Re: high-tech ag in developing countries??

Greta Anderson (squirrel@inav.net)
Sat, 25 Jul 1998 15:40:04 -0500

> Forage feeding with intensive grazing, utilizing crop residues
for
>gestating animals, low cost housing such as port a huts or hoop
houses,
>fencing systems, water systems, and forage varieties for hog
grazing are
>some of the production practices that the World Bank officials
should have
>looked at while in Iowa.

Typical of "Successful Farming" to focus on the Power Porkers. But
as the Des Moines Register reported it, World Bank visitors were
most impressed with their visit to the farm of Dick Thompson, who
is the founder of Practical Farmers of Iowa, a network of farmers
doing on-farm research for sustainable practices, including hoop
houses, intensive grazing, and the rest. The officials declared
that Thompson's soil was better than anything they'd seen here.

Greta Anderson

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