Join Lawn Crusaders and the Victory Gardening Movement at the 7th Congress Thanksgiving Activism Party in Tarzana this Saturday 11/21, 2009

Gratitude is Action: Join Lawn Crusaders and the Victory Gardening Movement at the 7th Congress Thanksgiving Activism Party in Tarzana this Saturday 11/21, 2009

Workshops will be held from 3:30-6:00 pm
From 6 PM on we will be eating and socializing until 10:00 pm.
Please bring a favorite dish to share with friends, and also the recipe if you desire to do so! No meat dishes please.

Location: Tarzana
Date: 11/21/2009 Time: 3:30-6:00 PM 6:00-10:00 pm
URL: http://www.luckypotluck.com/potluck/7thCongress


Many of us at Lawn Crusaders and in the Victory Gardening Movement will join the following workshop/party this Saturday. We have worked with them since their creation, and highly recommend them. Tell Zoe we sent you, if interested:

7th Congress Thanksgiving Party.

We are very excited to see everyone next Saturday! There is no admittance charge.
The party will be on November 21 with the workshops running from 3:30-6pm and the party from 6:15-10pm.


We would like to make a "Stone salad" rather than a "Stone soup". In order to do this we would like everyone to bring one veggie item that can be used to build a salad. No need to let us know what you are bringing, because the magic will
be in the surprise. We will put everything together at the party and then enjoy our creation.


The event is a potluck, and it is helpful if you can list the item that they will be bringing. No meat dishes please. The list is located at this website:
http://www.luckypotluck.com/potluck/7thCongress. No need to create an account with luckypotluck.


Volunteers for setup and cleanup would be appreciated.


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SCHEDULE FOR CLASSES & EVENTS from August 3 to August 10 - [V159-982]

The regular class this week won't be in Compton like every Wednesday, but in Mission Hills CA 91345


WEDNESDAY:

Again revisiting and troubleshooting the Mission Hills Garden this Wednesday August 5 in Mission Hills, CA 91345 from 3:30 to 7 PM (Less of a hands-on class, but rather more like a questions and answers session while looking at how things are doing, reseeding, and making minor fixes).]

FRIDAY:

Another unscheduled mini-class tomorrow from 5 PM to 8 PM in Compton. Mainly installing another raised bed for vegetables.

Here are pictures of Mission Hills as it is currently looks:

Next Classes tomorrow Wednesday 7/22 and next week Wednesday 7/29 - 4 to 7:30

Like last Wednesday 7/15 from 4 to 7:30 PM in Compton CA 90222 and every Wednesday in July, we will have a small class tomorrow...

Wednesday 7/22 and next week Wednesday 7/29 from 4 to 7:30 PM


[Important series of classes to attend! - Learn HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS! DON'T miss this series! These Wednesday classes will be on-going every Wednesday in July and August at the same time, and always 100% hands-on! Compton not being very high in standing as a general destination for people, these classes are usually much smaller than what we get in more "trendy" places, so you can usually get more personalized attention and therefore learn more... ;)].




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Additional FREE unscheduled Organic Gardening Class this Friday 7-10

Additional FREE unscheduled Organic Gardening Class this Friday 7/10 (Compton CA 90222) from 4 to 7:30.

As usual, absolutely NO costs whatsoever!!!

First, here is a reminder of the classes you *could* have attended at no costs whatsoever to you in the past 2 months:

Saturday 05/09 from 1:30 to 8:30 PM in Mission Hills CA 91345.
Wednesday 05/13 from 7:00 to 9+ PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
Sunday 5/17 from 1:30 to 7:00 PM in Pacific Palisades CA 90272
Thursday 05/21 in Bel Air CA 90077, from 4:30 to 7:30.
Saturday 5/23 12-6 PM in Compton - 80 people or more, and quite the party too! It was a SPECIAL GROW-YOUR-OWN-SUPERFOODS CENTERED PARTY & EVENT! Wednesday 5/27 from 1 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Sunday 5/31 from 2 to 7 PM in San Diego on Superfoods and Alternative Health.
Wednesday 6/3 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM in Compton CA 90222
Saturday 6/6 from 2:00 to 7:00PM in Mission Hills CA 91345
Wednesday 6/10 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Wednesday 6/10 from 7 to 9:30 PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
Saturday 6/13 from 1 to 4 PM in Compton CA 90222
Wednesday 6/17 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Friday 6/19 from 10 AM to 7 PM in Long Beach CA 90803 at Live H2O
Saturday 6/20 from 10 AM to 7 PM in Long Beach CA 90803 at Live H2O
Sunday 6/21 from 10 AM to 7 PM in Long Beach CA 90803 at Live H2O
Wednesday 6/24 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Saturday 6/27 from 10 AM to 6:30 PM in Venice CA 90291 at the EcoFest.
Wednesday 7/1 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Saturday 7/4 from 1 to 6 PM in Compton CA 90222
Wednesday 7/7 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Thursday 7/8 from 4:00 to 9:00PM in Mission Hills CA 91345 (Most excellent Garden Overview class - was well worth the trip!)

Get on our mailing list so no more to miss any of these opportunities!
Just email victorygardeningevent [{at}] gmail.com, replacing [{at}] by @.

Next classes are:

Unscheduled mini-class FRIDAY 7/10 from 4:30 to 7:30 in Compton CA90222.

Wednesday 7/15 from 4 to 7:30 PM in Compton CA 90222 and every Wednesday in July! [Important series of classes to attend! - Learn HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS! DON'T miss this series! These Wednesday classes will be on-going every Wednesday in July and August at the same time, and always 100% hands-on!]. What you will see and get there: An overview of existing raised bed gardens. Most gardens include a potato Magic Box (a box producing hundreds of pounds of potatoes on a 3-4' x 3-4' surface) that can be made out of discarded pallets! Time is always given to Questions & Answers.

Remember: The time has come for you and everyone else to learn how to transform useless backyards or lawns into sustainable ORGANIC FOOD-PRODUCING GARDENS! And, in case of need, to team-up with someone who has a backyard or rooftop. if you don't! Our classes are your chance to learn how to do it right... hands on! An email will get you the directions!

So see you there! Similar FREE classes will be held most week-ends and usually once during the week in July and August. Our on-going classes and events announcements can be found at http://victorygardeningevents.blogspot.com/ .
The latest annoucement usually but not always being at the top - scroll down a bit, just in case...

And please remember -- ALL our CLASSES & EVENTS are TOTALLY FREE OF CHARGE! No tricks either -- totally free means completely FREE -- with not even a collection basket in sight! -- all these classes and events are always FREE - NO COST WHATSOEVER!


On the attached pictures you can see: 1 and 2 = A biodynamic super-tomato plant (just ONE tomato plant) shading a *house*. You too could grow these things! Even better, learn how to show other people how to do the same!

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SCHEDULE FOR CLASSES & EVENTS from July 6 to July13 - [V153-975]

ORGANIC GARDENING CLASSES & EVENTS -- July 6 to July 13, 2009

Hands-on class this Wednesday July 8 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222 [V153-975] - Nothing this week-end.

Same day July 8 in Garden Grove CA 92841: "CALIFORNIA ORGANIC GARDENING CLUB" - Regular Second Wednesday of each month meeting from 7 to 9:30 PM

Next day: Revisiting and troubleshooting the Mission Hills Garden this Thursday July 9 in Mission Hills, CA 91345 from 4 to 7 PM (this not a hands-on class, more like a questions and answers session while looking at how things are doing, reseeding, and making minor fixes.


>>> This Wednesday 7/8 from 3 to 7, continuing with PLANTING SUPERFOODS IN COMPTON CA 90222 as well as starting a new vegetable garden.

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|>>> DIRECTIONS to our classes & gatherings and more information about starting your own Project, etc: Just email us at victorygardeningevent[{at}]gmail.com
(replacing [{at}] by the sign @ ) <<<]
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SUPERFOODS: To learn more about the Moringa, just go to sites such as:

http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/04/wonderplants-moringa-miracle-tree.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-01.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-12.html
http://greling.com/2008/09/20/grow-a-miracle-tree-in-your-backyard/
"SaveGaia: Cultivation of Moringa – I used these growing directions
and they worked well" which refers to the best page on the subject:
http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html also found here:
http://gaiathelivingplanet.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/05/moringa-manure.html

A short list of other SUPERFOODS & WONDERPLANTS can be found here:
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/02/looking-for-land.html
A search on Google for: “ savegaia moringa ” (without the “”) will yield links to more material. In a nutshell, Moringa is a revolution in the making!

Moringa leaves compared to common foods - Values per 100gm portion:
Nutrient Moringa Leaves Other Foods
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Vitamin A 6780 mcg Carrots: 1890 mcg
Vitamin C 220 mg Oranges: 30 mg
Calcium 440 mg Cow's milk: 120 mg
Potassium 259 mg Bananas: 88 mg
Protein 6.7 gm Cow's milk: 3.2 gm

And actually, when it comes to the Moringa, which is a native
Philipino tree, Dr Green, who will teach you at the Compton class
and event, gets extensively quoted by no less than the Philipino
Government, as you can see here (So be assured you will be
in good hands!):
http://www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/message/viewtopic.php?id=2137


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Soon in July, we should have more classes, either in Mission Hills or Alhambra, or at one of the new locations. To be announced!

Permalink - The permanent link for the 'Forest Gardening' Introduction Video [Shows how to apply the natural principles of forests to a permaculture garden] is here (at the bottom of the post):
http://victorygardeningevents.blogspot.com/2009/05/may-17-may-25-classes-events.html

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Get Triple the Tax Deduction for Your Car Donation

For its Organic Victory Gardening Division, Earth Day Los Angeles, a 501(c)3 public charity, organizer of Earthday events and the Venice Beach Ecofest, is seeking donation of the following: A truck (or van), an RV or two (as big as possible – to house short term residential volunteers) and a (preferably small) car in good running condition (or needing only minor repairs to get running). The deduction is likely to be 2-3 times larger than if you donated your vehicle to any other charity. Plus you can feel good knowing that you are are helping save the environment and advance the knowledge of Organic Gardening as a viable option for everyone.

Please forward this to anyone you know who might have a vehicle to donate.

