Debunking the Myth - only Industrial Agriculture can Feed the World

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Debunking the Myth - only Industrial Agriculture can Feed the World
- Organic Agriculture and Food Security
Hold the agrichemicals: Organic ag could keep markets brimming with food. I've written about it once
already, but I want to return to The Economist's recent special series about how industrial agriculture is
the true and only way to feed the 9 billion people who will inhabit the world by 2050.
The framing, I think, is extremely interesting.
The widely revered magazine identifies two strains of thought on the food system's future: one serious
and one frivolous.
The serious one -- made up of "food companies, plant breeders, and international development
agencies" -- is "concerned mainly with feeding the world's growing population," which it plans to do
"through the spread of modern farming, plant research and food processing in poor countries."
The frivolous one -- "influential among non-governmental organizations and some consumers" --
"concentrates more on the food problems of richer countries, such as concerns about animal welfare and
obesity," The Economist writes.
This group fixates on the question of "what should we have for dinner," but has little to say about
feeding the globe's growing population.
And since The Economist's special report "concentrates on the problems of feeding the 9 billion," not
the trivial omnivorous dilemmas of wealthy Berkeleyites, the magazine throws its lot in with the
companies, plant breeders, and international development agencies -- the Serious People Looking for
Real Solutions for Feeding the World.
I'm focusing on this Economist spread because I think it beautifully exemplifies (and reinforces) the
conventional wisdom on the future of food.
President Obama displayed his fealty to it by placing an agrichemical-industry lobbyist in charge of
agricultural trade negotiations and by tapping a Monsanto-funded scientist to lead the USDA's
research program.
USDA chief Tom Vilsack expresses it when he natters on about ramming open foreign markets to our
surplus farm products.
Nina Fedoroff, until recently the State Department's chief science advisor, promotes it every chance she
gets. She has moved on from shaping U.S. foreign policy on ag science to another influential position:
president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The globe's best-endowed grant maker, the Gates Foundation, endorses it every time it cuts a
deal with agribusiness giants like Monsanto and BASF.

2. The problem is, the conventional wisdom is wrong -- or, at the very least, much more contested than its
champions let on. The Economist insisted that international development agencies had embraced Big
Ag as the solution to the globe's food problem, but that simply isn't true.
Indeed, for years now, a steady stream of reports has emerged from the development agencies calling
for new directions. In 2008, the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development and the U.N. Environment
Program issued a paper called "Organic Agriculture and Food Security in Africa."
It reads like a direct refutation of The Economist's claims.
The report concludes:
Organic agriculture can increase agricultural productivity and can raise incomes with low-cost, locally
available and appropriate technologies, without causing environmental damage. Furthermore, evidence
shows that organic agriculture can build up natural resources, strengthen communities and improve
human capacity, thus improving food security by addressing many different causal factors
simultaneously ... Organic and near-organic agricultural methods and technologies are ideally suited for
many poor, marginalized smallholder farmers in Africa, as they require minimal or no external inputs,
use locally and naturally available materials to produce high-quality products, and encourage a whole
systemic approach to farming that is more diverse and resistant to stress.
That same year, the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a report that echoed those
conclusions.
Entitled:
"Mitigating Global Warming, Providing Food Security and Self-Reliance for Rural Livelihoods"
The report points to the Tigray area of Ethiopia, "previously known as one of the most degraded
Regions of Ethiopia."
There, more than 20,000 farming families saw yields of major cereals and pulses nearly double "using
ecological agricultural practices such as composting, water and soil conservation
activities, agroforestry, and crop diversification" -- even as "the use of chemical
fertilizers ... steadily decreased."
The phase out of synthetic and mined fertilizers was key, because "most poor farmers, particularly in
degraded lands and in market-marginalized areas, are not able to afford external inputs," the report
states.
Perhaps even more crucially, the FAO researchers found that "ecological agriculture"
could "assist farmers in adapting to Global Warming" by making farm fields more
resilient to stress.
So why isn't eco-agriculture catching on? The report cites a bevy of obstacles, none of them
technological:

