Subject: Re: Inquiry: Farmscaping (fwd)
From: [email-masked] (Lawrence F. London, Jr.)
Date: 27 Jul 1994 03:11:12 -0000
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture

Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 16:15:41 EDT
From:[email-masked]
To: [email-masked], Farmer to Farmer <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Inquiry: Farmscaping

> Date sent:      Wed, 13 Jul 1994 10:11:17 -0700
> From:           Farmer to Farmer <[email-masked]>
> To:             [email-masked]
> Subject:        Inquiry: Farmscaping

> We are planning an article on farmscaping for the Sept. issue of Farmer to
> farmer, a quarterly journal on susag. for conventional farmers. Does
> anyone have any good examples or references to share on this topic? As I
> see it, the point is that having a diverse ecosystem on the farm--one
> that encourages all manner of species--brings numerous benefits to the
> farmer and the community at large. What I hope to do is explain some of
> thsoe benefits to our conventional readers, as well as describe how to
> get started. We will use success stories to highlight major points.
> Thanks!
> Lori Pottinger, assistant editor
>

Lori, that is the whole ethos of Permaculture, increasing diversity 
on the farm, planning spatial and temporal orientations to maximize 
beneficial relationships between the increased diversity of species.  
bill Mollison is the originator of the movement and he has many books 
on the subject, just search under Permaculture.  Good Luck

John VanLeeuwen
Agroecosystem Health program
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario Canada N1G 2W1