Good point!agriculture is not onlt providing the food and fibre to sustain our life, but also stands an only interface between nature and society system that can balance them. As a matter of fact, many horobale ecologist like Eugene Odum learned that agroecosystem sciences (particular agroecology) would be a common interests between ecologists and agronomists.
Songliang Wang, PhD Fujian agricultue and Forest University, China. > Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:07:56 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Notwithstanding that Agriculture is Anathema to > Ecology, Consider Permaculture > To: [email protected] > > I always wonder if all the high and mighty ecologists who look down their > noses at agriculture like to eat food? And if so, are they eating grubs and > berries from their pristine research sites or are they eating food that was > produced by farmers? Unless these snooty ecologists are 100% in the grub and > berry camp, I suggest that their denigrating attitudes about agriculture are > laughably hypocritical. > > Furthermore, agroecosystems comprise a large percentage of the earth's total > land mass. This is unlikely to change, especially given the enormous > pressures on resources that will increase as the world's population > continues to increase. Enlightened ecologists already recognize the enormous > importance of agroecoystems for protecting resources and conserving what is > left of biodiversity. > > Anyone who continues to spout the "agriculture is anathema" rhetoric is > merely lagging behind the cutting edge of ecological thought, in my humble > opinion. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/
