Hi George, Alex
>I'd take that a bit further. I believe a 5-10 acre farm is capable of
>providing most of the nutritional needs of 50-100 families, or about 10
>families/acre. (Sorry for the US measures).
I'd agree with that. Chinese farmers were doing nearly that a hundred
years ago, and we've learnt a very great deal since then. ("Chinese"
farms and farmers refers more to a farming system than to farms
specifically in China - Chinese-type farms. You find them all over
Southeast Asia, and all over the world.)
Best
Keith
>George
>George Page
>www.seabreezefarm.net
>Vashon Island, WA USA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alex [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:28 AM
> To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [biofuel] The Oil we eat (Harper's)
>
>
> Hi!
>
> Brian C. wrote:
>
> >Mish, (or Keith?)
> >
> >True perhaps, as far as sustainability and efficiency
> >are concerned, small farms are the best solution.
> >However, we have overpopulated this planet to such a
> >degree that there would never be enough land to
> >support our populations with only small, efficient
> >farms.
> >
>
> I disagree with this statement. It takes very little land to support
> sustainable food production. For example 1 acre of land can
> provide food for a family of 4, IMO.
> Alex
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi Kirk
> >>
> >>Interesting one - I posted it before, but no harm in
> >>posting it
> >>again. There was some discussion on it:
> >>http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/BIOFUEL/31859/
> >>
> >>A couple of weeks ago it came up at SANET, the
> >>SustAg list, with
> >>quite a lot more discussion, including some
> >>objections by Biofuel
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