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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Livingontheland] A step in the right direction?
  • Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:35:01 -0600


A textbook has been published in the new field of agroecology.
Agroecology: Ecological Processes in Sustainable Agriculture
http://www.agroecology.org/textbook.htm

"The author defines agroecology as the application of ecological concepts and
principles to the design and management of sustainable agroecosystems. An
ecosystem framework is shown to be essential for determining (1) if a
particular agricultural practice, input, or management decision contributes
to or detracts from sustainability, and (2) the ecological basis for the
functioning of the chosen management strategy over the long-term. Such an
orientation is essential for developing alternatives that reduce purchased
external inputs, lessen the impacts of such inputs when they are used, and
establish a basis for designing systems that help farmers sustain their farms
and their farming communities."

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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The outstanding scientific discovery of the twentieth century is not
television, or radio, but rather the complexity of the land organism. Only
those who know the most about it can appreciate how little we know about it.
- Aldo Leopold in Round River, 1933




  • [Livingontheland] A step in the right direction?, TradingPostPaul, 04/20/2006

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