From sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.eduSat May 18 11:40:45 1996 Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 22:17:27 -0700 (PDT) From: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture Subject: sustainability and humus building (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 11:48:39 -1000 From: Bob Faust To: sustag@beta.tricity.wsu.edu Subject: sustainability and humus building My ideas on sustainability and how it relates to historical agroecology,sustainabilty must be coupled with constant renewal and production of humic substances, the Hawaiians,knew this,they were sustainable,my ancestors the Amish /Mennonites knew it and the Maya and Anastaziof the S.W knew it. ,Humic acids are the key wheather from leaves, or natural desposits. People that don't wnat to accept this have failed in agriculture history. Humus make soil from rock and if you don't beleive it come to the Big island of Hawaii and I will show you. Check out my web for more provacative info. Why have humates and humus been a surpressed concept in the U.S.?? http://www.wp.com/bioag/humatehist1.html Robert H. Faust Ph.D. Agroecologist Faust Bio-Agricultural Services, Inc. P.O. Box 800, Honaunau, Hawaii 96726 U.S.A. 808-328-2083 "To be economical and ecological, agriculture must be biological" http://www.wp.com/bioag/