Re: sustainable agriculture
Phil Gillman (pgillman@cafarmersmarkets.org)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:17:33 -0800
The only problem is that north america is rapidly losing the majority of
its good land, and will continue to do so until the current rate of
developement and the current methods of production are changed. for
obvious reasons, cities have frequently grown up amongst highly fertile
land, and now, that they can import their food, are swallowing that very
same land- enter the sustainable communities movement...
on the degredation of the land note, current conventional agriculture
practices send a vast amount of topsoil into the gulf of mexico (amongst
other water bodies) each year, and do nothing to increase ore replenish
the biomass. studies by ucdavis and the rodale institute have recently
shown that transition to organic methods of production in the majority
of this continent could reverse that trend, and in fact return north
america to its previous stature as the fertile cresent of the modern
world. Furthermore, both studies have shown organic methods to be just
as, if not more economically viable than conventional ag, and to
maintain the same levels of production, both areas that the conventional
groups have attacked- science is now on our side, consumers are now on
our side, even the corporations are begining to come around (general
mills is releasing a line of organic cereals)- the time has come to
begin the publicity
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