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Re: Mad Cow disease, BSE; Justice is served.



I really would like for you to visit the western half of the North American 
>continent, the mid-latitude steppes of Asia, Patagonia, and the bulk of 
>Australia.  And then I would like for you to tell me what kind of trees or 
>crops are going to grow in podzolic and other low organic matter soils 
>where the mean rainfall doesn't exceed 30cm per year and monthly mean 
>temperatures range from -5 to greater than 30C.

Two comments on the above:

1.  In a recent airing of the _Oregon Trail_ by PBS a statement was made that 
central Oregon (elevation 3000' and above, mean temperture range greater than 
-5 to 30C) is considered the "richest wheat producing area in North America". 
 And don't tell me I'm wrong!  I spent last year in Bend, Oregon!

2. The above totally belies the agricultural accomplishments of such places as 
Findhorne.




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