Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

Very good, Mark. I recommend that to every person with access to a computer. 
I first saw Bartlett's presentation at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY .  So what's this got to do with 
living on the land? Everything. As they say, do the math.

All reports point to rapid depletion of all the natural resources used to 
feed our population. And due to the doubling time (exponential function) 
Bartlett explained, those resources will be virtually gone much sooner than 
imagined - IF present growth and consumption continues. Not eating is not an 
option. The fundamentals of sustainable food production are the obvious 
answers, including soil building, growing healthier food, growing more in 
less space, and growing with less water, machinery, money, and fossil fuels. 
My own market growing makes progress in each of those areas by the methods 
I've learned from researching, but it still takes fossil fuel to haul free 
amendments, pump water, and get to market.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 1/15/2010 at 1:42 AM mdnagel@verizon.net wrote:
I'd add the following presentation by Dr. Albert Bartlett as absolute proof:

http://www.guba.com/watch/3000053112/Arithmetic-Population-Energy

When one establishes fundamentals, such as we promote here in this group 
(esp. soil building), then all else falls into place, makes 
perfect/indisputable sense...  Sustainability dear Watson, sustainability...


-Mark Nagel
Everett, WA