Date sent: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 20:29:46 GMT
From: julespretty@gn.apc.org (Jules Pretty)
Subject: changes toward sustainability
From: Jules Pretty, Visiting Professor, University of Essex; and
Research Fellow, IIED
I am most way through a book drawing together experience from Europe
and North
America on rural change towards sustainability, and I would like to
draw
upon some of your experiences. I have found summaries of the work with
beginning
farmers and Sustainable Agriculture fascinating, with important lessons
for
others.
Could I also ask you for any material that documents changes
in farming practices on the ground. We are constantly facing up to this
myth
that sustainable practices must always be low output, and having to
counter it in
as many ways as possible. Anything you have to help would be
gratefully received.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Best regards
Jules Pretty
Visiting Professor
University of Essex
Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, John Tabor
Laboratories,
University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ
Tel: +44-(0)1206-873345; Fax: +44-1206-873416
email: julespretty@gn.apc.org
Wyatt Fraas
Center for Rural Affairs
PO Box 736
Hartington, NE USA 68739
402 254-6893 fax -6891
ceruaf01@nol.org