I'm probably talking out of turn as I'm hundreds of messages behind, but just read about the imminent food shortages to be caused by accelerating loss of arable land through various forms of contamination, and the increasing cost of energy for industrial agriculture. Seems that it will finally result in appreciation of organic methods for soil restoration and agriculture with cheaper inputs (except labor). Info came from www.dieoff.org/page185.htm. Nancy West Washington --- jeff owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It appears that many of the modern techniques for > feeding the world are bad ideas. Here is a news > snippet > about aquaculture: > > FISH-FARMS CONTRIBUTE TO WORLD FISHERIES COLLAPSE: > A report by the > University of British Columbia Fisheries Center > has found that the non- > Asian global aquaculture industry is "contributing > to the collapse of > world fisheries" says ENN 2/23. The study > concludes that apart from > Asia, the fast-growing aquaculture industry relies > heavily on "farming > of carnivorous species" like salmon, which require > "up to five pounds > of wild fish per each pound of salmon produced." > > Why is it that almost all of our modern food systems > and > solutions are destroying the ecology? > > There is very little good news in farming trends, > ranching > trends, fishing trends, food processing, etc. For > me the > answers involve individuals, small farms, gardens, > and > attitudes about nature. It is here that positive > results are > possible and true success stories can be found. > > jeff (busy composting, gardening, seeding, and > feeling good about it) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
