A MONTHLY EMAIL PUBLICATION of the FIC since 1999. December 18, 2004 1 Featured Bookshelf Title At Sale Price 2 Quick Guide To Finding Your New Community Home 3 Communities Magazine Current Issue & Upcoming 4 Join The FIC & Bring More Connection To The World! _________________________________________________________________ 1 FEATURED BOOKSHELF TITLE at SALE PRICE by Catherine Nicosia, Community Bookshelf staff _________________________________________________________________ FROM ASPARAGUS TO ZUCCHINI A Guide To Cooking Farm-Fresh Seasonal Produce (Third Edition) by the Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition 2004 * 218 pages Deborah Madison said of the previous edition of this incredible cookbook that it "sparkles with a sense of community". From Asparagus to Zucchini is so much more than a conventional cookbook. It is the product of a very dedicated group of staff and volunteers at the Coalition and is obviously a labor of love. The third edition is better than ever with 100% original recipes, 80% of them new! The book also contains essays that address the "larger picture" of sustainable agriculture by describing how food choices fit into our economy, environment, communities, quality of life and agricultural systems. Additionally, there is information about food preservation and helping kids appreciate (and even eat!) vegetables. There is also an extensive resource section and recipe index at the end. The book's pages are graced with the illustrations of a local artist in Madison, Wisconsin and it has a beautiful new color cover. From Asparagus to Zucchini will be a great inspiration for those of us who are dreaming in the midst of winter of the coming season's bounty of tasty fresh produce. Regular price $20.00 Sale price $16.00 (20% off) http://store.ic.org/products/email-spec-offer-dec2004a.html Shipping/handling on this item is as follows 3.00 S/H for first item 1.00 S/H for each additional item All prices shown here are for Standard Mail postal delivery within US. Enews special offers are valid through [[offerdate]]. Information, catalog, ordering http://store.ic.org/community-bookshelf.html Community Bookshelf RR 1 Box 156 Rutledge MO 63563 800-995-8342 bookshelf ( at ) ic ( dot ) org _________________________________________________________________ 2 QUICK GUIDE TO FINDING YOUR NEW COMMUNITY HOME by McCune Renwick-Porter, FIC Staff _________________________________________________________________ Perhaps your first and most important resolution for the coming New Year 2005 will be to find an intentional community home! Here's a quick guide to resources offered by the FIC to help you search. ONLINE COMMUNITIES DIRECTORY. The online Directory is a free searchable database of intentional communities. Visitors can browse through the alphabetical community list or search for communities based on location, keyword, and various aspects of community living that are important to community seekers http://directory.ic.org ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD "REACHbook." REACH is for people looking for community, communities forming, and communities looking for people, as well as a place to post about resources or just to say hi! Visitors can search recent postings or a complete archive containing thousands of postings, and can post their own inquiries. http://reach.ic.org/ FELLOWSHIP FOR INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY EVENTS. In addition to our public semi-annual Organization Meetings, the Fellowship offers Art of Community events occasionally and co-sponsors community events such as the annual Twin Oaks Communities Conference. Our conferences include workshops, demonstrations, videos, networking, benefit auctions, and provide numerous opportunities for learning about cooperative and sustainable lifestyles. http://fic.ic.org/artofcmty.html http://www.twinoaks.org/conference COMMUNITIES DIRECTORY (Third Edition): A Guide to Intentional Communities and Cooperative Living is the essential in-print reference tool for those interested in finding or creating community. The Communities Directory is the door to an amazing range of choices in cooperative living today -- some of which have been tested by time, and others that are on the cutting edge of experimentation. This edition published in 2000; includes updates through end of 2003. Look for a new edition in the first half of 2005. http://store.ic.org/products/communities-directory.html COMMUNITIES MAGAZINE. Subscribe to our quarterly print journal. Since 1972, Communities magazine has been the primary resource for information, issues, and ideas about intentional communities in North America -- from urban co-ops to cohousing groups to ecovillages to rural communes. http://store.ic.org/products/communities-magazine.html _________________________________________________________________ 3 COMMUNITIES MAGAZINE CURRENT ISSUE & UPCOMING Life After Student Co-ops theme of current issue _________________________________________________________________ The Winter 2004 #125 Life After Student Co-ops issue was just mailed this week and will be reaching the mailboxes of US subscribers within an estimated 2-4 weeks. Here are some highlights from the new issue: Are co-opers moving on to other forms of community? Moving to the suburbs? Keeping ties with their student co-ops? How else do co- ops influence their members later in life? Current debates in the student co-op movement: student vs. non- student, diversity, 'community co-ops.' Why a student co-op handbook is so necessary for this type of community; tips for writing one. Get a sample issue, renew or subscribe here http://store.ic.org/products/communities-magazine.html http://store.ic.org/products/communities-magazine-sampl.html Sample issues by surface mail $6 US - $7 Canada - $8 Other Subscriptions one year 4 issues $20 US :: $24 Canada :: $26 Other Order by phone fax or mail FIC * 138 Twin Oaks Rd * Louisa VA 23093 800-462-8240 fax 540-894-4112 Coming up next Spring: #126, Art in Community will be the theme. _________________________________________________________________ 4 JOIN THE FIC & BRING MORE CONNECTION TO THE WORLD! _________________________________________________________________ If you enjoy the information that reaches you via this newsletter, you're probably the kind of person who likes to bring people together, who appreciates cooperation and community. Those things are important to us, too--so important that we've centered our organization around them. And we'd love to have you with us. This e-newsletter, the Communities Directory, our Bookshelf and online store, Communities magazine, our regular member newsletter, the phone calls and emails we answer every day, the events we sponsor, the workshops we give...these are all part of meeting people's need for greater connection, around the world. Your $30 membership contribution or $100 donation today will help us do an even better job. Please consider joining the FIC now. 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