Okay, for an absolute newbie... please define your
terms. What are the characteristics of Chinese farms
/ farming?
Thanks,
Rebecca
--- Keith Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>
> <snip>
>
>
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