permaculture

[venaurafarm <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>]

On 11/22/2012 10:24 PM, paul wheaton wrote:
> > Is there a thread or forum on Sepp's ideas about food production at
> > Permies?
>
> Probably about 40 threads.

I will check them out. You usually have a large community of doers and 
knowledgeable folks who write well and upload great pix of their projects.

Needless to say we need more of that, here in this list and at Permies,
matters not where, just needs to be done.

Will anyone take us seriously when we talk about feeding over 20 billion 
people without the need for manure from feedlots or factory livestock 
operations, chemical fertilizers, pesticides or draining underground 
water aquifers of their reserves for irrigation? I am sure more will 
every year when they realize they need better nutrition, can eat locally 
and what is in season, need less or no meat and can achieve
great health and longevity eating vegan and raw vegan diets, i.e. 
unprocessed foods. Also traditional chinese and japanese macrobiotic,
mostly vegan or ovo-pesco-vegetarian diets are sensible ways to feed 
yourself. Small dishes of a wide variety of quality foods are served at 
a meal; you never overeat yet are properly nourished. Foods and diets 
like these are easier to produce, take less land and can benefit from 
streamlined production systems.

To see what won't work watch the Ken Burns documentary The American Dust 
Bowl on PBS. To witness the next dust bowl just stay tuned to the long 
term effects of chemical fertilizer/pesticides and herbicides/GMO 
agriculture on some of the best farmland on the planet. Don't forget the 
waste and depletion of natural phosphate reserves worldwide.