Geraldine Perry, Author

THANKS yet again Dennis Kucinich. This certainly is a VERY POSITIVE turn of events, but we of course shouldn't become TOO complacent. There still is T-TIP waiting in the wings, not to mention NAFTA and the WTO. The driving force behind these agreements is our monetary system, reform for which has already been submitted - not once but TWICE - before Congress in the form of the exceptionally well designed NEED Act by former Congressman Kucinich, co-signed by John Conyers. We all MUST study the connection between our current monetary system and "free" trade or we will be doomed to failure yet again. This is my attempt based on the works of the late Charles Walters, founder of Acres USA and himself a trained economist: http://www.thetwofacesofmoney.com/index.php/Site/FreeTradeAndOurMoneySystem

Trump signs executive order to withdraw from Trans-Pacific trade deal Withdrawing from the deal will be welcome news to progressive Democrats and labor groups.

Couldn't have said it any better. THANK YOU Dennis!

YAYYYYY! Climate Change and monetary policy made the Guardian: article titled "To Deal with Climate Change We Need a New Monetary System", be sure to read and like the comments about the NEED ACT (which was BTW discussed in my book) https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2016/nov/05/how-a-new-money-system-could-help-stop-climate-change

To deal with climate change we need a new financial system Abolishing debt-based currency isn’t a new idea, but it could hold the secret to ending our economies’ environmentally damaging addiction to growth

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Regenerative, carbon-sequestering agriculture can't be done industrially! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxTfQpv8xGA

Polyface farm Meet Joel and Daniel Salatin, the father-son team at Polyface farm. Known for their unconventional farming ways, the Salatins have become leaders in communit...

"Soil health directly affects plant, animal and human health. It also impacts topsoil erosion, water management and ocean pollution. Most importantly, it is now recognized that climate change is directly related to soil mismanagement." http://ecofarmingdaily.com/the-soil-solution/

I agree, but add that monetary reform must be a part of that solution - because monetary policy drives land use!

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Climate Change, Land Use and Monetary Policy - The New Trifecta by Geraldine Perry Drawing on the work of independent thinkers, economists, scientists and historical evidence going back thousands of years, this book challenges conventional thinking about global warming, clean energy, environmental pollution, greenhouse gases and ...

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The Two Faces of Money - Geraldine Perry and Ken Fousek. PDF version Now available for 99 cents.

Yeah! Climate Change Land Use and Monetary Policy has received the Reader's Favorite Five Star Review. Thanks so much to Reader's Favorite for helping us authors get noticed in an endless ocean of books.

Book review of Climate Change, Land Use and Monetary Policy Reviewed by Tracy A. Fischer for Readers' Favorite In an extremely well-researched and eye-opening look into the complexities of the interconnectedness of politics and the environment, author Geraldine Perry has given readers a lot to think about in her new book, Climate Change, Land Use and Monetar…

Land grabs by multinational corporations also take place right here in the United States - not just in third world countries like Africa. All driven by our current economic/monetary system. So it is that "In July [of 2015] Utah’s Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining issued a permit clearing the way for the opening of this country’s first commercial tar sands mine, PR Spring, which is owned by a Canadian company called U.S. Oil Sands" See https://www.audubon.org/magazine/september-october-2015/tar-sands-mining-hits-american-west

Tar Sands Mining Hits the American West A plan is in place to open the first commercial mine in Utah.

"The World Bank estimates that in 2009 over 45 million hectares of land were taken over by investors worldwide, most of it in Africa" - and always to feed the "green economy" myth. Article here: http://www.southworld.net/africa-land-grabbing/

Africa – Land Grabbing “One morning, in our village of Samana Dugu in Mali, some bulldozers appeared and started clearing the land. When we protested, the police came and began to beat us and many of us were arrested,”

TPP Backers Face Opposition Almost Everywhere ← Flush the TPP! Above photo: Thousands of Malaysians took to the capital Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to protest the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), calling on the government to reject the agreement ahead of a parliamentary debate next week. From dw.com.

Just as Nouriel Roubini (Dr. Doom) predicted in 2014, "the mother of all assets bubbles" appears to be bursting, right on schedule. The growing gap between the "monetary base" and the "broad money supply" shown in the chart below explains why, predictably, the Real Economy has barely limped along while the Financial Economy soared, creating the current "mother of all asset bubbles." http://www.businessinsider.com/richard-koo-struggle-between-markets-and-central-banks-has-only-just-begun-2015-9?r=UK&IR=T Perhaps it's time for QE for the people - or better yet and more appropriately, perhaps it's time for proper monetary reform. Will the people (aka "the beast of muddy brain") mobilize at long last - or will we continue to give ourselves "death and war for pence doled out by kings from our own stores?"

"TransCanada, the company behind the rejected Keystone XL pipeline fired off two legal challenges on Wednesday, accusing Barack Obama of overstepping his authority and violating the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta)." http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/06/keystone-xl-transcanada-lawsuit-obama-nafta

Well, no surprise here is it?

"Current farm programs hardly qualify as a safety net for the family farm but are instead a taxpayer giveaway to big and already profitable farming businesses. Moreover, these payments are likely exacerbating, rather than solving, the problems of rural communities." from: http://www.ewg.org/agmag/2010/05/farm-income-data-debunks-subsidy-myths

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Small farms: perceptions versus realities: http://www.noble.org/AG/Horticulture/SmallFarms/

Most farmers receive off-farm income but small farmers depend on it. Slightly less than half of all U.S. farms (of which 91% are classified as "small") are very small, with annual sales less than $10,000. Read more: http://ers.usda.gov/data-products/chart-gallery/detail.aspx?chartId=40163&ref=collection&embed=True&widgetId=39734

Ninety-one percent of U.S. farms are classified as small—gross cash farm income (GCFI) of less than $250,000. About 60 percent of these small farms are very small, generating [farm income] of less than $10,000. . . Overall farm production . . .continues to shift to larger operations . . . From: http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/eib-economic-information-bulletin/eib63.aspx

According to yet another study posted here: http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/farmland-management-changes-boost-carbon-sequestration-rates-0515/ "Converting to pastures managed using intensive grazing principles can capture up to 8 metric tons of carbon per hectare, or 3.6 tons per acre, per year in the soil. This makes the soils more nutrient-rich and allows them to hold more water."

The soil food web shows how and why healthy soil has more value than money, real estate, stocks or bonds, or gold. It also suggests how and why healthy soil is unique to its locale, making farming as much an art as a science. Photo from http://lifeunderyourfeet.org/en/soileco/intro/biogeochemistry.asp

All new wealth comes from the earth via "people's" capitalism, or small enterprise. Photo is from a must read article: http://realitysandwich.com/33235/original_wealth/

Climate Change, Land Use and Monetary Policy The New Trifecta recognized with fourth award. Yayyyyy!

The dirty secret is that the overwhelming majority of all farming households must rely on multiple sources of income.

The Reason That Small, Organic Farms Are Dying Will Surprise You It might seem like a good time to be part of the small farm business: More people than ever want to eat locally produced food, even casual restaurants name-check farms on their menus, and urban farmers' markets teem with the young and beautiful. But if you are David Maren, you know the truth:

Can't say it better than this graphic, found at http://ecowatch.com/2015/01/06/regenerative-organic-agriculture/

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