>
>Still, if an organic farm is not efficient in biotic management, labor
>management, mechanical management and marketing, it will not be
"sustainable."
>
>Best regards,
>
>Eric Kindberg
>
>
Long-term, is even "sustainale" ag truely sustainable? How long can we
continue shipping food
around the nation, the world? The petroleum, the electricity, the human time
and energy is in
enormous disproportion the energy our bodies get from the food. Cheap fuel,
cheap electricity...
it's deceiving us. Then consider all the energy that goes into creating and
maintaining the
vehicles and machines and buildings that are used to transport, cool, and
store food. The
"eternal summer of supermarkets," I've heard it called. How long can Earth
sustain such
practices? Is our mentality like that of a person who has smoked for 40 years,
bragging of no
health problems, only to find in that 41st year a spot of blood when they
cough?...
How about we LOTS of local farms and seasonal eating, as nature intended.
Happy growing,
John,
Response from Eric;
I think the best is everyone raise their own food, I do and have for over 27
years. I also think everyone should return to whip sawing their own lumber,
making their own plaster and cement and probably using copper or chert for
tools needing to be harder than wood. I agree, unless you can do it yourself,
you are not ultimately sustainable. A small village culture might be
acceptable for some specialization, but than again where are they. Doesn't
look like they were sustainable as they do not exist today. Good luck to
everyone and may you have a satisfactory learning curve.
Best, Eric
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