> ... Also, I envision
> a sustainable system as one in which livestock and crops are
> integrated on the same farm or at least in the same farming area
> where crops could benefit form manure applications as well as
> rotation to grass crops. ...
The concept you envision here is one that Australian ecologist Bill
Mollison has been promoting for years under the buzzword "permaculture."
I for one think it's highly appropriate!
Martin Danner, President
Boise Food Connection, Inc.