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
About the Organic Voices Oral History Project
For the past eighteen years, from 1992 to present, Barry George and his wife Judy, have been recording and
collecting oral histories from a number of North America's most prominent leaders and teachers of the Organic farming
and Sustainable agriculture community.
aspect of America's unique heritage in Organic farming and Sustainable agriculture. The oral histories of our
best Organic farming teachers like Eliot Coleman, Elizabeth Henderson, Shannon Hayes and Dr. Alan Greene are now
being captured for our benefit now and for the generations to come.Organic Voices is the product of the dedicated passion and labor of Barry and Judy George to capture these important
oral histories of Organic farming and Sustainable agriculture.This movement toward sustainable organic agriculture has emerged during the past twenty years to reevaluate
the harsh results of conventional agriculture and the practices that contribute to the social problems these old
methods create. Today this movement for farming organic is gathering increasing support and momentum within mainstream agriculture.
Not only does sustainable ag address many common environmental and social concerns, but it also offers
unique and economically viable opportunities for farmers, laborers, consumers, policymakers and many others
in the entire food production system.Organic Voices is an effort to identify and capture the ideas, methods and experiences that form our understanding of
sustainable agriculture by preserving the authoritative voices of this monumental movement. We do this three reasons:
1) to preserve the oral history and experience of the pioneers who lead us and teach us the methods of
organic farming
2) to offer the agricultural community practical steps that may be taken in moving toward sustainable development and
3) to make available an easy method for new organic farmers to gain the whole experiences of two decades worth
of practical organic methods in a time saving learning platform.Sustainable agriculture is still evolving, and for this reason we intend these oral history recordings to be an invitation
to continue the preservation of this dynamic movement toward a better and more secure future that will benefit and
bless all who join us.Our continuance in this project is dependent on your support.
Here are 7 easy ways you can support the Organic Voices oral history project.1. Join us now by subscribing to our RSS feed to receive the latest news on our newest recordings.
2. Sign up for a free mp3 download of Designing an Organic Farming System by Gary Zimmer.(Coming Soon!)
3. "Like" us on our Facebook button below.
4. Look through the Organic farming mp3 store by topic or by conference and purchase our mp3 packages.(Coming Soon!)
5. Follow us on Facebook
6. Share us with your farming community.
7. Link to us on your website.(http://organicvoices.com)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Organic Voices for Organic Farming and Sustainable Ag
Organic Voices is the product of the dedicated passion and labor of Barry and Judy George to capture these important oral histories of Organic farming and Sustainable agriculture.
This movement toward sustainable organic agriculture has emerged during the past twenty years to reevaluate the harsh results of conventional agriculture and the practices that contribute to the social problems these old methods create.
Today this movement for farming organic is gathering increasing support and momentum within mainstream agriculture.
Not only does sustainable Ag address many common environmental and social concerns, but it also offers unique and economically viable opportunities for farmers, laborers, consumers, policymakers and many others in the entire food production system.
Organic Voices is an effort to identify and capture the ideas, methods and experiences that form our understanding of sustainable agriculture by preserving the authoritative voices of this monumental movement.
We do this three reasons:
1) to preserve the oral history and experience of the pioneers who lead us and teach us the methods of
organic farming
2) to offer the agricultural community practical steps that may be taken in moving toward sustainable development and
3) to make available an easy method for new organic farmers to gain the whole experiences of two decades worth of practical organic methods in a time saving learning platform.
Sustainable agriculture is still evolving, and for this reason we intend these oral history recordings to be an invitation to continue the preservation of this dynamic movement toward a better and more secure future that will benefit and bless all who join us.
Visit us at: www.organicvoices.com
This movement toward sustainable organic agriculture has emerged during the past twenty years to reevaluate the harsh results of conventional agriculture and the practices that contribute to the social problems these old methods create.
Today this movement for farming organic is gathering increasing support and momentum within mainstream agriculture.
Not only does sustainable Ag address many common environmental and social concerns, but it also offers unique and economically viable opportunities for farmers, laborers, consumers, policymakers and many others in the entire food production system.
Organic Voices is an effort to identify and capture the ideas, methods and experiences that form our understanding of sustainable agriculture by preserving the authoritative voices of this monumental movement.
We do this three reasons:
1) to preserve the oral history and experience of the pioneers who lead us and teach us the methods of
organic farming
2) to offer the agricultural community practical steps that may be taken in moving toward sustainable development and
3) to make available an easy method for new organic farmers to gain the whole experiences of two decades worth of practical organic methods in a time saving learning platform.
Sustainable agriculture is still evolving, and for this reason we intend these oral history recordings to be an invitation to continue the preservation of this dynamic movement toward a better and more secure future that will benefit and bless all who join us.
Visit us at: www.organicvoices.com
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