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Re: John Hagelin: Old vs New Approach in Agriculture
Jeffrey Ranalletta <poa@expert.cc.purdue.edu> wrote:
>This is reply to Mr. Stehvan's comment about the resource ratio he
>mentioned in his posting.
>Dear Sir:
>We do have fun times ahead. We have the chance as american
>agriculturalists to face not only the challenge of feeding the world,
>which is taken so much for granted that nobody cares, but saving untold
>Earth area from habitat distruction.
>Those third world countries are not going to
>be third world countries for long. They are going to want to eat just as
>well as we do today in the very near future. China's animal protien
>intake rises at a pace equal to or better than it wealth. With more
>than a billion people eating that well, we as agriculturalists better keep
>cracking at how to increase yield with the land we have now.
> I know the first response of "permacultrualists?" is to say quit
>eating meat. Right. That will be just as difficult as convincing
>populations to stop reproducing. It has not and will never work. If
>populations cannot be fed in a way that they want, they will burn any
>forest to the ground, ignoring our pained cries about habitat.
> Folks, the answer is in our own back yard. Let's take the leg-irons of
>subsidies, trade restraint and over-reguation off the American farmer.
>She is the best answer to habitat preservation the world has to offer.
>Direct your flames to:
>Jeff Ranalletta
>poa@expert.cc.purdue.edu
Jeff,
Some years ago China instituted a state law that couples could only
have one (1) child. They recognized the limit of their resources. They
have made one hell of a sacrifice.
Mike
P.S. They will have a nation where there are no aunts or uncles.
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