[Chapter_Fourteen] Chapter 14

Sat Nov 6 12:43:13 PDT 2010

dear ron & rachel,

absolutely - break the protocols! ha. we'll have moderators every two weeks
who will introduce a topic, a problem, an assertion, or a solution for the
list. they hopefully inspire conversation and debate with the intention of
deepening our sense of what are the possible and ethical steps we can take
to move into a regenerative world... jay rosenberg and i will put forward
some stories in the next couple of days about the fence line at hayes valley
farm, about how we find heroin needles in our broccoli plants, and the reach
of the decisions we make about that fence.... we're looking forward to your
engagement!

that said spontaneous conversations around chapter fourteen topics on this
list are very welcome also!

in regards to your the topics you raise -
a) how is permaculture an "acquittal of Foucault" ? wondering what texts of
foucault you could quote or refer us to here.
b) i want to challenge the thinking that there must be land ownership.
enclosure <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure> seems to me to be one of
the most damaging movements in the western world. what if we unraveled the
idea of property. how could we begin to do this? perhaps to show how much
more fun it is to share land, to close loops in empty lots, share yields,
invite folks into your backyard, etc. slow and steady solutions.
c) permaculture, being in part the reinvigoration of ecological systems
through feedback and "closing loops" is also geared toward making food
forests, flourishing systems that also produce yields. the idea is that
these food forests, as opposed to current "top down" agricultural practices,
require very little inputs. in turn the yield also is more diverse and more
abundant (compare an acre of food forest to an acre of corn...).  this is to
say yes, i think we can still have dentists. but the impetus becomes not
necessarily one of survival (must have a job to survive) but one of real
curiosity and desire to contribute to community, health, etc. one of the
questions becomes: if you have food, community and shelter, what do you want
to do for your community, rather than what do you have to do. i am hesitant
to come up with state, top down rules and laws to make examples of how this
is possible - maybe someone can step in here to fill in some of the blanks.
i'd love to hear an anarchist perspective on how people self organize...
because it is an issue of self organization. i don't see how self
organization is possible if we put a price on land, and people own it. in
one scenario we act in service to land and in another we act in service to
the wealthy, the dollar.

i can speak a little to self organization (bottom up models) through what
i've seen at hayes valley farm in this regard. i've seen people, myself
included, first come on the farm and say "look i have this specialty that is
of value!" "you need me because of my specialty!" what i've noticed over
time is that, while people still have specializations, we all also find
great satisfaction from dedicating at least part of our time to the needs of
the moment, and the more mundane needs of the farm. it's an interesting
transition to note: the dominant culture tells us we are not valuable to
others unless we have a specialty, but on the farm, where the orientation is
more cooperative, we are valued not just for a specialty we may have, but
also for our responsiveness to the needs of the moment, for our ability to
work together, do at least some mundane tasks, etc. etc. most of my time
these days in spent in the greenhouse and in research, but the other day i
walked by the front gate and noticed it needed some attention, so i planted
some trees, comfrey and clover. i think when the orientation is toward self
organization, we have a more nuanced responsiveness that allows for
specialization (into dentistry, for example) but also that allows for deep
pleasure in responding to the needs of nature, self, and community...

much more can be said here. in my opinion these questions dive to the heart
of how we get from here to there.

my friend aimee reminded me of permaculture principle #4 yesterday: "accept
feedback and apply self
regulation<http://permacultureprinciples.com/principle_4.php>
"

all the best,
/m

On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 9:31 AM, ron stanford <rstan1122 at gmail.com> wrote:

> realized that might have sounded like Shakespeare championed Jay, the
> bastard...not quite was i was thinking, although Shakespeare  no doubt would
> have loved jay, i don't think he's actually a bastard, either literally or
> figuratively...the long lost thought there was more an off-handed defense of
> 'non-pedigree' thinking...(really...(sic...))...
>
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Rachel A. Buddeberg <rachel at rabe.org>wrote:
>
>> Not quite sure what protocols you might have breeched...  I found your
>> question intriguing because I've wondered about that myself.  It seems that
>> not everyone might become a successful farmer... Given our knowledge of
>> where markets can lead - at least the unregulated kinds - maybe exchange
>> might be better.  Historically, when buyer and seller haggled directly,
>> prices tended to be fairer than now when most of the money I pay for
>> athletic shoes (for example) goes into the pockets of the CEO of [fill in
>> your least favorite shoe company].  I can't haggle - and neither can the
>> person ask for higher wages.   Of course, there remain other
>> power-differentials to watch out for in 1-on-1 markets.  I am sure that the
>> craftsperson didn't feel as comfortable setting a price for a
>> nobleperson...
>>
>> Rachel
>>
>>
>> On Nov 4, 2010, at 12:22 AM, ron stanford wrote:
>>
>> not quite sure how the idea exchange here is supposed to work, but just
>> diving in: (as a relative neophyte), marvelously impressed by the gravity of
>> fukuoka, the look of his 'farm', the food forest concept, seed balls, etc.
>> My first question v.a.v. discussion would be the macro level implications
>> of.traditional property rights and markets/ exchange of 'surplus'.
>> Recognizing that permaculture, (seems to me), is something, (literally), of
>> a ground up' concept, (the best e.g. acquittal of Foucault i've personally
>> encountered...), i wonder about the convergence of enlightened 'ground up'
>> food production and the perhaps not so comfortable atrophy of top down-large
>> scale production/distribution models.
>> In the new model, if one is not specifically a grower, or one in
>> possession of land, (maybe a dedicated painter/writer/old school doctor,
>> etc.), is there the comfortable possibility of making one's 'specialized'
>> way, without being a 'farmer' oneself, (and not relying on charity, strictly
>> speaking...), that is, an exchange, a market, where services/goods/produce
>> can be priced?
>>
>> have no doubt breeched any number of protocols, but...testing,
>> testing...is this thing on...? ...'--)
>>
>> ron.
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Jay <protojay at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
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