Unlike other vehicle donations, where your tax deduction is limited to only the as-is sale wholesale price of the vehicle, Earth Day LA can give you a tax deduction up to the full blue-book value! The reason for this is that Earth Day LA will actually directly use the vehicle in its charitable environmental and educational work. And your donation will completely and directly benefit Earth Day and its staff, no middleman cut will be involved.

Please support our environmental and educational work! Reply by email or call us at (765) 381-2350 if you or a friend has an old car, truck, camper, mobile home or any other vehicle they are not using. Or if your vehicle is NOT running, or is in need of costly repairs (call us to find out how much is too "costly"), please donate it to Charity Cars by filling in the on-line form: http://www.1-877-charity.org/form/Donate-A-Car.htm They will pick up your vehicle with a tow truck and give you a receipt.

Your tax deduction will be determined by their actual sale amount, less the tow charge. (Please specify Earth Day LA as your charity of choice.)

Donation of your vehicle to Earth Day L.A. provides the following additional benefits:
- No need for a smog check
- No hassles negotiating with buyers
- No delay while a buyer checks it out
- Quick pickup of any running vehicle
- On the spot documentation of your donation, including IRS form
- Potential tax deduction value much greater than cash from a buyer

Earth Day L.A. is a 501(c)3 charity (IRS ID 33-0767921), which has organized Earth Day and other environmental events since 1999. See EarthDay LA's website for an overview on Earth Day L.A. and http://victorygardens2.blogspot.com/2009/01/victory-gardens-20-faq.html for an overview of (Organic) Victory Gardening.


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An idea for which the time has come - reaching beyond Tinseltown! Do you speak and write a foreign language? People need your help! http://victorygardens2.blogspot.com/2009/04/victory-gardening-events-go-national.html

Last classes were:

Saturday 05/09 from 1:30 to 8:30 PM in Mission Hills CA 91345.
Wednesday 05/13 from 7:00 to 9+ PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
Sunday 5/17 from 1:30 to 7:00 PM in Pacific Palisades CA 90272
Thursday 05/21 in Bel Air CA 90077, from 4:30 to 7:30.
Saturday 5/23 12-6 PM in Compton - 80 people or more, and quite the party too!
It was a SPECIAL GROW-YOUR-OWN-SUPERFOODS CENTERED PARTY & EVENT!
Wednesday 5/27 from 1 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Sunday 5/31 from 2 to 7 PM in San Diego on Superfoods and Alternative Health.
Wednesday 6/3 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM in Compton CA 90222
Saturday 6/6 from 2:00 to 7:00PM in Mission Hills CA 91345
Wednesday 6/10 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Wednesday 6/10 from 7 to 9:30 PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
Saturday 6/13 from 1 to 4 PM in Compton CA 90222
Wednesday 6/17 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Friday 6/19 from 10 AM to 7 PM in Long Beach CA 90803 at Live H2O
Saturday 6/20 from 10 AM to 7 PM in Long Beach CA 90803 at Live H2O
Sunday 6/21 from 10 AM to 7 PM in Long Beach CA 90803 at Live H2O
Wednesday 6/24 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Saturday 6/27 from 10 AM to 6:30 PM in Venice CA 90291 at the EcoFest.
Wednesday 7/1 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Saturday 7/4 from 1 to 6 PM in Compton CA 90222


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SCHEDULE FOR CLASSES & EVENTS from June 28 to July 5

Reminder: Hands-on class this Wednesday July 1st from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222 [V152-96N] - Nothing yet this week-end.

After the huge success of our participation in Live H20 the week-end before last, we again had a quite succesful time at the VENICE BEACH ECOFEST on June 27, 2009 from 10 AM to 6 PM, which was held on the Boardwalk in Venice CA 90291, cross-street Windward Ave.

Reminder: Live H2O - for a few days you can download the following most interesting presentation by our colleague Dr R. Roy:
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=702707112&email=ec295d2cd4b1676d2f5aa3c100aad74e

>>> This Wednesday 7/1 from 3 to 7, continuing with PLANTING SUPERFOODS IN COMPTON CA 90222, email for directions, if you don't have them already (see previous email for that!)

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SUPERFOODS: To learn more about the Moringa, just go to sites such as:

http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/04/wonderplants-moringa-miracle-tree.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-01.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-12.html
http://greling.com/2008/09/20/grow-a-miracle-tree-in-your-backyard/
"SaveGaia: Cultivation of Moringa – I used these growing directions
and they worked well" which refers to the best page on the subject:
http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html also found here:
http://gaiathelivingplanet.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/05/moringa-manure.html

A short list of other SUPERFOODS & WONDERPLANTS can be found here:
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/02/looking-for-land.html
A search on Google for: “ savegaia moringa ” (without the “”)
will yield links to more material. In a nutshell, Moringa is
a revolution in the making!

Moringa leaves compared to common foods - Values per 100gm portion:
Nutrient Moringa Leaves Other Foods
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Vitamin A 6780 mcg Carrots: 1890 mcg
Vitamin C 220 mg Oranges: 30 mg
Calcium 440 mg Cow's milk: 120 mg
Potassium 259 mg Bananas: 88 mg
Protein 6.7 gm Cow's milk: 3.2 gm

And actually, when it comes to the Moringa, which is a native
Philipino tree, Dr Green, who will teach you at the Compton class
and event, gets extensively quoted by no less than the Philipino
Government, as you can see here (So be assured you will be
in good hands!):
http://www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/message/viewtopic.php?id=2137

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Soon in July, we should have classes, either in Mission Hills
or Alhambra, or at one of the new locations. To be announced!


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Get Triple the Tax Deduction for Your Car Donation

For its Organic Victory Gardening Division, Earth Day Los Angeles, a 501(c)3 public charity, organizer of Earthday events and the Venice Beach Ecofest, is seeking donation of the following: A truck (or van), an RV or two (as big as possible – to house short term residential volunteers) and a (preferably small) car in good running condition (or needing only minor repairs to get running). The deduction is likely to be 2-3 times larger than if you donated your vehicle to any other charity. Plus you can feel good knowing that you are are helping save the environment and advance the knowledge of Organic Gardening as a viable option for everyone.

Please forward this to anyone you know who might have a vehicle to donate.

Unlike other vehicle donations, where your tax deduction is limited to only the as-is sale wholesale price of the vehicle, Earth Day LA can give you a tax deduction up to the full blue-book value! The reason for this is that Earth Day LA will actually directly use the vehicle in its charitable environmental and educational work. And your donation will completely and directly benefit Earth Day and its staff, no middleman cut will be involved.

Please support our environmental and educational work! Reply by email or call us at (765) 381-2350 if you or a friend has an old car, truck, camper, mobile home or any other vehicle they are not using.
Or if your vehicle is NOT running, or is in need of costly repairs (call us to find out how much is too "costly"), please donate it to Charity Cars by filling in the on-line form: http://www.1-877-charity.org/form/Donate-A-Car.htm They will pick up your vehicle with a tow truck and give you a receipt. Your tax deduction will be determined by their actual sale amount, less the tow charge. (Please specify Earth Day LA as your charity of choice.)

Donation of your vehicle to Earth Day L.A. provides the following additional benefits:
- No need for a smog check
- No hassles negotiating with buyers
- No delay while a buyer checks it out
- Quick pickup of any running vehicle
- On the spot documentation of your donation, including IRS form
- Potential tax deduction value much greater than cash from a buyer

Earth Day L.A. is a 501(c)3 charity (IRS ID 33-0767921), which has organized Earth Day and other environmental events since 1999. See EarthDay LA's website for an overview on Earth Day L.A. and http://victorygardens2.blogspot.com/2009/01/victory-gardens-20-faq.html for an overview of (Organic) Victory Gardening.


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>>> Email victorygardeningevent[{at}]gmail.com for DIRECTIONS to our classes & gatherings! <<< ============================================================= An idea for which the time has come - reaching beyond Tinseltown! Do you speak and write a foreign language? People need your help! http://victorygardens2.blogspot.com/2009/04/victory-gardening-events-go-national.html


Last classes were:

Saturday 05/09 from 1:30 to 8:30 PM in Mission Hills CA 91345.
Wednesday 05/13 from 7:00 to 9+ PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
Sunday 5/17 from 1:30 to 7:00 PM in Pacific Palisades CA 90272
Thursday 05/21 in Bel Air CA 90077, from 4:30 to 7:30.
Saturday 5/23 12-6 PM in Compton - 80 people or more, and quite the party too!
It was a SPECIAL GROW-YOUR-OWN-SUPERFOODS CENTERED PARTY & EVENT!
Wednesday 5/27 from 1 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Sunday 5/31 from 2 to 7 PM in San Diego on Superfoods and Alternative Health.
Wednesday 6/3 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM in Compton CA 90222
Saturday 6/6 from 2:00 to 7:00PM in Mission Hills CA 91345
Wednesday 6/10 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Wednesday 6/10 from 7 to 9:30 PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
Saturday 6/13 from 1 to 4 PM in Compton CA 90222
Wednesday 6/17 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Friday 6/19 from 10 AM to 7 PM in Long Beach CA 90803 at Live H2O
Saturday 6/20 from 10 AM to 7 PM in Long Beach CA 90803 at Live H2O
Sunday 6/21 from 10 AM to 7 PM in Long Beach CA 90803 at Live H2O
Wednesday 6/24 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Saturday 6/27 from 10 AM to 6:30 PM in Venice CA 90291 at the EcoFest.
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After Live H20, the VENICE BEACH ECOFEST June 27 - 10 AM to 6 PM

After the huge success of our participation in Live H20, we are gearing up for the VENICE BEACH ECOFEST on June 27, 2009 from 10 AM to 6 PM,
on the Boardwalk in Venice CA 90291 cross-street Windward Ave.

Live H2O - for a few days you can download the following most interesting presentation by our colleague Dr R. Roy:
https://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=702707112&email=ec295d2cd4b1676d2f5aa3c100aad74e

Don't forget, this Wednesday 6/24 from 3 to 7, PLANTING SUPERFOODS IN COMPTON CA 90822, email for directions!

How to Volunteer for the Venice Beach Ecofest

Please email victorygardeningevent [at] gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering.

Show Your Love for Mother Earth!

