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Re: The Limits To Growth



In article <JMC.96Nov14130051@Steam.stanford.edu>, jmc@cs.Stanford.EDU wrote:

> Although I disagree with what Loretta McFadden has to say, I'll defend
> the propriety of her saying it.  

Thanks for the sentiment. Better a good enemy than a bad friend, I always say.

> Lay off the personal remarks, and criticize what she writes.  I was
> surprised that her agricultural doomsaying came from agricultural
> educational sources. 

Well, I hope you like surprises, then, you've got more coming. I recommend
browsing (make sure you've got alot of time on your hands, the
bibliographies are very extensive) the USDA's National Agriculture Library
collection called Alternative Farming Systems
(http://www.nalusda.gov/answers/answers.html). Full of what you might call
"agricultural doomsaying." I call it responsible acknowledgement of our
failings, and, subsequently, responsibilities to try to mitigate the
damage we've done to our world. 
 
>The agricultural sources I have consulted have
> been very optimistic.

It actually cheers me up no end to see all the good, forward-thinking work
in sustainable agriculture that's documented.

I think I'll go work on distilling some facts that people in this thread
won't be able to argue with.

Betsy
(aka "Loretta" - nb: I understand it makes some of you very NERVOUS to see
two names like this. The e-mail account of the previous occupant of this
desk has not yet been replaced by an account of my own. RELAX. There's
nothing sinister going on.)



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