Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["John D'hondt" <dhondt@eircom.net>]

For me it is diversity Paul. We broke records this year with the coldest 
March and the warmest July since measuring here began in Ireland. Many crops 
were poor and many others did well. If we had been into mono culture we 
might have ended up with nothing to eat let alone sell.
John
> Here's the best part of your comment IMHO, & ties climate directly to
> the purpose of this list:
>
> "I think that it is up to farmers to seek out and create new channels to
> obtain accurate climate information so that they can adapt to the
> changes, regardless of what the politicians fail to do."
>
> I've had to do some fast adapting myself this year, and repeatedly. First 
> 10 mos of drought, then 2 mos nothing but rain, then very late frost. It 
> disrupted the markets & made it a challenge to just keep supplying them 
> weekly for 5 mos. Crowds fell off after early warmth & late freeze killed 
> all kinds of fruit & berry production.
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>
>
> On 9/29/2013 9:33 PM, Dan Conine wrote:
> > I think too much time is wasted on the arguments over who says what when
> > and why. It is apparent that our current human leadership is lost and
> > locked in a death spiral of corporate monetary corruption and problem
> > avoidance. Scientists of all stripes try to find answers while being
> > forced to come up with 'marketing' strategies to 'sell' their data
> > instead of continuing their work and having reliable organizations and
> > leadership to back them up when they do their jobs correctly.
> > In the meantime, the point of this list seemed to be for pragmatism and
> > usefulness in the face of a variety of agricultural circumstances.
> > I think that it is up to farmers to seek out and create new channels to
> > obtain accurate climate information so that they can adapt to the
> > changes, regardless of what the politicians fail to do. Politicians only
> > care about politics, not farming. The power of farm politics is in the
> > handfuls of money that comes from the food processors and pesticide
> > corporations. That means the politicians are going to agree to anything
> > that keeps those buckets of money coming in.
> > The politicians will pay for studies until the cows are all dead if it
> > means avoiding the responsibility of choosing one endorsement over
> > another. As long as they don't choose, both sides will give them money.
> >
> > Dan C.
> > SE WI, USA
> >
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