permaculture

[Rain Tenaqiya <raincascadia@yahoo.com>]

Here is a discussion within the feminist movement around generational 
conflict that has parallels with the recent conflict on this list:
 
http://www.alternet.org/story/148341/susan_faludi_tackles_feminist_generational_rift_in_harper%27s_--_critic_marcotte_responds?page=entire


 
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One thing to remember here is that grain and soy are dry (more or less) when 
harvested, and veggies are wet. There is no nutrition in water, so those 
numbers aren't comparing the same thing. There are many times more calories 
in the grain and legume acreages, even if the veggies are more diverse foods. 
And I'd heard that the Path to Freedom folks in Pasadena were on 1/4 acre, 
not 1/10, but I don't know for sure. That would mean 24,000, not 60,000 
lbs/acre. Corrections welcome.

Toby
http://patternliteracy.com



>> 
>> *Intensive Food Production*: A typical industrially farmed corn field may
>> yield up to 200 bushels per acre @ 70 lbs per bushel = 14,000 lbs per acre.
>> (Logsdon, Gene, *Small Scale Grain Raising*, Chelsea Greene Publishing,
>> 2009). The record soy yield is 155 bushels per acre @ 60 lbs per bushel =
>> 9,300 lbs per acre (
>> http://deltafarmpress.com/cullers-soybean-record-155-bushels-acre).  An
>> “Urban Homestead” in Pasadena, CA, utilizing many Permaculture strategies
>> produces up to 6,000 lbs harvest annually on 1/10 acre and grows 99% of
>> their produce. That’s 60,000 lbs per acre of diverse organic foods. (
>> http://urbanhomestead.org/urban-homestead)
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