* On June 27 Venice Beach will be transformed into ECO-BEACH
* Come experience the future NOW with an array of Eco-Booths, Music, and FUN!
* A FREE sun-powered sound stage with entertainment all day: music, dance, poetry
* Kid's Explor-o-rama with exotic animals, and interactive shenanigans
* Food as Fuel Court with vegetarian delights
* E-Salvage Electronic Recycling Bin, Filtered Water Stations (BYO reusable water bottle!)
* Million Trees Campaign Tree Give-away
* VOLUNTEER - show your concern for protecting our environment! (Free parking for 2 hours at all the Santa Monica city parking structures)

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR:

PRE-EVENT: Pass the word! Invite your family, friends, neighbors, colleagues to be Eco-Fest volunteers (or just attend the event), Distribute flyers, Put up posters, etc.

SET-UP CREW, 9:00 am to 10:30am: Put up banners / signs, assist with booth and grounds set-up, booth security.

DURING FESTIVAL, 10am to 6pm: Info booth staff, Help informing about Superfoods such as the Moringa Miracle Tree, Eating Right, Organic Gardening, etc, and our various non-profits throughout the day in various ways.

ANY 2+ HOUR SHIFT WILL HELP. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE !!!
Volunteer for a few hours, then enjoy the sights and sounds of the beach! Volunteer for the day, and we might be able to squeeze you into the reserved free parking!

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H2O Live Long Beach 6/19-21- Venice Ecofest 6/27 -- Schedule for June 19 to June 27, 2009

Schedule for June 19 to June 27, 2009

ORGANIC GARDENING CLASSES & GATHERING SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 2009:

We and many Organic Victory Gardeners will be at the Live H2O Event in Long Beach this week-end...

Friday to Sunday June 19th, 20th, and 21st: Live H2O 2009 Long Beach
Join the Victory Gardening Movement on the Beach in Belmont Shore
5180 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach Ca 90803.

Wednesday 6/24 from 3:00 to 7:30 PM in Compton CA 90222
[Most important series of classes to attend! - Learn HOW TO
GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS!]

Saturday June 27 from 10 AM to 7 PM, Venice Beach EcoFest 2009
Come volunteer at our booth!

This week-end, no classes at any of our Gardens, you are all invited
to be a part of a worldwide event to focus human attention and healing
on water and the oceans: LIVE H2O 2009, where all our team including Dr Green,
Dr Smith and Dr Martin will be present and speaking on various subjects.
As usual, no costs whatsoever to attend: The event is totally open to
the public, on the Beach in Long Beach near Belmont Shore
(5180 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach Ca 90803), on Friday June 19th,
Saturday June 20th, & Sunday June 21st 2009 from 10am to 9:30pm.

There will be two main stages, a yoga platform, and one childrens stage.
The event will include live musical performance, vendors, speakers,
healers, dancers, fire performance, and (at 5pm on Sunday the 21st)
a special 9 minute group ocean healing using the power of sound.
The event will be broadcast worldwide, and simulcast between each
of the venues. On Sunday there will be a synchronized worldwide
focus/prayer for 9 minutes to put energy into the oceans at all
the venues simultaneously.

At the appointed time, along with many different visiting elders
and medicine people (we have the Water Shaman from the Hopi tribe
leading the ceremony) the participants are all going to “om” into
the water and heal its structure. As shown to be possible by our
Featured Speaker: Dr. Masaru Emoto, and in the films “What the
bleep do we know? (2004)” www.whatthebleep.com/ and “Water (2006)”
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1195401/water_the_movie_trailer/ .

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June 19 - June 27 Organic VICTORY GARDENING CLASSES & EVENTS

Next classes are:

We will have a strong presence this week-end at the
Live H2O 2009 in Long Beach - June 19th, 20th, and 21st,
with both Dr Martin, Dr Smith and Dr Green!
We highly recommend attending - Event is open to the public at no cost!
On the Beach in Belmont Shore 5180 E. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach CA 90803.
Read on for more details!


We hold classes usually both on week-ends, Saturday or Sunday, and also
often have weekday classes in the late afternoon, usually starting at
3 or 4 or so. (These often end after 8, always with a few people
coming only after 5. It is perfectly OK to do that, particularly if
you work normal hours.)

Wednesday 6/24 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222.
Saturday 6/27, 2009, 9 AM to 7 PM, we have the Venice Beach Ecofest,
for which we need volunteers all day long!

Wednesday 7/01 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222.
Wednesday 7/08 from 3 to 6:30 PM in Compton CA 90222.
Wednesday 7/08 from 7 to 9:30 PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
"California Organic Gardening Club".

Please note: We also need to prepare CLASS & GROUP LEADERS -
So if you feel that's something for you... please tell us!

Wednesday 6/24 and 7/1 VICTORY GARDENS & LAWN CRUSADERS are
continuing to team up with GREEN HOPE USA Community Garden Project
for the Planting of 2000 MORINGA Trees at Green Hope's Community
Garden and Model Forest Garden in Compton! Learn how to plant
the fastest growing, most nutritious tree in the world and help
start transforming Los Angeles into a Superfood Pioneer!

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Live H2O 2009 Long Beach - June 19th, 20th, and 21st:

Join the Victory Gardening Movement on the Beach in
Belmont Shore 5180 E. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach Ca 90803 -- View map:
http://maps.yahoo.com/map?q1=5180%20E.%20Ocean%20Blvd.%20Long%20Beach%20Ca%2090803%20US&mag=5&ard=1#mvt=m&lat=33.75576&lon=-118.137841&mag=5&zoom=14&q1=5180%2520E.%2520Ocean%2520Blvd.%2520Long%2520Beach%2520Ca%252090803%2520US
More Info: 949-254-2191 www.myspace.com/liveh2ola

http://maps.google.com/ will give you the exact directions from your location.
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More on Live H2O 2009 Long Beach - Friday to Sunday
June 19th, 20th, and 21st:

The main venues are located in: Vancouver-B.C., Long Beach-California,
Kudaka-Japan, Cardiff-Whales, Tokyo-Japan, Hawaii (Big Island),
Toronto-Canada, Los Cabos- Mexico, and Delphi-Greece, and many smaller
events are going on in numerous other cities. (I’ve heard recently
that we’re now at 135 cities). The Long Beach event is being put
on by volunteers and has been funded by grass-roots level donations.
We have put together the most positive live music, the most intelligent
speakers, the best trained yoga practitioners, and the most beautiful
performance artists that we can find.

This event is really about the audience and the awesome healing power
of sound as it interacts with the Living Water in us. Dr. Lee Lorenzen
(a biochemist) discovered that there is a frequency of sound that heals
the human body, and for this event most of the musicians and performers
will be using this altered tuning to help heal the audience and the
ocean. This altered tuning is already used throughout Europe and is
known to musicians as tuning to A444 (or 16 cents sharp). This new
tuning, and the understanding of how human intention changes the
structure of water are for the first time being combined with the
global network that synchronizes us in time via satellite -- to do
something that has truly never been done before.

Come join us for a big party on the beach to raise our consciousness
about one of our most valuable resources. And remember, about 95% of
the mass of any plant (and much more for some) is composed of Water,
Air, and sunshine. Water is much more complex than mechanistic science
wants us to believe, and basically Water lives, ansd sustains, informs
and imprints life. This is why Water is so important! As the great
Viktor Schauberger put it, it truly is the "blood of the Earth".

Don't miss this event! Live H2O Long Beach 2009 event websites:
www.liveh2ounitedbylove.net
The Myspace site for the event.
www.myspace.com/liveh2ola
The Facebook site for the event:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/live-h2o-united-by-love/68377026800?ref=ts
A Promo video for the event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvanAOQi6yQ
Here is the site for the international event
www.liveh2o.org
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More classes: Sometimes soon, we should also have
a follow-up class at our location in Alhambra.

Classes will continue all of this month and the coming months,
usually on week-ends, but in different locations.

And remember, on June 27, 2009, we have the Venice Beach Ecofest,
for which we need volunteers all day long!

=============================================================
SUPERFOODS: To learn more about the Moringa, just go to sites such as:
http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/04/wonderplants-moringa-miracle-tree.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-01.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-12.html
http://greling.com/2008/09/20/grow-a-miracle-tree-in-your-backyard/
"SaveGaia: Cultivation of Moringa – I used these growing directions
and they worked well" which refers to the best page on the subject:
http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html also
found here:
http://gaiathelivingplanet.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/05/moringa-manure.html

A short list of other SUPERFOODS & WONDERPLANTS can be found here:
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/02/looking-for-land.html
A search on Google for: “ savegaia moringa ” (without the “”)
will yield links to more material. In a nutshell, Moringa is
a revolution in the making!

Moringa leaves compared to common foods - Values per 100gm portion:
Nutrient Moringa Leaves Other Foods
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Vitamin A 6780 mcg Carrots: 1890 mcg
Vitamin C 220 mg Oranges: 30 mg
Calcium 440 mg Cow's milk: 120 mg
Potassium 259 mg Bananas: 88 mg
Protein 6.7 gm Cow's milk: 3.2 gm

And actually, when it comes to the Moringa, which is a native
Philipino tree, Dr Green, who will teach you at the Compton class
and event, gets extensively quoted by no less than the Philipino
Government, as you can see here (So be assured you will be
in good hands!):
http://www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/message/viewtopic.php?id=2137

=============================================================
JUNE: Announcing this year's EARTHDAY L.A. VENICE BEACH ECOFEST
coming on Venice Beach on June 27th, where we will of
course have our own booth, for which we need volunteers!
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=============================================================
NEW INTRODUCTION VIDEOS LISTED AT THE END OF THIS EMAIL
PLEASE Methods - Vertical Layers - Robert Hart's 'Forest Gardening'
http://www.adrive.com/public/69975eca5bb3a3ec26714eaa99c44d1d3fc3b98d4b0f98675d41f7e4571030b9.html
=============================================================

An idea for which the time has come - reaching beyond Tinseltown!
Do you speak and write a foreign language? People need your help!
http://victorygardens2.blogspot.com/2009/04/victory-gardening-events-go-national.html

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June 15 - June 22 Organic VICTORY GARDENING CLASSES & EVENTS

June 15 - June 22 Organic VICTORY GARDENING CLASSES & EVENTS

Next classes are:

Wednesday 6/17 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222 and every Wednesday
in June! [Most important series of classes to attend! - Learn
HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS! DON'T miss this series!
These Wednesday classes will be on-going every Wednesday in June
and July at the same time, and always 100% hands-on!]

