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Re: Life in the Soil->Nature Farming, Biodynamics, & Luebke
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Subject: Re: Life in the Soil->Nature Farming, Biodynamics, & Luebke
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From: brateaver@aol.com (BRateaver)
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Date: 1 Nov 1996 08:51:10 -0500
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Article: 15761 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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This post is a little mixed up, not quite correct.
The video that is put out by Nature Farming is called
The Living Soil.
The information on the source for this video is correct, but I paid $20
for it, and have not heard that the price has been lowered. It covers more
than one farmer's effort, and really is very valuable. It shows a farmer
at work, etc.
It is also good
but not quite as spectacular as the one from WSAA, which is Life in the
Soil, which is the one showing electron microscope views, and, as the post
said, rhizotron photos.
I explained in a former post somewhere, that this all started when one
rich man in Japan, who had 3 daughters, left his money equally to them. I
don't know about the one daughter, but the other two spent it for ag, one
for what is now Nature Farming, with farm in Lompoc but office moved to
Tucson, AZ, and there they make the EM inoculant, by EM Technologies.
This group is very active, recently did a joint meeting with IFOAM in
Europe, and the scientist who made the inoculant, starting with his grad
years and continuing his scientific researching, is Dr. Higa.
This is the outfit that encourages visit to its farm, and puts on
scientific data conferences. Their Living Soil video emphasizes the
farmers at work making good soil, and is very encouraging. You see what is
happening on such a farm, and why..
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The outift that sells the video Life in the Soil is a separate group, and
altho they have a farm in Long Beach it is not publicized and they do not
encourage visitors. The video is spectacular, yes, but the emphasis of
that organization is organization--the famous people in various contries
are the ones with official status--names you would know if you are in the
organic movement.
But the video that is so striking pictures the farm in Japan, with the
machinery turning the soil, crops growing, trees blossoming, as well as
the rhizotron photos where you actually see before your eyes the soil
creatures at work.
B. Rateaver