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> I am very sorry for the nasty tone that some recent messages have
> had. It seems to me that the purpose of SANet is for people to exchange
> ideas. Some ideas may appear kind of "off the wall" to others. But keep
> in mind that it was not that long ago that "sustainabale agriculture" was
> also considered a pretty crazy idea by many people. In fact, especially
> for those of you on graze-l, it was not that long ago that the very idea
> that you could profitably use the pasture resource for commercial milk
> production was considered by most people (farmers, extension, and
> researchers) to be close to insane.
> It is clear that the people sending these messages are not
> interested in rational discourse on the issues, but rather with letting
> people know how upset they are. I suggest that we ignore the more
> unpleasant messages and move on to other issues.
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> FRED
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> PLEASE NOTE: new email address--- fmagdoff@zoo.uvm.edu
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> Fred Magdoff
> Northeast Region SARE Program
> Hills Building
> University of Vermont
> Burlington, VT 05405
> tel:802-656-0472
> fax:802-656-4656
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