We will also have a presence this week-end at the
Live H2O 2009 in Long Beach - June 19th, 20th, and 21st,
with both Dr Martin and Dr Green!
We highly recommend attending - Event is open to the public at no cost!
On the Beach in Belmont Shore 5180 E. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach CA 90803.

Wednesday 6/24 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222.
Saturday 6/27, 2009, 9 AM to 7 PM, we have the Venice Beach Ecofest,
for which we need volunteers all day long!

Wednesday 7/01 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222.
Wednesday 7/08 from 3 to 6:30 PM in Compton CA 90222.
Wednesday 7/08 from 7 to 9:30 PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
"California Organic Gardening Club".

Last classes were:

Saturday 05/09 from 1:30 to 8:30 PM in Mission Hills CA 91345.
Wednesday 05/13 from 7:00 to 9+ PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
Sunday 5/17 from 1:30 to 7:00 PM in Pacific Palisades CA 90272
Thursday 05/21 in Bel Air CA 90077, from 4:30 to 7:30.
Saturday 5/23 12-6 PM in Compton - 80 people or more, and quite the party too!
It was a SPECIAL GROW-YOUR-OWN-SUPERFOODS CENTERED PARTY & EVENT!
Wednesday 5/27 from 1 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Sunday 5/31 from 2 to 7 PM in San Diego on Superfoods and Alternative Health.
Wednesday 6/3 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM in Compton CA 90222
Saturday 6/6 from 2:00 to 7:00PM in Mission Hills CA 91345
Wednesday 6/10 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Wednesday 6/10 from 7 to 9:30 PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
Saturday 6/13 from 1 to 4 PM in Compton CA 90222

Please note: We also need to prepare CLASS & GROUP LEADERS -
So if you feel that's something for you... please tell us!

Wednesday 6/17 and 6/24 VICTORY GARDENS & LAWN CRUSADERS are
continuing to team up with GREEN HOPE USA Community Garden Project
for the Planting of 2000 MORINGA Trees at Green Hope's Community
Garden and Model Forest Garden in Compton! Learn how to plant
the fastest growing, most nutritious tree in the world and help
start transforming Los Angeles into a Superfood Pioneer!

=======================================================
=======================================================
More classes: Sometimes soon, we should also have
a follow-up class at our location in Alhambra.

Classes will continue all of this month and the coming months,
usually on week-ends, but in different locations.

And remember, on June 27, 2009, we have the Venice Beach Ecofest,
for which we need volunteers all day long!

=============================================================
SUPERFOODS: To learn more about the Moringa, just go to sites such as:
http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/04/wonderplants-moringa-miracle-tree.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-01.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-12.html
http://greling.com/2008/09/20/grow-a-miracle-tree-in-your-backyard/
"SaveGaia: Cultivation of Moringa – I used these growing directions
and they worked well" which refers to the best page on the subject:
http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html also found here:
http://gaiathelivingplanet.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/05/moringa-manure.html

A short list of other SUPERFOODS & WONDERPLANTS can be found here:
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/02/looking-for-land.html
A search on Google for: “ savegaia moringa ” (without the “”)
will yield links to more material. In a nutshell, Moringa is
a revolution in the making!

Moringa leaves compared to common foods - Values per 100gm portion:
Nutrient Moringa Leaves Other Foods
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Vitamin A 6780 mcg Carrots: 1890 mcg
Vitamin C 220 mg Oranges: 30 mg
Calcium 440 mg Cow's milk: 120 mg
Potassium 259 mg Bananas: 88 mg
Protein 6.7 gm Cow's milk: 3.2 gm

And actually, when it comes to the Moringa, which is a native
Philipino tree, Dr Green, who will teach you at the Compton class
and event, gets extensively quoted by no less than the Philipino
Government, as you can see here (So be assured you will be
in good hands!):
http://www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/message/viewtopic.php?id=2137

On May 31, we should have classes, or in Bel Air, or in Mission Hills
or Alhambra, or at one of the new locations. To be announced!

=============================================================
JUNE: Announcing this year's EARTHDAY L.A. VENICE BEACH ECOFEST
coming on Venice Beach on June 27th, where we will of
course have our own booth, for which we need volunteers!
=============================================================
=============================================================
=============================================================
BRAND NEW INTRODUCTION VIDEOS LISTED AT THE END OF THIS EMAIL
PLEASE Methods - Vertical Layers - Robert Hart's 'Forest Gardening'
http://www.adrive.com/public/69975eca5bb3a3ec26714eaa99c44d1d3fc3b98d4b0f98675d41f7e4571030b9.html
=============================================================

An idea for which the time has come - reaching beyond Tinseltown!
Do you speak and write a foreign language? People need your help!
http://victorygardens2.blogspot.com/2009/04/victory-gardening-events-go-national.htm






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ORGANIC GARDENING CLASSES - June 1 - June 7 WEEK

ORGANIC GARDENING CLASSES & GATHERING SCHEDULE FOR JUNE 2009

June 1 - June 7 WEEK

This Wednesday 6/3 from 3:00 to 7:00 PM in Compton CA 90222
[Most important series of classes to attend! - Learn HOW TO

GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS!]

This Saturday 6/6 from 2:00 to 7:00PM in Mission Hills CA 91345

Next Wednesday 6/10 from 2:30 to 6:30 PM in Compton CA 90222
[Most important series of classes to attend! - Learn HOW TO
GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS!]

Same next Wednesday 6/10 from 7 to 9:30 PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
and every Second Wednesday of each month, everyone is invited to attend the monthly meeting of the "California Organic Gardening Club". Email for directions!

This is an excerpt of what we currently send [V146-961] to the people who express an interest in our trademark no-cost hands-on classes and Organic Gardening gatherings.

We hold classes both on week-ends, Saturday or Sunday, and also often have weekday classes in the late afternoon, usually starting at 3 or 4 or so. (These often end after 8, always with a few people coming only after 5. It is perfectly OK to do that, particularly if you work normal hours.)

==================================================================
June 1 - June 7 Organic VICTORY GARDENING CLASSES & EVENTS

Reminder - Our last classes were:
Saturday 05/09 from 1:30 to 8:30 PM in Mission Hills CA 91345.
Wednesday 05/13 from 7:00 to 9+ PM in Garden Grove CA 92841
Sunday 5/17 from 1:30 to 7:00 PM in Pacific Palisades CA 90272
Thursday 05/21 in Bel Air CA 90077, from 4:30 to 7:30.
Saturday 5/23 12-6 PM in Compton - 80 people or more, and quite the party too! It was a SPECIAL GROW-YOUR-OWN-SUPERFOODS CENTERED PARTY & EVENT!
Wednesday 5/27 from 1 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222
Sunday 5/31 from 2 to 7 PM in San Diego on Superfoods and Alternative Health.

Next classes are:

Wednesday 6/3 from 3 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222 and every Wednesday in June! [Most important series of classes to attend! - Learn HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS! DON'T miss this series! These Wednesday classes will be on-going every Wednesday in June and July at the same time, and always 100% hands-on!]
Saturday 6/6 from 2 PM to 7 PM in Mission Hills CA 91345.

Next Wednesday 6/10 from 2:30 to 6:30 PM in Compton CA 90222.
[Most important series of classes to attend! - Learn HOW TO
GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS!]
Same next Wednesday 6/10 from 7 to 9:30 PM in Garden Grove CA 92841.
and every Second Wednesday of each month, everyone is invited to attend the monthly meeting of the "California Organic Gardening Club". Email for directions!

June 27, 2009, we have the Venice Beach Ecofest, for which we need volunteers all day long!

Please note: We also need to prepare CLASS & GROUP LEADERS -
So if you feel that's something for you... please tell us!

Wednesday 6/3 and 6/10, VICTORY GARDENS & LAWN CRUSADERS are continuing to team up with GREEN HOPE USA Community Garden Project for the Planting of 2000 MORINGA Trees at Green Hope's Community Garden and Model Forest Garden in Compton!

There, learn how to plant the fastest growing, most nutritious tree in the world and help start transforming Los Angeles into a Superfood Pioneer!

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May 25 - May 31 Organic VICTORY GARDENING CLASSES & EVENTS

May 25 - May 31 Organic VICTORY GARDENING CLASSES & EVENTS


Most recent classes and eventsd were:
(Last Sunday 5/17 from 1:30 to 6:30 PM in Pacific Palisades CA 90272)
(Last Thursday 5/21 from 4:30 to 7:30 in Bel Air CA 90077)
[Last Saturday 5/23, 2009 from 12pm to 6pm in Compton CA 90222: SPECIAL GROW-YOUR-OWN-SUPERFOODS CENTERED PARTY & EVENT!

New class for this week:

HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS SERIES (Don't miss these classes! )

First true superfoods class is this Wednesday 5/27 from 1 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222

[ Most important series of classes to attend! - Learn HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS! ] [ Last event in Compton was more like a party with something like 80 people attending, so this Wednesday will be more like a work party and a real hands-on class... ]

Please note: We also need to prepare CLASS & GROUP LEADERS - So if you feel that's something for you... please tell us! This is for various locations in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Wednesday 5/27, VICTORY GARDENS & LAWN CRUSADERS are continuing to team up with GREEN HOPE USA Community Garden Project for the Planting of 2000 MORINGA Trees at Green Hope's Community Victory Garden in Compton! Learn how to plant the fastest growing, most nutritious tree in the world and help start transforming Los Angeles into a Superfood Pioneer!



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Yes, now you can BECOME A MISSIONARY!
A Missionary of a different kind, with THE (Earthday) GREEN MISSION!

What we do: while it is still possible, we teach people how to garden and grow their own food -- organically, of course, there is no other way, and we will teach you to teach them! This is what the GREEN MISSION does. And we are looking for New Missionaries ready to dedicate some time (or their lives) to just do that!

