permaculture

[Steve Diver <steved@ncatark.uark.edu>]

ATTRA already does what you describe below, or
much of what you describe below...

*give information to farmers of all scale
*well proven techniques for their bio-region
*alley-cropping silviculture, mechanical harvesting of
  perrenial polycultures, agroforestry, etc.

Well, to be honest, the mechanical harvest of perennial
polycultures does not exist so that's your answer on that
item.

What kind of research library are you talking about?

What do you see as far as.... "These studies would be made
available to farmers in a simplified practical format."

It might be useful to get a second viewpoint of what you
are seeking.   What do you want to see, what is the
need and reason for it, and what effect will it have?

Steve Diver
ATTRA


Charles Knoles wrote:

> 1) Start a research organisation similar to ATTRA but it would be devoted to
> Permaculture.
> It would give farmers of all scales, information on well proven techniques
> for their bio-region.  We
> would also start a library of research that has been done on techniques such
> as alley-cropping
> silviculture, mechanical harvesting of perrenial polycultures, agroforestry
> etc.  These studies
> would be made available to farmers in a simplified practical format.
>
> 2)  The development of a software program that can bring together the
> enormous amount of
> information that a farmer needs to consider.  From this info, the program
> could reccomend
> how the farmer can minimize their inputs, reccomend remediation strategies
> etc. We could napsterize
> Cargill, Archer Daniels Midland, Monsanto, etc........  ;)
>
>   Whattaya reckon??
>
>   Love
>
> Charles
>