Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

And that water is already being targeted by other areas as aquifers fall. 
Freshwater may soon command a higher price than oil. Without oil you can't 
grow with agricultural machinery. Without water, you can't grow at all.

The real problem is the future cost of electricity for air conditioning. It's 
103 today in Phoenix. What a waste. It's 74 here just east of Albuquerque.

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our 
most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its 
renewal is our only hope.
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On 5/11/2006 at 1:19 PM Greg and April wrote:

>As long as Lake Mead and Lake Powell exist, they will too.
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>Greg H.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
>To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 10:57
>Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] The Small Scale Integrated Farmstead - A
>Model for Sustainable Agriculture
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> I don't count Phoenix or Vegas because they're history - they just don't
>know it yet. But wherever there's water or enough rainwater to collect and
>store, they can garden and grow more in less space than commercial
>agribusiness would ever believe.
>
>paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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