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  • From: "waldenfarm" <waldenfarm AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bees (was: Zucchini problem)
  • Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:14:15 -0400

My 2 cents worth (now costs .28!):
 
I agree. How & how often we do tillage has a huge impact on sustainability. Also, our present food/agricultural paradigm- macrofarms using vast amounts of oil and chemicals, refrigerating and shipping vast distances, engineering food, food processing- is driving us into a bankrupt culture, monetary and caloric.
 
I say, all we need to sustain life is clean air, clean water and clean food- the rest is fluff and convenience. Once we understand that, we can make decisions based on how they will affect these 3 necessities.
 
I say we can't have REAL sustainable agriculture in an unsustainable culture. Sure we can have some farms striving to be sustainable, but our present cultural/national/economic policies prohibit these from being more than fringe or boutique operations. Ask yourselves how much you pay yourselves per hour is it as much as an owner of a small enterprise, co. manager, retail sales clerk, mechanic, bookkeeper, skilled laborer? We do all of these jobs and we're not paid what any of these jobs do in the larger economy- we're economically unsustainable.
 
OK. Coffee break over. It's back to the soil and plants.
 
Alex McGregor
Walden Farm, TN
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Bees (was: Zucchini problem)

IMHO, we are well past the capacity for sustainable agriculture. Not that we shouldn’t practice it, but in the end, tillage and the vast amount of land dedicated to agriculture is the greatest risk to planetary sustainability.

 

Bill

William H. Shoemaker

Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops

University of Illinois - Crop Sciences

St Charles Horticulture Research Center

535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL, 60174

630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610

wshoemak AT illinois.edu




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