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.

The stories, memories and farming experiences captured on these mp3 recordings are fast becoming an important
 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)
 

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