Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Mark Nagel <activism98201@verizon.net>]

I'm pretty sure that I understood what Paul meant and that I agree with the 
underlying aims.  I am just cautioning that we've got to be careful about 
using abusable terms. Again, if we talk of maximizing outputs in the way of 
money earned, then one might as well get on the biofuels wagon (which is 
highly subsidized): if we could kill all the subsidizes and flatten the 
playing field then I wouldn't have a problem using the definition given by 
Paul (and the term "profit").

One need only see how the term/word "organic" has been abused/hijacked by big 
corporations and how it's starting to derail (confuse) the real intent to 
understand the perils.


-Mark Nagel
Everett, WA


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From: "E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>

I don't think the "profit" spoken of here is the same as corporate 
agribusiness.  What Paul is referring to is the ratio of output to input.  
You can certainly raise "yield" by the use of chemical fertilizers, but the 
long-term cost is too high.  By keeping costs very low, a lower yield can 
make very good sense for the long term. E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore