[lifesaviors] Re: welcome
- From: "Roberto Verzola" <rverzola@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lifesaviors@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:40:52 +0800
Hi Joel. I'm Roberto Verzola from the Philippines. I work with a
sustainable agriculture network of farmers, advocates and supporters
called PABINHI. I am also the sus ag campaigner of the Philippine
Greens. I am involved in sus ag advocacy and the anti-GMO campaign.
Roberto Verzola
Philippines
> >
> Glad to. I'm Joel Welty, of Blanchard, Michigan, USA.
> Blanchard is in the center of the lower (southern) of the two peninsulas
> which constitute Michigan. For the last ten years I served as the
> Executive Director of Michigan Alliance of Cooperatives. My
> responsibility was to advise and consult with co-ops of all kinds:
> housing, food, credit unions, buying clubs, farm co-ops, etc.
> I also assisted in organizing new cooperatives and in training
> boards of directors.
>
> Our most ambitious project is Sylviron Cooperative
> ["SILL-ver-ahn"], which will include housing, a resort, a
> business incubator, shops, library, meeting rooms, etc. We
> found an ideal location for it and a number of people signed
> up to become residents, many more to become members
> who would visit on occasion. We could not find bank financing
> for the project, and so were not able to conclude our purchase
> of 150 acres on which we had a purchase agreement. I am
> now looking for some other source of capital.
>
> We obtained a grant from the US Department of
> Agriculture for planning, most of which went to the architect
> we hired. So planning is well under way. I would be glad
> to send descriptive materials to anyone who e-mails me
> her/his mailing address.
>
> I have learned a great deal by studying the papers
> in the Eco-san conference. They have been a great help.
>
> Joel Welty, Blanchard, Michigan, USA
>
>
>
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