[GJM] Fw: [globalnetnews-summary] Food crisis threatens 100m: UN /

[Peter Hogwood]

But Robert, your idea that governments can just spend
and stop taxing, with the inevitable deleterious
effects being mitigated by super fast supercomputers
utilizing magical programs is not the "answer" to
anything, but is just plain goofy.  As goofy as it
comes.  Quite laughable.

Peter



--- robert searle <dharao4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> Dear Mary Rose, et al,
> 
> 
>         There is an answer to the present food
> crisis,
> and many other global problems. It is called
> Transfinancial Economics.
> 
> 
>    
>
http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Transfinancial_Economics
> 
> 
> R.Searle.
> 
> 
> 
> -- mary rose <maryrose333 at att.net> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Arlie Haig" <ajhaig at sonic.net>
> > To: "mary rose" <maryrose333 at att.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: [globalnetnews-summary] Food crisis
> > threatens 100m: UN
> > 
> > 
> > > Hi MR,
> > > In 2003 I became the coordinator for a community
> > garden my friend began,
> > > with spaces for approx 19 families.
> > > In 2006 I started another near my house, and
> with
> > an expansion this year
> > > we have 18 families, plus a large space for the
> > afterschool program and
> > > neighborhood kids to participate during summer.
> I
> > built a hoop greenhouse
> > > with some grant money and all the gardeners
> > contribute to the care and
> > > maintenance.
> > > We have gotten a few grants, and the City of
> Santa
> > Rosa helps in the
> > > second garden as it is on land they don't have
> the
> > money to develop into a
> > > park
> > > The city also bought an old farm and now it is
> > being run by LandPaths as a
> > > community garden and gardening training center.
> > > So, it is happening at the local level,
> expecially
> > here in No CA. If
> > > anyone wants hints about how we organized it, I
> > would be happy to reply.
> > > Thanks for the work and inspiration you
> contribute
> > online Mary Rose.
> > > Arlie
> > 
> > Arlie, this is fabulous and exactly what we need
> re:
> > your willingness to
> > share
> > how this was accomplished.  It is the networking
> > that is going to get us
> > through
> > this.
> > 
> > However, I do want to emphasize something else. 
> > While raising food is a
> > good
> > place to begin to bring the community together,
> let
> > me suggest that there is
> > more
> > involved here.
> > 
> > May I ask if your group as yet has considered how
> > they are going to protect
> > their food supply when gangs of drug addicts and
> > those who are uneducable
> > invade your neighborhood and try to take your food
> > supply away from you
> > because they have none?  Have you figured out a
> way
> > to handle those in your
> > community who will be dealing with post-traumatic
> > stress disorder? What
> > about those who are ill and for whom there are no
> > medications as the health
> > care system breaks down?
> > 
> > These are just a few of the many things you will
> > quite probably be faced 
> > with
> > as we go deeper into the chaos. But one of the
> > reasons I chose all three of
> > these is that they can all be effectively
> addressed
> > through the art of Tai 
> > Chi
> > and Qi Gong as it is a healing modality as well as
> a
> > martial arts form
> > with which one can protect oneself without
> resorting
> > to weapons.
> > 
> > Tai Chi has proven to be effective in treating
> > post-traumatic stress
> > disorder, and as well it builds and strengthens
> the
> > immune system.
> > And one is keeping one's body fit and toned.  So,
> it
> > would be good
> > to try and set up classes in these arts for the
> > families you are involved
> > with. Get these young people involved in Tai Chi -
> > Qi Gong rather
> > than in the competitive Western sports such as
> > baseball, football, etc.
> > Recall that Tai Chi has been proven to improve
> one's
> > learning abilities,
> > so it is a whole body enhancement.
> > 
> > May I also suggest that someone in your group
> study
> > the raising and
> > use of herbal medicines, and then train others in
> > the group.  As we
> > see breakdowns in supply lines, the customary
> > pharmaceuticals
> > may not always be available, and there will be a
> > need for emergency
> > medications as well.  So, be prepared in this
> > respect.
> > 
> > Also, take great pains to learn how to eat in a
> > healthy manner.Researchers
> > have discovered it is difficult for disease to
> live
> > in a pH balanced body.
> > So paying attention to foods that are neither to
> > alkaline or too acidic when
> > selecting what to eat is a good idea.  This too
> > appears to strengthen the
> > immune system and ward off disease.
> > 
> > One other thing I would like to mention is
> > understanding how to create
> > a local currency system.  As unemployment rises,
> it
> > will be necessary
> > to create a means for people who are unemployed to
> > trade occasional
> > work for food and other services.  Delinking from
> > the national economy
> > will be important in order for the local community
> > to keep from going
> > down with the ship.  So, there are programs like
> > TIME Hours that can
> > accomplish this.  One of the things that a local
> > currency system does is
> > get us out of the bind that the Global Monetocracy
> > System
> > places us in, e.g., paying interest, etc.  So, in
> > many ways, the current 
> > crisis
> > can be beneficial for us if we know how to manage
> it
> > using local currency
> > to do so.  One of the things with local currency
> is
> > that it keeps the 
> > currency
> > supply within the community -- it is not "skimmed
> > off" as it is when one is
> > using national currency. But, of course, this is
> why
> > the GMS will try to
> > keep communities from using local currency. 
> > However, since it may be
> > the only survival route, people will find ways of
> > doing this under the
> > counter in order to survive.
> > 
> > You know, I think these hoop greenhouses are great
> > although the plastic
> > parts may not be the best for the environment. 
> > However, if for any reason
> > your community is forced to migrate the hoop
> > greenhouses can be rolled
> > up and moved with little effort whereas the
> > conventional style create
> 
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