HOW WE DO IT: We have meetings usually on Sunday afternoons from 1:00 to 7:00, where we learn by doing.

Here is an overview of the last and next classes (all these classes are different, so you can attend them all without getting too bored...):

May 25 - May 31 Organic VICTORY GARDENING CLASSES & EVENTS

(Last Sunday 5/17 from 1:30 to 6:30 PM in Pacific Palisades CA 90272)

(Last Thursday 5/21 from 4:30 to 7:30 in Bel Air CA 90077)

[Last Saturday 5/23, 2009 from 12pm to 6pm in Compton CA 90222: SPECIAL GROW-YOUR-OWN-SUPERFOODS CENTERED PARTY & EVENT!

New class for this week:

HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS SERIES (Don't miss these classes! )

First true superfoods class is this Wednesday 5/27 from 1 to 7 PM in Compton CA 90222

[ Most important series of classes to attend! - Learn HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS! ] [ Last event in Compton was more like a party with something like 80 people attending, so this Wednesday will be more like a work party and a real hands-on class... ]

Please note: We also need to prepare CLASS & GROUP LEADERS - So if you feel that's something for you... please tell us! This is for various locations in the Greater Los Angeles area.

Wednesday 5/27, VICTORY GARDENS & LAWN CRUSADERS are continuing to team up with GREEN HOPE USA Community Garden Project for the Planting of 2000 MORINGA Trees at Green Hope's Community Victory Garden in Compton! Learn how to plant the fastest growing, most nutritious tree in the world and help start transforming Los Angeles into a Superfood Pioneer!

Reminders: Short 3 hours class Thursday 4:30-7:30 and SATURDAY SUPERFOODS EVENT

REMINDER: ORGANIC GARDENING CLASSES & GATHERING SCHEDULE FOR MAY and JUNE

Thursday 5/21 from 4:30 to 7:30 in Bel Air CA 90077
Next Saturday 5/23 from 12:00 to 6:00 PM in Compton CA 90222
[Most important class to attend! -Learn HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS!]


We hold classes both on week-ends, Saturday or Sunday, and also
have weekday classes in the late afternoon, starting at 3 or 4
or so. (These often end after 8, always with a few people coming
only after 5. It is perfectly OK to do that, particularly if you
work normal hours.)

==================================================================
May 17 - May 25 Organic VICTORY GARDENING CLASSES & EVENTS

This and next week the next free classes are the following
(Please note: All these classes are different, so people can attend
them all without getting too bored...):

Sunday 05/17 from 1:30 TO ?? pm (USUALLY 6:30, SOMETIMES LATER,
DEPENDING ON DEMAND) in Pacific Palisades CA 90272:
There we will revive an old abandoned raised bed and see what else
can be done to get a garden going. No Resident Coordinator on
that Project so it will be inherently limited in scope, but
nonetheless very interesting, since this is a quite common situation.

Thursday 5/21 from 4:30 to 7:30 in Bel Air CA 90077,
where we will revisit our demo "Magic Box" and plant more
on the slopes. This is just the continuation of the existing Project.

Saturday May 23, 2009 from 12pm to 6pm in Compton CA 90222:
SPECIAL GROW-YOUR-OWN-SUPERFOODS CENTERED CLASS & EVENT!

On that day, VICTORY GARDENS & LAWN CRUSADERS are teaming
up with GREEN HOPE USA Community Garden Project for the
Planting of 2000 MORINGA Trees at Green Hope's Community
Garden in Compton! Learn how to plant the fastest growing,
most nutritious tree in the world and help start transforming
Los Angeles into a Superfood Pioneer!

===============================================================

To learn more about the Moringa, just go to sites such as:
http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/04/wonderplants-moringa-miracle-tree.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-01.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-12.html
http://greling.com/2008/09/20/grow-a-miracle-tree-in-your-backyard/
"SaveGaia: Cultivation of Moringa – I used these growing directions
and they worked well" which refers to the best page on the subject:
http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html also
found here:
http://gaiathelivingplanet.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/05/moringa-manure.html

A short list of other SUPERFOODS & WONDERPLANTS can be found here:
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/02/looking-for-land.html

=============================================================
MAY: Sometimes in later May or early June, we should also have
a follow-up class at both our locations in Mission Hills and
Alhambra.

Classes will continue all of this month and the coming months,
usually on Sundays, but in different locations.

And remember, on June 27, 2009, we have the Venice Beach Ecofest,
for which we need volunteers all day long!

===============================================================

MAY 17 - MAY 25 CLASSES & EVENTS

MAY 17 - May 25 Weekly Schedule
May-June Organic VICTORY GARDENING FREE CLASSES & EVENTS
in the GREATER LOS ANGELES area

This is an excerpt of what we currently send [V142 - 95A] to the people who express an interest in our trademark no-cost hands-on classes and Organic Gardening gatherings. To get the whole document with all the links and directions, please email us to request it!

We hold classes both on week-ends, usually on Sunday from 1 or 1:30 PM to the end of the day, and often also during the week. Weekday classes are in the late afternoon, starting at 3 or 4. They often end after 8, always with a few people coming only after 5. It is perfectly OK to do that, particularly if you work normal hours.

If you want to replicate what we do here in "Hollywood" elsewhere in the U.S. or in the world, please contact us and we will help setting you up!

It seems we are gaining momentum, since we again had two classes last week, but have three in the coming one:

Next Sunday 5/17 from 1:30 to ?? PM in Pacific Palisades CA 90272

Next Thursday 5/21 from 4:30 to 7:30 in Bel Air - Beverly Glen CA 90077

Overnext Saturday 5/23 from 12:00 to 6:00 PM in Compton CA 90222
[Most important class to attend! - Learn HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN SUPERFOODS!]

May 17 - May 25 Organic VICTORY GARDENING CLASSES & EVENTS

This and next week the next free classes are the following
(Please note: All these classes are different, so people can attend
them all without getting too bored...):

Sunday 05/17 from 1:30 TO ?? pm (USUALLY 6:30, SOMETIMES LATER,
DEPENDING ON DEMAND) in Pacific Palisades CA 90272:
There we will revive an old abandoned raised bed and see what else
can be done to get a garden going. No Resident Coordinator on
that Project so it will be inherently limited in scope, but
nonetheless very interesting, since this is a quite common situation.

Thursday 5/21 from 4:30 to 7:30 in Bel Air CA 90077,
where we will revisit our demo "Magic Box" and plant more
on the slopes. This is just the continuation of the existing Project.

Saturday 5/23, 2009 from 12pm to 6pm in Compton CA 90222:
SPECIAL HOW TO GROW-YOUR-OWN-SUPERFOODS CLASS & EVENT!

On that day, VICTORY GARDENS & LAWN CRUSADERS are teaming up with GREEN HOPE USA Community Garden Project for the Planting of 2000 MORINGA Trees at Green Hope's Community Garden in Compton! Learn how to plant the fastest growing, most nutritious tree in the world and help start transforming Los Angeles into a Superfood Pioneer!

To learn more about the Moringa, just go to sites such as:
http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/04/wonderplants-moringa-miracle-tree.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-01.html
http://moringanow.blogspot.com/2005/05/wondertree-100-facts-moringa-fact-12.html
http://greling.com/2008/09/20/grow-a-miracle-tree-in-your-backyard/
"SaveGaia: Cultivation of Moringa – I used these growing directions and they worked well" which refers to the best page on the subject:
http://savegaia.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html also found here:
http://gaiathelivingplanet.blogspot.com/2005/05/growing-moringa-part-ii.html
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/05/moringa-manure.html

A short list of other SUPERFOODS & WONDERPLANTS can be found here:
http://biodynamic.blogspot.com/2005/02/looking-for-land.html

============================
MAY: Sometimes in later May or early June, we should also have a follow-up class at our location in Alhambra.

Classes will continue all of this month and the coming months, usually on Sundays, but in different locations.

And remember, on June 27, 2009, we have the Venice Beach Ecofest, for which we need volunteers all day long!

===========================
A search on Google for: “ savegaia moringa ” (without the “”) will yield links to more material. In a nutshell, Moringa is a revolution in the making!

Moringa leaves compared to common foods - Values per 100gm portion:
Nutrient Moringa Leaves Other Foods
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Vitamin A 6780 mcg Carrots: 1890 mcg
Vitamin C 220 mg Oranges: 30 mg
Calcium 440 mg Cow's milk: 120 mg
Potassium 259 mg Bananas: 88 mg
Protein 6.7 gm Cow's milk: 3.2 gm

And actually, when it comes to the Moringa, which is a native Philipino tree, Dr Green, who will teach you at the Compton class and event, gets extensively quoted by no less than the Philipino
Government, as you can see here (So be assured you will be in good hands!):
http://www.pcarrd.dost.gov.ph/message/viewtopic.php?id=2137

On May 31, we should have classes, or in Bel Air, or in Mission Hills or Alhambra, or at one of the new locations. To be announced!

===========================
JUNE: Announcing this year's EARTHDAY L.A. VENICE BEACH ECOFEST
coming on Venice Beach on June 27th, where we will of course have our own booth, for which we need volunteers!
===========================
>>> DIRECTIONS to our classes & gatherings on request! <<<

[ Please email victorygardeningevents{at}gmail{dot}com ]

===========================

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LATEST NEWS

On May 13th, we had a class in Orange County, so that people there don't feel left out! ;) It was requested by the 'California Organic Gardening Club'. Here is the club's self-introduction: "We are a non profit group whose purpose is to promote organic methods of growing plants. We teach gardening methods that build the soil, use pest control substances that are environmentally safe, research plant varieties adapted to our area, and make new and unusual varieties of plants available to our members. We are located in Orange County in Garden Grove CA 92841. Our meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 PM at the "Women's Civic Club of Garden Grove" 9501 Chapman Ave Garden Grove, CA 92841 (at the North East corner of Chapman Ave and Gilbert St). We are open to the public and we always welcome guests and new members."

If you live in Orange County, we highly encourage you to join this club's activities and benefit from mentoring by more advanced gardeners.

From LA take the 405 freeway South, merge to the 22 East (Garden Grove freeway), exit at "Magnolia Ave", go North, turn right (East) on Chapman Ave, then left at Gilbert St, and immediate right onto the driveway of the Women's Civic Club of Garden Grove, 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 PM.

