> Since sustainability is by its basic nature a holistic and long-term concept,
> I am not comfortable with reductionist approaches that seek to evaluate
> specific farming practices out of context. Each practice can be evaluated only
> within the context of a whole-farm system that is site-specific, depending on
> many climate, soils, cultural and institutional factors. Good luck to those
> searching for the index; just beware of reductinist myopia.
>
> Patrick Madden
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> > Date: Fri, 04 Feb 1994 09:12:32 -0600
> > To: sanet-mg@CES.NCSU.EDU
> > From: sands@OLESUN.AGEN.OKSTATE.EDU(Gary Sands)
> > Subject: Sustainability Index
> >
Dear Patrick,
Then by your comments apparently nothing can be measured, and inferences
drawn, regarding farming in general.
Jim Novak |).?
jnovak@acenet.auburn.edu