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  • From: Linda Ray <lindaray@att.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>, Market Farming <marketfarming@lists.ibiblio.org>, Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group <SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] "warning that the , global availability of phosphorus fertilizer will begin to decline"
  • Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:53:53 -0700 (PDT)

IMHO when/if that happens, it should instigate a change away from the
current nonfunctional NPK model and produce a resurgence of sustainable
farming,
by necessity.


Maybe that's what it takes to effect a broadstroke change in farming methods.

I just think it's too bad that the majority of mankind seems to wait and lag
back until it has totally run out of things, and apparently has to be coping
desperately with a scarcity of supply before making any change in habits.
Instead of thinking ahead and seeing the longer-term effects of its
practices,
and switching onto a more positive, sustainable track.

Necessity may be the mother of invention in current-day practices, but life
is
indeed a circle. IMHO it's up to us to turn it into an upward spiral, where
inspiration becomes the mother of invention.

JM $.02

Namaste,

Linda





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Sent: Thu, March 31, 2011 11:18:42 AM
Subject: [permaculture] "warning that the , global availability of phosphorus
fertilizer will begin to decline"



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"Five major scientific societies united to issue a warning that the
global availability of phosphorus fertilizer will begin to decline
sharply just as the human population reaches 9 billion."

http://www.newswise.com/articles/global-crunch-in-supplies-of-key-fertilizer-could-threaten-food-supply-and-raise-prices


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I think I may have solved the Fukuoka dynamite mystery. On pp. 163, 164 of
“Natural Farming” he talks about using acacias for soil improvement. In
one place, the English translation reads “this was far easier than blasting
with dynamite …” The past tense “was” in this sentence gives the
impression that he used dynamite in the past to loosen the soil. That is not
the meaning of the Japanese original, which should have been translated in
the present tense “is”. What he is trying to say is simply that it is
easier to loosen the soil by using the organic matter from the acacias than
by using such technical means as dynamite, bulldozers, etc. and not that he
actually used dynamite himself. That any small Japanese farmer in those days
should have used dynamite to loosen the soil strikes me as highly unlikely.

I think the English translations of Fukuoka’s books generally convey the
correct meaning, but there are numerous inaccuracies, mistakes and omissions.
Sometimes a small mistake can lead to a big misunderstanding.

Dieter






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