This class was quite unusual, as it wasn't at all a hands-on class, just talk by Dr Green in front of perhaps 50 people, members or guests of the 'California Organic Gardening Club', with just one or two handful of people normally attending our classes and events (quite a few of the club's members don't even have a computer!). Unfortunately, Betty our standard class recorder couldn't make it that day, and Dr Green forgot to bring his own camera, so the talk wasn't recorded at all, which is a great pity, because it was most interesting. A wide range of subjects was covered, and this talk could have been used to create a standard format for similar events.
The club's modus operandi itself is very well thought of, in very friendly and supportive settings, so it is a pity that it's not yet all over the place. We can only encourage you to contact them and start a local chapter in your own hometown!

Last Class before that was Saturday 5/9 from 1:30 to 8+ PM in Mission Hills. This was a standard real class, not the tentative unusual self-teaching format from Saturday 5/2. We didn't really have enough materials at hand and things were slow to start, but we managed to finish about 60 or 70 square feet of raised beds by about 8 PM. This is not too bad, considering that commercially, the price for the same would be in the range of $1,500-$2,000. The Mission Hills Project has excellent potential on lots of available land, motivated residents, a great support group, and will certainly be quite successful soon. It's only shortcoming is the lack of Resident Coordinator, but we will return there probably around the end of the month to get more accomplished.


In additions to the on-going ones, we had several new projects that started or will be starting shortly, Mission Hills, Pacific Palisades, Garden Grove, Compton, Palos Verde probably, Sylmar possibly, etc...

And don't miss this introduction to Robert Hart's P.L.E.A.S.E. methods:

Stay Tuned for more!



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GARDENING CLASSES & GATHERING SCHEDULE FOR APRIL & MAY

VICTORY GARDENING 2.0

(ORGANIC) GARDENING CLASSES & GATHERING
SCHEDULE FOR APRIL & MAY:
(Organic, because there is no such thing as non-organic "gardening". If it's "gardening" at all, then it's organic. Earth poisoning and poisoning yourself can never be "gardening").

Here is an excerpt of what we currently send [V138-94N] to the people who express an interest in our trademark no-cost hands-on classes and Organic Gardening gatherings.

We hold classes both on week-ends, usually on Sunday, and also have weekday classes in the late afternoon, starting at 3 or 4. They often end after 8, always with a few people coming only after 5. It is perfectly OK to do that, particularly if you work normal hours.

April 27 - May 3 Week and May-June Organic VICTORY GARDENING EVENTS
in the GREATER LOS ANGELES area.

If you want to replicate what we do in "Hollywood" elsewhere, please contact us and we can help setting you up!

This week at the request of "Whole Foods Markets", we will have a class going at "Whole Foods" in Redondo Beach April 29th at 4 PM (open-ended). As usual, there is no cost to attend, and in addition, some lucky people will get home with a seeded tray that will grow them hundreds of plants to transplant!

Subject will be how to start an Organic Victory Garden in your backyard or rooftop with what you have available locally, and how to use store-bought organic food as a reliable source of seeds.
Also we will explore how to use scrapped trays and boxes to make seeds starters for plants to transplant.

We will have several new projects starting shortly, Mission Hills for sure, Pacific Palisades probably, Sylmar possibly, etc...

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APRIL: The address for that last April class is:
Whole Foods Market
405 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach CA 90277

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MAY: Saturday May 2, 1:30 PM : Beginning of a self-managed new Project in Mission Hills CA 91345. First hands-on class: Installing new raised beds from scratch. If this location is practical to you, please email with your phone number for directions. And if you have any spare seaweed, woodchips, compost, old bricks, etc, feel free to bring it! Nothing on May 3rd, as Dr Green will be busy that day.

MAY: On May 10th, 17th and 24th, we should have classes, or in Bel Air, or at one of the new locations. To be announced!

On May 13th, we will have a major class in Orange County, so that people there don't feel left out! ;) Stay tuned!

And sometimes early or mid-May, we should also have a follow-up class at our location in Alhambra.
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JUNE: Announcing this year's EARTHDAY L.A. VENICE BEACH ECOFEST
coming on Venice Beach on June 27th, where we will of
course have our own booth, for which we need volunteers!

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|>>> DIRECTIONS to our classes & gatherings are AT THE BOTTOM! <<<| Meaning, if you are looking for DIRECTIONS for the NEXT class, you will find them at the very end of this post!

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An idea for which the time has come - reaching beyond Tinseltown!
Do you speak and write a foreign language? People need your help!
http://victorygardens2.blogspot.com/2009/04/victory-gardening-events-go-national.html

LATEST NEWS 1: If you want free horse manure for your own garden, we now have a source in Burbank, that we can share with you. The deal is up to half of what you collect is yours, and you bring the other half to the class (bags, or any containers of your choice). If interested, please email for instructions and directions!

Our fifth Bel Air class (our Earthday class) was held on Thursday April 23 from 3 to 7:30 in the same location as the four previous ones! The theme of the class was: Learn to Build Magic Boxes with the P.L.E.A.S.E. Method! About PLEASING, perhaps start by watching the videos listed here, particularly the ones showing Sepp Holzer's applications of his personal version of the P.L.E.A.S.E. approach in harsh environment (alpine) permaculture, growing oranges and lemons as regularly planted trees on the mountainside in the Austrian Alps at 5,000 feet!

Class members learned to P.L.E.A.S.E. in the most efficient way with the help of Magic Boxes!

Most useful knowledge! Now, you may think, "Wait a minute, I don't have a Magic Box!" Well, maybe not yet... but getting one is yours, just for the asking! In fact, anyone can do it almost anywhere! You can do it in California, of course. But you could as well in Alaska, in Maine, or even in Iceland or Patagonia, if you were to move there! You don't even need land for this!

You can do it in the Spring! You can do it in the Summer! You can do it in the Fall! And you can do it in the Winter as well!

Learn Magic Box tricks, and they will soon become the key to all sorts of remarkable results! Out of two old pallets gathered for free by Krystal, we built one magic box about 3' x 3.5' which should be good for a couple hundred pounds of potatoes. It took longer than planned, and we actually ended the Project only at 8:45 PM!

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LN2: NEW INTRODUCTION VIDEOS LISTED AT THE END OF THIS EMAIL ============================================================

LATEST NEWS 3: Our fourth class in Bel Air was held on Wednesday 04/15 from 3 to 7:30. It mainly featured how to transform a useless band of earth alongside a house into a productive little home garden in which we planted all sorts of goodies. 14 people attended, which again is quite remarkable for a Wednesday afternoon. We also talked about seeking grants and starting to do these no-cost classes wholesale.

We had our third class/gathering in Bel Air Thursday 04/09 from 3 to 7:30, attended by 18 people, which is remarkable for a week-day class, and shows how these classes truly address a need. So, if you have a location where a Project could be started or have some experience and could be teaching or help teaching about gardening, please tell us about it, and we will send you the material that goes over the four main options for creating a new Project, namely: Do and manage it yourself; Have it done and managed for you commercially; Have it done and managed at no costs to you in a partnership between you and our non-profit, if the conditions for that exist; and finally, Have it done with our support as a collective local effort between you, your friends and family, or your school or church, supplemented with local volunteers. Plus, there are several side options or sub-options we also overview. Also, if anyone has experience with grant requests writing, and a bit of time, that would be great, as we want to explore that avenue, since we could do a lot more if we had the funds for it. That week, we planted various things such as potatoes, chayote, purple corn, celery roots, beets, and much more, as well as seeding for 9 varieties of lettuce courtesy of Jack McAndrew the bio-dynamic wizard at www.biodynamiccompost.com , who unfortunately is now completely out of biodynamic compost until the next batch is ready, so you can't buy any at any price right now (that's the problem with small-scale production of a high-demand product -- sometimes all of it is just gone).

Our previous Class in Bel Air on Sunday 4/5 was also very fruitful. We created two small raised beds where nothing was before in one afternoon, almost totally from local materials, if we except two buckets of decomposed granite and calcareous sand, seaweed from the Palisades, and a mix of horse manure and alfalfa from a stable...

The current Bel Air series of events should be considered both a "Westside" as well as a "Valley" class, as they are exactly mid-way. There will be nothing again at the usual Alhambra location till May. We absolutely love to show people how to create an optimal organic (and sustainable) garden, so we look forward to see you during all our coming classes and gatherings, which will all be announced in time, usually once or twice a week, about 5-6 a month.

The Alhambra project got lots of new wood donated, and help with easy carpentry is also needed there (to set up new raised beds)! But this is not a "class", just volunteering.

Please note: No Pasadena classes in the near future, contrary to what was in the planning, but there is something in the making in Mission Hills, Pacific Palisades, Sylmar and perhaps in Palos Verde -- stay tuned about these ones!

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A Special Note for people owning or having permanent, stable access to some available land:

Please also note that if you have a substantial (or even a small) backyard, besides trying to do something out of it entirely without help, you could also consider creating a "Project" of your own at your place. Such a Project can be entirely self-administered and self-managed from garden design to on-going maintenance. It can also be designed by a Resident Coordinator who'd reside there for a couple months (if you have the space to host one, that is, an unused bedroom, big RV or even real or virtual garage conversion), and then managed by you or by us. Of course there are many other options, such as having it done commercially; making a community project out of it, etc, etc. Please inquire for details. Please note that a standard "Project" is not a "community garden" (that is another type of project), but a garden of your own that is created with you or for you at no costs to yourself when it comes to design and labor, in exchange for a share of the produce, to be determined by common agreement depending on many possible factors.

To give you an idea, each year, here in Southern California, any 500 square feet of usable space, if optimally prepared, that is, raised beds, designer soil, mushroom mycelium inoculation, etc, once mature, is big enough to produce about 1,500 pounds of organic and sustainable food of the highest quality. Plus, normally there is always additional space people would normally not think of for gardening, along walls, etc, but which is usually usable as well with proper plantings, for example with vines such as, say, chayote squash, pole beans, and all sort of long-vined squashes and fruit, such as passion fruit, kiwi, grapes, etc. If you are interested in starting a Project of your own, no matter if self-managed or managed for you by a Project Coordinator, we have a separate detailed email that goes over the several different options you might want to consider. Just send an email saying "Please send Project information" to get it. Actually, this is now getting so elaborate that we are going to put it on its own website soon.

