National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association 3 October, 2009 Truth Farmer Debuts on Liberty Radio Network WHAT: Truth Farmer Debut on Liberty News Radio (LNR) WHERE: Listen live: http://libertynewsradio.com/listen.php or call 801.769.2970 WHEN: Saturday, October 3, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time After the debut, the show will air every Saturday, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. Host Doreen Hannes is excited about this opportunity as the station is an up and comer with an excellent website that works well even with dial up! LNR has affiliate AM and FM stations around the country that can pick up Truth Farmer if they wish. So if you know anyone with a local station, please ask them to become a Liberty News Radio affiliate. Debbie Stockton, Executive Director of the National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association (NICFA) will join Doreen for the debut show Saturday. Visit www.NICFA.com to learn about its mission. Saturday's show will focus on developing direct and unregulated trade between consumers and farmers of all food, as well as dismantling the National Animal Identification System - by that name or any other name. Doreen Hannes is Director of Research for NICFA and is whole-heartedly dedicated to the mission of unregulated direct trade. Doreen looks forward to helping make direct trade viral in all States. Please join us and listen to Truth Farmer every Saturday, 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Central http://libertynewsradio.com/ Listen live online: http://libertynewsradio.com/listen.php Listen live by calling: 801.769.2970 Call in on the air: 866.986.6397 (866.986.NEWS) www.NICFA.org National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association Our purpose is to promote and preserve unregulated direct farmer-to-consumer trade that fosters availability of locally grown or home-produced food products.. NICFA opposes any government funded or managed National Animal Identification System. National Independent Consumers and Farmers Association P.O. Box 884 : Amherst : VA : 24521 =

A few drops of 18%+ concentration glyphosate (active ingredient in most RoundUp formulations), applied to the phloem (inner layer of bark) of freshly cut stumps in the growing season (especially in early fall before plant starts going dormant), should take care of resprout. Too bad you didn't think of this project a few months back, or, maybe it's not too late where you are?

Well, we finally met on December 15. Dorothy asked me to post something about the meeting, as, due to a personal matter, she and Glenn could not come. Here's the write up which should be coming out in the local paper. Dorothy, I dug some sunchokes on the 14th, and just to be safe, I brought a couple with me. So I handed out a few to those present. Hopefully we can meet again, say in February, though I will already be teaching an introductory beekeeping class, by then. George ----------------------------------------------------- The Green Country Seed Savers Network met last Sunday to swap seeds and provide information on heirloom varieties that do well in our area. Coleen Thornton with Heaven Sent Food and Fiber offered seeds of the following varieties: Hulless Oats Hulless Barley Chowder peas Pinkeye Purple-Hull Peas Black Sesame Seeds Homesteading and agricultural magazines were offered for anyone who wanted them. George McLaughlin then offered a mini-workshop on staple crops featuring sweet potatoes as the highlight, telling participants that without the sweet potato many southern families would not have survived the depression in the 1930s. He offered samples of Red Wine Velvet (George's favorite), Ozark County which was often passed from generation to generation as a wedding gift an Appalachian tradition, Cordiner Red and Brinkley White. George also indicated that Grand Asia did very well this year. Some varieties do better with long dry spells while others seem to do better with milder weather as we had for the 2013 growing season. George indicated he will be offering sweet potato slips for sale next spring for people in the community who want to grow their own. He encouraged everyone to eat more sweet potatoes for their excellent nutrition and cost effectiveness, as well as the sweet taste. Historically Americans ate up to 60# of sweet potatoes a year in the 1930s and 40s. These are a staple crop that grow well here and should be a part of everyone's garden. George also indicated that he grew this year's crop under black plastic and mulch with irrigation reducing the weeds and likely increasing the yield. He will be growing next year's crop the same way to get a definitive result on using black plastic in the garden for increasing production and reducing labor. Instead of what many of us know as "Irish" potatoes, George is growing Peruvian potatoes, small and very tasty, he is working to grow them from seed rather than from cuttings due to the disease issues many potatoes get here. This can be a challenge as our hot summers don't allow the potato seeds to ripen well and the seeds are not true to type as the divisions ("seed" potatoes) are. Corn, too, has historically played a key role as a staple crop, but it is very hard to keep from becoming contaminated with GMOs through wind pollination. The Tahlequah area is lucky in the fact that there is little GMO corn grown here so the 1/2 mile isolation distance that corn needs is a bit easier for our community. Unfortunately, the plant population size for saving seeds also needs to be high. Seed savers need at least 200 plants planted a minimum of 12" on apart on all sides, in a block formation (rather than rows). There are no GMO varieties of white or blue corn and these two colors are recessive genes, so by planting them, one can always tell if there's been any cross pollination with a neighbors corn plantings. If the cob has any yellow kernels, its been hybridized by wind or insect pollination and shouldn't be used for the following year's plantings. To save seed from corn, use cobs, completely dried on the plant from the middle of the planting area to reduce the risk of cross-pollination. George grows dent corn for meal rather than sweet corn, as he developed a preference for this corn in Mexico when he was a missionary there. Corn is very easy and cheap to process, older varieties tend to be much higher in protein in the range of 10-12%, rather than the 8% in modern corn varieties. It is therefore more nutritious and better for feeding livestock as well. George also offered growing instructions and divisions for Jerusalem Artichokes a native plant to this area, another staple crop option and a member of the sunflower family, therefore a pollen producer for honey bees. For more information or to join the group and garden discussions go to http://www.seedsavingnetwork.proboards.com/. Everyone is welcome.

I have enjoyed the disucssions here. I am on the quest to find what I will be able to do in my new RV. The main issue will of course be first getting a wifi signal from something. I do have an ATT air card which has a 5GB cap, I have my cell phone but have the minimum data plan on it currently and they do not offer an unlimited. I have a zyxel portable router that can make a hotspot from a wifi signal. 11n-compatible Wi-Fi router supports DSL/Cable and 3G connectivity, and a unique failover capability; should your wired connection be interrupted for any reason, the MWR222 will automatically switch to a 3G/4G wireless signal via the users Mobile Broadband Adapter modem. So now I have the ability to have enough wifi in the RV to use any of the devices I want to use. but I need to search out other cheap(ha!) sources to obtain an internet signal on the road. I know some places we will stay do provide free wifi and using my own portable router will make that wifi secure, but for those places out in the boondocks that don't provide wifi, I will need some kind of access. My ATT air card at 5GB cap sure won't allow much streaming of anything. Any thoughts? I have been looking at Roku and other boxes and with the usb port I definitely could download plenty of my own content to have available to view for the times I am not able to gain decent access to anything. The RV does have a roof top antenna and it is wired for cable for when we are at a site with cable. I do have direct tv at home and I know they do offer an on the road version to be able to use you current direct tv account with RV direct tv equipment, no idea of additional costs. the zyxel I have MWR222