The San Joaquin Valley California lands and farms are facing the same issues - urban pressure. May we look at other countries for some examples of how family farms survived over many many generations? Perhaps others on this listserv can provide examples. For example, the California Yokut indigenous tribes of Califonria survied for thousands of years in the Central Valley basin of California. Is it fair to compare their ability to sustain over multiple generations by living with nature VS the modern society of mixed urban and agriculture and material gain vs. other?
http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/NativeWebPages/yokut%20page.html Respectfully Submitted Phillip Wolfe --- Kim & Garth Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I have been thinking about the problems with factory > farms vs sustainable > farms. I appears, to me at least, that the debate > has an erroneous > assumption; that all large farms are factory and > that most small farms are > sustainable. This is totally false. I have seen > some small 5 to 7 acre > homesteads that can outdo any large farm for > pollution. The worst > offenders I have seen are the people who raise ducks > and geese, by the > hundreds on a couple of acres. I have also seen a > 5000 acre farm, farmed > by 3 generations of a family that is moving steadily > towards true > sustainability. Incorporating the use of chicken > tractors for fertility, > goats for weed control and other measure to nurture > the land of a huge > dairy and beef cattle farm. As more and more > intentional communities are > formed, we are seeing more and more large > sustainable farms. It has become > clear that we need to look beyond the size and > output of a farm to decide > what type it actually is. > > Bright Blessigns, > Kim > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
