Subject: Re: [permaculture] Major Victory for family farmers, sustainable agriculture: Food Safety Bill Passes with Family Farm Protections
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 18:02:13 -0700
On Dec 3, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Killian O'Brien wrote:
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> And that doesn't include turning our lawns into gardens. Lawns in the US =
> 3x the acreage used for corn production.
That didn't seem right to me, and It's actually 4-6x more corn acreage than
lawn.
Acres in corn, 2010: 88.2 million
Acres in lawn, 2010: 14 to 25 million
Re: [permaculture] Major Victory for family farmers, sustainable agriculture: Food Safety Bill Passes with Family Farm Protections,
Toby Hemenway, 12/03/2010