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Farming the Future
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Subject: Farming the Future
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From: ak58910@proffa.cc.tut.fi (Kivivalli Antti)
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Date: 2 Jul 1996 18:14:15 GMT
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Article: 13337 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Distribution: world
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Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture, sci.agriculture
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Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Computing Centre
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Xref: newz.oit.unc.edu alt.sustainable.agriculture:13337 sci.agriculture:12377
New Renaissance is a quartely magazine with a positive approach
towards contemporary problems. In the issue Vol.6, No.2 the theme is
Farming the Future: Ecological Agriculture in the 21st Century.
Youcan find more information about New Renaissance and also Steve
Diver's article on sustainable agriculture from the New Renaissance
web pages at <http://www.kaapeli.fi/~samps/newren/>.
Here's the contents of feature articles of the latest issue:
Farming the Future: Ecological Agriculture in the 21st Century
Will the farms of the future be huge tracts managed by faceless
corporations? Will farm animals be little more than machines in vast
factories? Despite worrying trends in this direction, several systems
of cultivation offer the promise of an agriculture which is beneficial
to humans, animals and the wider ecosystem. Articles in this issue
include:
* Towards a Sustainable Agriculture by Steve Diver
We can produce healthy food for all without destroying the
environment. A look at the different systems of alternative
agriculture.
* Forest Gardens by Robert A de J Hart
Agroforestry "offers a degree of productivity far in excess of any
achieved by the most 'advanced' sytems of orthodox horticulture
and agribusiness."
* Grow Your Own Home by Kirby Fry
"Natural building encompasses the ethics of permaculture--care of
the earth, care of all species, and the return of excess to the
land."
* Camphill Communities by Gerrit Impens
"In the Camphill Communites handicapped people find a home and
place to take part in meaningful work."
* Animals in Agriculture by Joanne Bower
"A better relationship between farmers and animals would increase
the dignity and well-being of both."
* The Agrarian Revolution by P.R. Sarkar
"In a healthy economy, decentralization is essential
(and)...agricultural land should be managed through the
cooperative system."
* Animal Rights in Eastern Europe by Ian Gottstein
An interview with a Slovakian animal rights activist
* Fur Farming in Finland by Mia Salli
Intensive farming of foxes for the fur trade has stirred a
controversy in the north.
New Renaissance magazine can be contacted via e-mail at
100614.637@CompuServe.COM.
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