Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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

To be sustainable, the growing system must first sustain the grower.

This site is about the Hitts who apparently make a living selling what they 
grow. Their story is interesting for their evolving strategies for growing 
and marketing.
http://www.sare.org/publications/naf2/hitt.htm

This is my main concern - how families in various climates can grow 
sustainably and make a decent living at it. Information on this is hard to 
come by, possibly because so few have found a finacially sustainable model. 
I've looked into three cases but each leaves questions. My own system in a 
difficult climate can be profitable, but is probably not scalable or 
practical for many growers in this region.

I'm interested in anything on this topic and will pursue it as long as I'm 
able.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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   "Clearly, our present ways of agriculture are not sustainable, and so our 
food supply is not sustainable. We must restore ecological health to our 
agricultural landscapes, as well as economic and cultural stability to our 
rural communities."
 - Wendell Berry & Wes Jackson

   “All of the debts for society’s century-long industrial fiesta are coming 
due at the same time. We have no choice but to transition to a world no 
longer dependent on fossil fuels, a world made up of communities and 
economies that function within ecological bounds. How we manage this 
transition is the most important question of our time.”
-- Richard Heinberg

   "How do you move from a system which has built in destruction of the 
planet and built in devastation for local communities and local economies and 
transition back to systems which formerly worked and new environmentally 
sustainable systems? That’s the project of our time."
 - Jerry Mander

   "Many types of jobs will cease to exist: public relations executive, 
marketing directors, et cetera. I think work will be very hands-on, and a lot 
of it will revolve around food production."
    -- James Howard Kunstler, 2003