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WHO WE ARE:

We are a "Victory Gardens 2.0" (Hey! even Michele Obama just
got into it, at the same time legislation to make organic gardening
illegal under the guise of "food safety" is discussed in Congress -
- now is this a case of political schizophrenia??? Perhaps consider
calling your congresspeople and tell them what you think about it!)
and "HEALTH THRU GARDENING" informal group open to new participants,
active in the Greater Los Angeles area - several locations, from
Orange County to Southern Ventura County. But in fact, read on,
and you will find out why we are a lot more than that as well...

WHAT WE DO IN THIS PART OF THE PROJECT:

First, design, start, maintain and share local Organic Gardens.
So people can emulate what we do on their own. "Copy it", if you
wish, adapting it to their own needs, environment and conditions.
So as to, in turn, become models to others.

As a matter of principle, we never charge anything for what we
offer. The unfortunate side of this is that also, we cannot
compensate you for your input either, would you wish to help us.

We believe that during this "Second Coming of the Great Depression",
as the Crisis further unfolds into a "Greater Depression", endeavors
such as ours will become increasingly in tune with the necessities
of the time as well as the needs of the people.

In fact, it is not impossible that in a future perhaps not too
far away, cities which will have adopted early timely programs,
such as those we advocate, might congratulate themselves for having
done so while they could. We certainly hope that the Greater Los
Angeles will show leadership in this area. However, as is often
the case with anything innovative and outside of the cages of
habit and conventional thinking, there has been some talk among
politicians, but little action. And, so far, certainly nothing
that will make any difference worth talking about.

With one exception we wish to fully acknowledge here: The strong
leadership expressed in and by the city of Santa Monica.

There, several innovative and impactful programs have been
developed and are currently successfully implemented. They all
express a clear will to cut through the red tape, as much as can
be done, and truly make a difference. We do not know who to
truly credit for these efforts, but we certainly wish to hail them.
But even more important than mere economic reasons, it is our
core belief that to be healthy, the very first thing we must do is
master systemic input. That is, breath clean air, drink pure water,
and eat fully functional food. In other words, EAT RIGHT.

For this, nothing can beat food grown truly organically (or shall
we say "ecologically") right where we live - that is, "zero food
miles" "truly organic" and sustainable food.

In fact, for the active environmentalist, instead of focusing
on nebulous and perhaps even misleading issues of little
immediate benefit to the many, nothing beats showing people and
factually proving that "eating Right" is a choice anyone can make,
anywhere and at any time. And that it is actually "a choice easy
to make".

Including (and preferably) by going straight to the ultimate
and optimal choice, access to your own "truly organically-grown"
"natural and functional" "sustainable" food.

One of our specialties is the concept of "Above Organic"
"Sustainable" "Optimal Edible EcoSystems" or "Edible Landscape".
Actually, saying that we "believe" that, to be healthy, one
"should" eat right is rather misleading.

This has little to do with "belief". It is definitely FACT. Fact
that has been proven over and over during the ages. Fact already
summarized almost twenty-five hundred years ago by no less than
the "Father of Medicine", Hippocrates, with the well-known aphorism
"Let Thy Food be Thy Medicine". Fact further explored nineteen
hundred years ago by his disciple Galen, whose core idea was that
"Nature" had designed living creatures to function perfectly.
That such was their own nature, if they were allowed to express it,
that is, assuming they lived with optimal input in pure air, water
and food. So, it's truly not that we are proposing anything new here.

Moreover, this fact was demonstrated again recently during the longest
(and still on-going) research project ever made on human nutrition,
known as the "China Project". Cornell and Oxford Universities,
working in team with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese
Ministry of Health, under the remarkable leadership of Pr Dr T.
Colin Campbell, have accumulated an enormous wealth of statistical
facts that stare us all right in the eyes. All we have to do is look
at them, and *think*. For a change!

Further, we feel that if one wants to do something for the
planet, one needs to start with oneself and one's own environment.
In other words, that "active environmentalism" is what counts.
Rather than "environmental activism", which is unfortunately
too often fluff and waste of time and resources in what are often
dead-end or misleading directions (think, for example, "ethanol"
or "peak oil").

And if the reward for doing right for you ends being vastly improved
health and well-being, are you really going to complain? We certainly won't!
So what we do is endeavor to educate people about issues pertaining
to the Environment, Ecology, Green Living and Green Buildings,
Organic and Sustainable Agriculture and Gardening, Alternative
Health, and New Energy. And how they all relate to our health and
well-being. For this, we are in the process of collecting data
and producing substantial educational and edutainment material.
You can see some of that material on websites such as:
http://victorygardens2.blogspot.com and its complement
http://vg2gardenerhandbook.blogspot.com , as well as other sites
such as lawncrusade.blogspot.com healththrugardening.blogspot.com
www.topangamodel.blogspot.com www.optimalbiomass.blogspot.com
www.pathtofreedom.com / www.pathtofreedom.org , and many more...
We'd suggest to explore the first two listed first, and to finish
with this one: http://savetheplanetandourselves.blogspot.com/ .
We apologize for the fact that this placeholder and PR ranking
accumulating material has yet to be properly edited. (Worse,
some of the older material hasn't even been properly spellchecked!)
We are slowly working on these issues.

Some of the things we are best at are soil design and using the
systemic relationship between soil, natural energy, plants and
humankind for both our individual and collective benefits.

This is based on a long experience, grounded in and on the input,
over the years, of the most amazing mentors, and with historic
affiliations going back to the likes of Karl von Reichenbach,
Rudolf Steiner, Otto Warburg, Carl-Gustav Jung, Wilhelm Reich,
Viktor Schauberger, Viktor Frankl, Konrad Lorenz, Karl von Frisch,
Karl Bauer, Hans von Reichmann, Helan Jaworski, Alfred Korzybski,
Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Maurice Maeterlinck, Louis Kervran,
Andre Birre, Andre Voisin and Jean Pain. To name just a few.

This lead us to develop concepts such as what one could call the
idea of "Optimal" "Above Organic" "Edible EcoSystems". Which, at
the practical level, leads to something like sort of " 'Square Foot
Gardening' and 'Companion Planting' 'on steroids' " as part of
"Edible and Sustainable EcoSystems", and was finally formalized
as the PLEASE Organic Victory Gardening approach.

Another of our areas of specialization is the relationship between
functional food and human well-being and health, in other words,
"Optimal Nutrition". This, in a sense, was the true specialty
of Pr Dr Otto Warburg, even if the fact is totally ignored nowadays,
as he reached wide recognition for his work in cell physiology.

It is the knowledge and experience so accumulated over the
years, that allows us to recognize and acknowledge the
contemporary input of Pr Dr T. Colin Campbell as absolutely
invaluable. We cannot think of anyone else who, today, would
more deserve a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.


Theory is great, but practice, even better. So we tend to
think that teaching by showing people how to do and experience
the things that can change their lives by themselves is the most
important part of what we do.

This is why we were absolutely delighted to discover by chance,
a couple weeks ago, that our concerns and vision are widely shared
by one of the most outstanding architects and urban designers of
our age, Ian Ritchie, Royal Professor of Architecture at the Royal
Academy in London, who assured us of his full support.

This led us to hope that in consideration of such support, the
City of Los Angeles will end starting to show leadership in these
areas. Indeed, at a conference at the USC campus on January 21st,
2009, and in private conversations thereafter, Mr Ritchie outlined
ideas which, if they were to be adopted by City Hall, would
certainly prove quite instrumental in helping to alleviate
some of the unavoidable problems that will come with the further
unfolding of the economic aspects of the Great Crisis.

The good news is that to start living a better and healthier life,
we do not need any impetus or incentives coming from above.
In fact, "choosing a better and healthier life" is one of the
easiest thing for you to do. Simply because starting to "Eat Right",
doubtlessly one of the most impactful and transformational action
anyone can take, is something anyone can do. Truly, it is a
choice any of us can make, anywhere, and at any time of our choice.

The very first thing to do starts in and with your own backyard,
or the backyards of friends and/or family. Here in Southern
California, any backyard or rooftop can easily and very cost-
effectively (read -- on a total shoestring, if needs be)
be transformed into a little paradise. An oasis that can produce
2 to 3 pounds of food per square foot per year, and more.
Meaning, handled optimally, a 1,000 square feet backyard can
produce 1 to 1.5 and, in fact, 2+ tons of fresh, wholesome organic
food each year. Something which can easily be demonstrated.

Because this is not at all just theory. Anyone who so wishes can
visit a place, right now, right here, in Pasadena, where this
was achieved in 2008: 10,000 pounds of organic food produced
on just a 4,000 square feet backyard! You can see this fully
illustrated at www.pathtofreedom.org and www.pathtofreedom.com .
The videolog for PTF is here: http://www.youtube.com/user/dervaes?ob=1

We simply teach people how to do the same. For this, we have
several on-going projects that will be completely documented
on video, from small clips to feature-length, professionally-
edited material, in which you can participate. And more are coming.

And we encourage our emulators to do as we attempt to do, try to
be "channels' in the sense expressed by Carl-Gustav Jung:
"The channel is not a person endowed with free will who seeks
his own ends, but one who allows 'creation' ('art') to realize
its purposes through him. As a human being, he [or she] may have
moods and a will and personal aims, but as a channel he [or she]
is 'human' in a higher sense - 'symbolically human'; a vehicle and
molder of the unconscious psychic life of humankind." - Carl
Gustav Jung, "'Psychology and Literature," 1930.

[The word translated here as "channel" is extremely difficult
to translate. It could be translated as "artist" or "poet", which
would be misleading, as it does not mean "poet" or "artist" in
the common sense, but rather "poieit" as in the Greek "poiein" -
- creator, inventor, maker of things or ideas. Or even more
truthfully, the expression of collective memes, the "channel" or
incarnation of or for archetypes.]


