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  • From: "Rob Crook" <crookkohler@bellsouth.net>
  • To: "'permaculture'" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] fukuoka_farming mailing list needs aco-moderator.
  • Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 11:34:50 -0400

Dieter,

Very well said.

Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Dieter Brand
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 5:53 AM
To: permaculture
Subject: Re: [permaculture] fukuoka_farming mailing list needs aco-moderator.

Frances, I don’t have to consult a dictionary to understand the meaning of
traditional farming. I grew up in the 50s on a small family farm in the
North of Europe. I can’t remember if there was a tractor in the village at
that time. But we certainly didn't have the money to afford one. Nor did we
have money to buy fertilizers or herbicides. My grandfather cultivated the
land like it had always been cultivated. Today, I live in a poor region in
the South of Europe. My land has never seen a tractor or any other heavy
equipment. The previous owner cultivated the land with a donkey like
generations before him.

So, the meaning of traditional farming and what it was like to produce most
of what you needed for life is still in the living memory, even though it
seems totally incomprehensible to most contemporaries who have lived all
their life in an industrial society.

I appreciate Permaculture for its emphasis on practical solutions, yet I
think there is a basic approach in NF that isn't very well reflected in PC.
As I said, it is impossible to exactly copy NF methods from the Far East, yet
I do find inspiring the examples of some NF pioneers who have farmed their
land for decades without mechanization and without fertilizers or any other
external input. Even if we cannot use their exact same methods, it
demonstrates that we can, under certain circumstances, do without any
external inputs, and that it should not be our first priority to soak our
land with all kinds of amendments.

Cheers,
Dieter
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