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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Organic agriculture is not enough; we must replace annual with perennial crops.
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:06:51 -0600


Perennials regrow from the same plant for some years. Here's some more intro
info on perennial grains.

http://www.psrseed.com/perennialgrains.html
http://www.landinstitute.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/02/15/44238839e988c
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/proceedings1990/v1-143.html
http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?seq_no_115=194759

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 7/16/2008 at 12:20 PM Liz wrote:

>At 12:56 PM 7/15/2008, you wrote:
>
>>Organic agriculture is not enough; we must replace annual with
>>perennial crops.
>>http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Ending10000YearsOfConflict.php
>>Dr. Stan Cox
>
>I'm really intrigued by this. I thought grains were grasses, which
>propagate in the wild by reseeding themselves--annuals, in other
>words. That would imply that there is no such thing, by definition,
>as a perennial grain. Am I way off base on this?
>
>Liz in SW VA
>http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com
>






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