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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Vilsack Highlights role of agriculture
  • Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:34:43 -0700


Three things. I'm counting the energy problem as one thing helped by
sustainable agriculture, due to the enormous waste of energy by centralized,
industrial food production. But shelter? Not related to food production. How
much is transportation affected by sustainable, local food?

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 12/19/2009 at 1:20 PM Dan Conine wrote:

>>
>> Food, water, shelter, transportation, energy, community, liveable
>climate - necessities of life. Sustainable, local and fossil fuel-free
>food production helps solve five of those.
>>
>> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>..and the other two aren't necessities. Once you have viable local
>communities based on local resources, you don't have an energy or
>transportation problem.
>
>
>Dan
>Belgium, WI
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