[lifesaviors] Re: welcome
- From: Uwe Brunjes <ubrunjes@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lifesaviors@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 12:22:04 -0700 (PDT)
Hi everybody,
did I post my introduction? The reason I ask is that I
wrote it in Word, and I can't remember if I sent it
off or not...
Uwe
--- Roberto Verzola <rverzola@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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