... non-native species. I assumed that the Fukoka techniques support the establisment of native species and avoiding introduction of non-native. However I do...
Powell's Books (Portland, Oregon, USA) has two copies of The Natural Way of Farming ($17.95 & $34.95, both in good condition) and one copy of The Road Back to...
... other ... Joanne, I live in N. Calif but frequently travel to S. CA where I help a number of friends tend their small organic back yard gardens. Though I...
Remember that when you save seeds from the plants that are non-native veggies in your garden and continue to plant them year after year, you get a plant that...
Don & Jim... it's getting hot in here, almost incestuous!! ... Don, an embarassing confession, I clumsily deleted your recent email after briefly skimming it!!...
... Not a reasonable assumption in my opinion. 8-] An article in New Zealand's "Growing Today" helped clarify my thinking on this dichotomy. The essence (from...
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Wendy
journee@...
Jul 2, 2002 2:13 am
Hi all, As an ecologist, I definitely do not advocate planting non-native species. They can have many different neg. effects on the natural envioronment, some ...
... species. ... envioronment, some ... I am aware of the negative over all impact of non-native species. And agree, thats why I brought up the discussion. ...
-While you are in Calif. since you will be in Sunnyvale you need to go into the Santa Cruz mountains and see some old growth redwoods. There are some in Big...
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Carol
reggiecs@...
Jul 2, 2002 4:23 pm
blugra said, in part ... I think it should be mentioned that these super gaseous and polluting cattle are your standard, grain-fed, feedlot cattle. 100%...
Reply: Your question raises several critical points about the acceptance of any proposed approach to agriculture. The worst thing any of us could do would be...
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Carol
reggiecs@...
Jul 2, 2002 7:29 pm
You can also take a very nice train ride through big redwoods at Roaring Camp / Big Trees. http://www.roaringcamp.com/maps.html Carol...
From: "Carol" <reggiecs@...> said, in part ... While I believe you are right about grass-fed, free-ranging cattle emitting much less methane, I am SURE...
Yes, Carol I do realize this, but the entire industry is involved in many levels not just raising of cattle (grain or grass fed) but the processing, and the...
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Carol
reggiecs@...
Jul 2, 2002 10:44 pm
The number of cattle on the planet may indeed be unsustainable; but so, probably, is the number of humans. Carol...
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Carol
reggiecs@...
Jul 2, 2002 10:45 pm
But aren't those things the result of overgrazing? Carol...
... Perhaps, although I seem to recall that it has to do with HOW they graze, as well. Nonetheless, didn't this discussion start with someone suggesting that ...
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Carol
reggiecs@...
Jul 2, 2002 11:41 pm
What I first responded to was the implication that cattle pollute by their mere presence, that there is no way they cannot pollute. I just wanted to point out...
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Carol
reggiecs@...
Jul 2, 2002 11:46 pm
By "how they graze", do you mean the difference between those grazing animals who trim and those who uproot? Carol...
Something of that nature. It's been many years since I have had anything to do with this topic. My information is foggy and perhaps outdated. ... From: "Carol"...
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Wendy
journee@...
Jul 3, 2002 2:58 am
I totally agree!! Not to mention the fact that it means we have a connection with the Earth and life and on some level help sustain ourselves---with the help...
I will post an email from another group I subscribe to, which is why the subject was on my mind. I thought it a pretty clear outline of the problems and I...
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Don Graves
dgraves@...
Jul 3, 2002 9:08 am
accurate info? ... ....or urban toilet humour? ... & sometimes "CRAP" information (to use another pun) no offence meant by this... however ...please get it...
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Don Graves
dgraves@...
Jul 3, 2002 10:19 am
accurate info? ... oops.. I shouldn't have been so quick to criticise before ... & I've sent the last message before a manual read spell check of...
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Carol
reggiecs@...
Jul 3, 2002 1:26 pm
Personally, I believe that human nutrition cannot work in the long term without animal foods, whether those animals be cattle, birds, fish, insects, or...
... Perhaps, Ms. Carol, You should review Your "belief", for i have "experimented" upon myself - for long enough now - that Human nutrition cannot possibly be...
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Carol
reggiecs@...
Jul 3, 2002 6:50 pm
None of us, jb, has the absolute truth about nutrition. You go by what makes sense to you and what works for your body, and I do likewise. When it comes to...
Actually there were more Tribal Americans when the first Europeans came. Research has shown more recently that there were large cities of them with huge...
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Carol
reggiecs@...
Jul 3, 2002 7:10 pm
Those links sound intriguing. I'm interested. ... Carol...