Moreover, we are currently looking for a land donation or long term
lease for a symbolic dollar allowing us to create as many as
possible model facilities. Currently, we have two small projects
in the process of being documented, one in Bel Air (Beverly Glen)
between Bel Air and Sherman Oaks, the other in East L.A., at the
exact border of L.A. with Alhambra and South Pasadena. There are
several other projects in the pipeline, for example possibly in
Sylmar and Palos Verde

WHAT WE NEED: Help in all forms, and first, volunteers to help do
as well as document the work in progress, as well as potential
Projects Coordinators. Of course, tools, materials, money, etc,
are quite welcome too... As well as more places to demonstrate
what can be done -- such as perhaps your own backyard!

At any rate, TO DO WHAT WE DO, WE NEED YOUR HELP! So, if you are
interested in what we do and want to help, or want to learn how
to transform a lawn or an empty backyard into an organic food-
producing garden, or know people who might be interested, please
contact us and come participate in our on-going activities.

In any event, our next Organic Garden Gathering and Hands-on Free
Class will be every Sunday in April and May in a new location to
be announced, and you can still volunteer at the old location
in L.A. near Alhambra off Huntington Drive.

We are also open to weekdays volunteering, if there is some interest
for it and to special on-demand classes for schools, groups, churches,
etc. Just tell us what would be most convenient to you.

Also, please note that we are also actively looking for more
projects to take on, particularly from April-May 2009 on.

At any rate, if we don't have it already, please provides us with
your location and a number to contact you, just in case there are
changes in location or timing, or new Projects closer to you. And
please feel free to bring along anyone in your friends or family
who might be interested, including children, as long as they come
with at least one parent.

Please note that we also need help with Project Coordination,
Talent Management (for example for the videos) and technical help
(for things such as websites set-up and maintenance, text editing,
and making and editing audios and videos or other multimedia
material, for example Camtasia (or similar)-based educational
material).

Projects Coordination

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INTRODUCTION VIDEO MATERIAL

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See how using one's brains and observing nature, it is possible to grow ORANGES and LEMONS in the AUSTRIAN ALPS at close to 5,000 feet altitude not in greenhouses, but as REGULAR TREES. Using the same principles, you can grow
ANYTHING in Southern California. So... JUST DO IT!
(That's what Victory Gardening is all about!)

P.L.E.A.S.E. GARDENING is the most cutting-edge and powerful
approach there is, and it is yours just for the asking.
Here is is an introduction video to one of its simplest
and most time-proven approach, usually known as "Square Foot
Gardening", which goes back to Rudolf Steiner's 1924 Lessons.

But PLEASE READ THIS WARNING before watching or downloading videos!

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WARNING: HOW TO USE ANTI-VIRUS & ANTI MALWARE SOFTWARE WHEN WATCHING OR DOWNLOADING VIDEOS FROM THE NET, and PRACTICE "SAFE SURFING"!

When you use these URLs to play or download the following video files,
which are just video files any computer can play, avoid clicking on
advertising, and DO NOT "upgrade" to get "quicker downloads" or
whatever, and certainly do NOT download or "install" anything like the
"Badongo Toolbar" or ANY "toolbar"! These are just super-spyware
that will collect all the information possible on you, and worse!
If you read their "terms of service" (something no one does, but we
did), you'd have a heart attack!

Not only would they collect "personally identifiable information"
if you allowed them to install their spyware, but you wouldn't even
have any remedy if they installed virus, trojans, worms, *any* form
of spyware, including keyloggers, or even simply remotely destroyed
your computer! You have been warned...

As for the files themselves, they are just videos you can play
or download. This is normally completely safe. Anything else, is
simply "DON'T DO IT"! This warning is actually valid for anything
similar, such as the "Yahoo Toolbar", etc, although its of course
a bit more mainstream and less abusive. Uninstall or delete such
things, if they already are in your computer! Download and use
reputable f r e e anti-spyware programs and anti-virus programs!
And run these programs after downloading and before playing *anything*.

You can (and should, if you haven't done it yet) install the
following two f r e e anti-spyware programs:

Ad-Aware, which can be found on the CNET.com download page here:
http://download.cnet.com/Ad-Aware-Anniversary-Edition/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5

Spybot - Search & Destroy, which can be found here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html
If Norton, McAfee or Kasperski tell you not to install Spybot
because of "compatibility issues" here is what Spybot has to say:
"The top reasons why people uninstall Spybot-S&D are those three
malicious antivirus companies who force their users to uninstall
our software for so-called, but never proven, incompatibility issues.
Against these, all we can do is continuing down the legal road,
and the feedback at least helps us getting more exact numbers."
There are no incompatibilities, only an attempts to corner the
market for commercial software, at the costs of a f r e e software
that has over 100 Million users.

The best two f r e e anti-virus programs (together, superior to any
paid-for AV program) are Avast and AVG. They are superior to the
three above-named commercial anti-virus companies with shady
practices, and both are f r e e for personal use, on as many
machines as you want:

Avast Anti-Virus can be found here:
http://avast.com/ and downloaded from cnet.com:
http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239-10019223.html?part=dl-AvastHome&subj=dl&tag=button
You will need any throw-away (or even "real", as in our experience,
they don't spam) email address to get a f r e e license number
for private use. That is fine -- we have no idea why they collect
them, since it appears they never use them or sell them. The
licensing page (for which you need an email address) is here:
http://avast.com/eng/home-registration.php

AVG Anti-Virus can be found here:
http://free.avg.com/download it can be downloaded directly from here:
http://www.avg.com/filedir/inst/avg_free_stf_en_85_287a1483.exe
(Don't get caught with the "Free Upgrade" (which is "powered by
TrialPay" -- that is, you have to "complete an offer"...)
Installing its complement "AVG LinkScanner® Free Edition
Real-time protection against online threats such as hacked or
infected web pages" could be useful too. "Makes your search and
surf safe" (let's tone that down to "a bit safer"). It can be found here:
http://free.avg.com/download?prd=lsf or directly downloaded from:
http://www.avg.com/filedir/inst/avg_lsf_stf_en_85_289.exe
AVG also has an integrated download manager, if you need one:
http://www.avg.com/filedir/inst/avg_lsf_stb_en_8_18.exe

It is possible to install AVG over Avast and have both running,
which is supposedly not possible. In our experience this works
just fine if you install Avast first. And you decided to install
only one, it is possible that AVG is marginally better, as it has
some anti-malware aspects. However, it has no rootkit (a particularly
annoying form of malware) detection or protection, while Avast does.

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/housecall/
is a secure external scan of your computer by another anti-virus
company (the same that produces "HiJack This"). You might want to do
this too, as it might detect something missed by Avast and AVG
(but these two will detect malware that "Housecall" won't).

Another good thing to do would be to try their f r e e "BotNet
Detector, which you can get on this page:
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/rubotted

Do NOT EVER download anything that ~pretends~ to be an anti-virus
or anti-malware program, registry scanner, etc... that has not be
recommended by a truly reputable source, PARTICULARLY IF it pops-up
out of nowhere in a seemingly "Windows Internal Message" or Fly-in.
Numerous virus, trojans, spywares, etc, pretend to be the opposite
of what they are... If you find no other way out when one tries to
install itself, use Control-Alt-Delete depressed simultaneously,
and shut down, or even just unplug the power cord from your machine.

Another very useful tool is the "HiJack This" Registry Keys analyzer.
However, don't delete anything after a scan, unless you actually
know what you are doing! You can find it here:
http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/tools/security_tools/hijackthis/download
along with directions about how to submit a scan for comments by
knowledgeable people before deleting anything.

After this long but necessary introduction to security (triggered
by actually *reading* the "Badongo Toolbar" "Terms of Service"), and
realizing that we might unwittingly indirectly cause people to install
de-facto malware such as the Badongo toolbar, here is a first batch of
links to relevant videos about Organic Victory Gardening, which we
believe to be quite educational, and highly encourage you to watch:

[You will have to wait 60 secs before being able to download!]
[Do NOT download the "Badongo Toolbar" or "Buddy" for any reason!!!]
[When you see "Please wait, loading ....." scroll to the bottom of the
page and click on "Download" when it appears. If you don't, it will
time out and you will get confusing messages trying to persuade you
you can't download anything without paying! If www.youtube.com hadn't
a tiny 10 MB file size limit, life would be easier, wouldn't it?]
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SFG P.L.E.A.S.E. Patterning -Introduction to Patterned Gardening
in the form of "Square Foot Gardening" - 178.4 MB
http://depositfiles.com/files/hy61r4t51
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http://www.badongo.com/vid/1096575 - .avi format 178.4 MB on a different host.
http://www.badongo.com/vid/1096156 - .flv format 175 MB on a different host.
Same file in the in Badongo service. [Do NOT download their "Toolbar"!!!]

The back-up source on another different host has been DISCONTINUED!
http:// xxx .com/go/cnCt5i - .avi format 178.4 MB . This site has turned
on the full crooky mode, trying to make you pay $2.98 a month.
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Holzer - P.L.E.A.S.E. Patterning - Raised Beds and Terraces - 291.4 MB
http://depositfiles.com/files/j5cfiwdd0
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http://www.badongo.com/vid/1096818 - .avi format on a different host.
http://www.badongo.com/vid/1096204 - .flv format on a different host.
[Do NOT download their "Toolbar" for any reason!!!]
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Holzer - P.L.E.A.S.E. Patterning - Working with Nature - 357.9 MB
http://depositfiles.com/files/ovn6d7v20
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http://www.badongo.com/vid/1096278 The same file on a different host.
[Do NOT download their "Toolbar" for any reason!!!]
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DIRECTIONS TO THE REDONDO BEACH CLASS
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The directions are very simple, since you are going to the Whole Foods
Market in Redondo Beach, which is directly on the Pacific Coast Highway
at 405 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach CA 90277

If you are in Downtown L.A., you can take the 110 to the 405 North
(North for a very short time only) and get out at W 190th St. to
continue toward the seaside until you hit the Pacific Coast Highway
(Note that 190th changes its name to "Anita" - its the same street).

From the Westside you take the 405 South till Artesia West, then go
South on any major cross-street such as Hawthorne, till you cross
190th Street, and then West on 190th Street to the PCH.

Or use any other way to get to the seaside that's practical to you.
Sooner or later, you will hit the Pacific Coast Highway, and you are
going to 405 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach CA 90277.

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