Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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

You wrote: "I rely on an unbroken line of growers and writers from Sir Albert Howard to Chadwick and Jeavons, to the Rodales and Eliot Coleman, to Ken Hargescheimer and Rolf Derpsh."

 

Well, I've heard of them, and read virtually everything they wrote (and Mollison and Lancaster, too), but I've never heard of Rolf Derpsh.  Please enlighten.

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

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From: Tradingpost

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Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:52 PM

Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Why Bother With Permaculture?

Brad is good, got his first volume from him a couple years ago in Abq. I differ on them (permaculture seminars) making a living doing what they believe in, since the ones I've heard of don't practice it, or they only dabble in it. And Mollison himself has had serious fights with American promoters of permaculture. I agree the concepts are needed. But sustainably produced and affordable food right now for the masses is still our number one agricultural need, and permaculture isn't meant to deal with that. It's a design system, a theory, not a plan for high, sustainable production from the least land. For my part I practice what I promote, a form of profitable, affordable biointensive which is organic no-till plus other proven practices. I rely on an unbroken line of growers and writers from Sir Albert Howard to Chadwick and Jeavons, to the Rodales and Eliot Coleman, to Ken Hargescheimer and Rolf Derpsh.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net