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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] [Fwd: Re: [SANET-MG] Organic Farming May Be the Best Route to Global Food Security]
  • Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:07:11 -0500



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [SANET-MG] Organic Farming May Be the Best Route to Global Food
Security
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:50:55 -0500
From: Bowman, Greg <greg.bowman@RODALEINST.ORG>
Reply-To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group <SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>, "Bowman, Greg" <greg.bowman@RODALEINST.ORG>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

Edna,

Research only goes so far as a human motivator. Farmers face lots of
challenges, and taking on a new management approach means shouldering
risk.
Farmers who are ready to try something new (out of extreme need or
honest interest) choose from the options available -- and many don't
think that organic is a real option. Unless they've seen someone they
know being successful over a period of time at organics, it can seem too
different for them to try.

Our approach at Rodale is to show how others have done it with
increasing diversity, to allow new farmers to make choices they feel
will work for them. There are many drivers to keep doing the same thing,
convenience and one's peer group being key. Once one person in a farming
community starts experimenting, it often allows others to see if it will
work for them.

Our online course is designed to take the mystery out of organic ag, and
give the essentials of what it takes to transition. This allows people
who are all curious to check out the system from the privacy of their
own home. See at http://www.tritrainingcenter.org/course/


Greg Bowman
www.rodaleinstitute.org




  • [permaculture] [Fwd: Re: [SANET-MG] Organic Farming May Be the Best Route to Global Food Security], Lawrence F. London, Jr., 12/12/2008

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