Re: sustainable farming

YankeePerm@aol.com
Fri, 3 Jan 1997 09:32:33 -0500

In a message dated 1/2/97 8:09:26 PM, you wrote:

>"I think farming is inherently unsustainable" was written by Yankee.
>
>Firstly what is farming?
>
>Northern Hemisphere battery poultry, cows, vealers, etc., is not, but
>controlled grazing is and has been for a million years??
>
>Wild life had their own grazing rotations and developed wonderful pastures
>in many countries.
>
>So sustainable farming is no big deal, making humans open their eyes is.
>
>Best wishes for 1997
>
>Vaughan Jones
>(ex dairy & beef farmer & consultant)
>Hamilton
>New Zealand
>jonesv@wave.co.nz

OK Vaughan:

You are right. I was too broad. I was thinking tillage. Grazing as farming
can be very sustainable indeed. Please pass to crow (or better, drop the R).

Dan Hemenway