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[Hannah Roessler <hannahroessler@hotmail.com>]

Hi everyone,

http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/fst30years
http://www.srfood.org/index.php/en/documents-issued Report titled 
"Agroecology and the Right to Food"

Both are key references.  As we surely all know, straight "yield" numbers are 
a one-dimensional representation of the issue.  I find that this argument 
works best when posited as yield over time...especially if you are presenting 
to people who are new to the subject (though certainly, they are soon to be 
recruited!).  The Rodale study is awesome for this.
Cheers!


> From: christopher.nesbitt@mmrfbz.org
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:24:12 -0600
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Yield comparisons with industrial farming?
> 
> Dieter,
> 
> Look at "Agroecology" by Miguel Altieri, Very persuasive, though geared 
> towards tropical agriculture.
> 
> Christopher
> On Apr 26, 2012, at 7:26 AM, Dieter Brand wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Ute, I will have a close look at those references and report back.
> > 
> > Dieter
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 4/26/12, Ute Bohnsack <sustag@eircom.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> From: Ute Bohnsack <sustag@eircom.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [permaculture] Yield comparisons with industrial farming?
> >> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> >> Date: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 11:45 AM
> >> Hi Dieter,
> >> Check out http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/y4137e/y4137e00.htm
> >> Organic agriculture, environment and food security (FAO
> >> 2002).
> >> 
> >> And more recently:
> >> Right to Food: Agroecology outperforms large-scale
> >> industrial farming for global food security, says UN expert
> >> http://www.ohchr.org/en/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=10178
> >> 
> >> That should give you some pointers. You could also google
> >> "Miguel Altieri" with
> >> appropriate keywords. He is one of the foremost academics in
> >> agroecology and has
> >> looked at these issues as far as I remember from doing a
> >> course with him several
> >> years ago.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Best,
> >> Ute
> >> 
> >> On 26/04/2012 10:27:43, Dieter Brand (diebrand@yahoo.com)
> >> wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> 
> >>> I remember reading that Egyptian farming a few thousand
> >> years ago produced
> >>> a higher yield per acre than industrial farming in the
> >> US today.
> >>> 
> >>> My files and data resource       
> >> ...
> >> 
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