Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["E. E. Mitchamore Jr" <emitch@att.net>]

Toward that end:  I concluded that I needed to learn more about what we should EAT for optimum health, so that I could better decide what to GROW.  Extensive study has led me to a conundrum.  Apparently, our health and fitness is best served my consumption of some animal protein and fats.  The Environment is best served by consumption of mostly vegetarian food.  I don't want to keep animals, and the current agribusiness model for animal-raising doesn't appear sustainable.  That just leaves small, local, "ranchers". 

 

What I'm getting at is that I can foresee nearly everyone doing some gardening and supplying some of their produce.  What is really needed is many more small-scale bird (and egg) ranchers, and grass-fed beef ranchers, and fish farmers, and dairy farmers.  Apparently this works best in conjunction with crop-raising, but it looks like too much work.  I don't know how our ancestors did all they did.

 

How does the raising of livestock integrate with raised-bed, no-till market gardening?  The market gardeners around here generally have some chickens, but I don't know of any that also do goats or beef or milk.  It's usually one or the other.

 

E. E. "Mitch" Mitchamore
www.hillcountrynatives.biz

----- Original Message -----

From: TradingPostPaul

To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org

Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 11:55 PM

Subject: [Livingontheland] why sustainable growing/ was Texas

The declining fossil fuel future is only one incentive for sustainable
growing and replenishing soil. Our own health and financial well being is
also involved. What I'm not going to do is continue the back and forth
about fossil fuel decline and possible alternatives. With this list my
concern is the sharing of information for sustainable growing - among those
who value sustainable growing. And it's not necessary to go along with peak
oil or any other position of mine, in order to contribute and benefit from
the people on this list. Let's get growing - for whatever reasons.


paul tradingpost@lobo.net



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