Subject: Re: Defining soil quality (fwd)

From: Victor Guest <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 17:39:23 WST

In article <[email-masked]> you write:

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 > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 14:52:42 -0800 (PST)
 > >From: Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup) <[email-masked]>
 > To: Principles of Sustainable Agriculture <[email-masked]>
 > Subject: Re: Defining soil quality (fwd)
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 > Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 11:22:51 -0500 (EST)
 > >From: [email-masked]
 > To: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" <[email-masked]>
 > Subject: Re: Defining soil quality (fwd)
 >  
 > YES, YES, YES!!!!
 >  
 > A definition of soil quality that is not tied to crop production is
 > where we should be heading.  I've thought about this problem a little,
  
Why 

   Permaculture doesn't need soil to grow things.
 A definition of "crop" should be the first definition.
Then we can see what we can produce if we change the monoculture 
mentality.
Harvesting is the limiting factor.
We have a 30% increase growing peas and wheat together, over growing 
them     
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Regards,
          Vic
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