3. Lack of policy support at local, national, regional and international levels, resource and capacity
constraints, and a lack of awareness and inadequate information, training and research on ecological
agriculture at all levels.
At a conference in 2009, the FAO once again bluntly contradicted the conventional wisdom.
"In the name of intensification in many places around the world, farmers over-ploughed, over-fertilized,
over-irrigated, over-applied pesticides," Shivaji Pandey, director of FAO's Plant Production and
Protection Division, declared.
"But in so doing we also affected all aspects of the soil, water, land, biodiversity and the services
provided by an intact ecosystem. That began to bring yield growth rates down."
In place of industrial methods, Pandey called for "conservation agriculture," which he
described as a "farming system that does not use regular ploughing and tillage but promotes permanent
soil cover and diversified crop rotation to ensure optimal soil health and productivity."
Then there's the International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for
Development (IAASTD).
Under the auspices of the United Nations, World Bank, World Health Organization, and other
institutions, the IAASTD gathered 400 scientists and development experts from dozens of nations to
assess the very problems examined by The Economist. A three-year project, it has been called the IPCC
of agriculture.
Its conclusion : agroecological practices -- including the very organic farming techniques
scorned by The Economist -- are at least as important as agrichemicals and biotechnology in terms of
"feeding the world" in the decades to come.
As for the alleged panacea of genetically modified seeds, the IAASTD was so unenthusiastic
about GMOs that Croplife International, the trade group for the globe's dominant
GMO/agrichemical purveyors, angrily pulled out of participation shortly before its release -- as,
disgracefully, did the U.S. and Canadian governments in solidarity.
Just last week, the U.N. Environment Program yet again came out against Big Ag, this time as
part of its broad Green Economy initiative.
The agency released an advance copy of a report called "Agriculture: Investing in Natural
Capital."
It amounts to a blistering assault on the Big Agribusiness.
It briskly names the main problems with the goal of spreading U.S.-style industrial agriculture to the
global south:
Conventional/industrial agriculture is energy and input-intensive.

4. Its high productivity relies on the extensive use of petrochemical fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, fuel,
water, and continuous new investment (e.g. in advanced seed varieties and machinery).
In place of the industrial model, the report calls for what it terms "green agriculture,"
characterized by low-tech, high-skilled methods like "restoring and enhancing soil fertility
through the increased use of naturally and sustainably produced nutrient inputs; diversified crop
rotations; and livestock and crop integration."
In other words, the basic tenets of organic agriculture, which were developed by an English plant
pathologist drawing on the methods of Indian peasant farmers in the first half of the 20th century.
Such agriculture can indeed "feed the 9 billion," to use The Economist's phrase. The report concludes
that "use of green agricultural practices and technologies" can boost global per capita calorie
availability from today's 2,800 to around 3,200 calories by 2050.
And it can do so in a way that doesn't drive millions of smallholder farmers off the land and into cities
ill-equipped to absorb them, like the so-called Green Revolution transition to industrial farming in the
‘60s and ‘70s did in South Asia.
"Green Agriculture has the potential to be a net creator of jobs that provides higher
return on labour inputs than conventional agriculture," the report states.
Transitioning to green agriculture will take serious investment, the report acknowledges: $198 billion
per year from 2011 to 2050.
But the original Green Revolution required massive investments, too -- as do present-day schemes that
involve "feeding the world" with patented biotech seeds, large energy-sucking machines, and
chemical fertilizers.
And investing in Green Agriculture offers high returns:
Studies suggest that "Return on investments (ROI) in agricultural knowledge, science and technology
across commodities, countries and regions on average are high (40-50 per cent) and have not declined
over time.
In terms of social gains, the Asian Development Bank Institute concluded that investment needed to
move a household out of poverty through engaging farmers in Organic Agriculture could be
only US$32 to US$38 per capita
This latest report confirms that there is indeed a consensus forming in development-policy circles on
the feed-the-world question, but it's the opposite of what The Economist presented.
Green Agriculture, not Big Ag, points the way forward to feeding the world.
The question becomes, why are so many influential commentators behind the curve?
How can The Economist so confidently pretend away the emerging consensus?

5. (I can't resist noting that in the acknowledgments to its special food series, the magazine named as
sources Monsanto, Syngenta, the Monsanto-funded Donald Danforth Plant Science Center,
and Kraft Foods, along with the World Bank and the FAO.)
Why did President Obama staff his ag-policy positions with people who act like they've never
heard anything but Big Ag Propaganda?
When is the Gates Foundation going to move its considerable resources behind green ag?
How can a smart writer like The Washington Post's ace political blogger Ezra Klein casually declare, as
he did last year, that "Industrial farms are the future," citing nothing more than a half-baked
newspaper report?
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Thanks for the great article and references. Perhaps as we hit a peak in oil production, and fuel prices
rise, we will see a return to less fertilizer and pesticide intensive food production.
The world may simply be forced - through higher oil prices - to become more organic and local. And
we may see a flourishing of farmers markets and home grown gardens.
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During World War II, victory gardens planted in backyards and on urban rooftops supplied much of the
nation's food. Growing locally and earnestly can provide nutritious, real food for a large population.
Industrial agriculture only feeds the world if people are content with living off franken corn and all its
pseudo-food derivatives.
People will have plenty of food if they grow it themselves and/or support their local farmers.
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It is estimated that some 55% of food in Russia is produced on just 7% of arable land by the common
populace on "dacha gardens" -- small plots, primarily organic, run by extended families.
Contrast this with the vast majority of arable land in the hands of large, formerly state-owned industrial
farms, that turn out only about 20% of the food. (The balance is provided by intermediate-sized farms.)
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As to "frankencorn" it's bt corn and I suggest you look at what frankencorn pollen is doing to our water
ways -- among other damage.
You might even research horizontal gene migration; do you want your intestinal flora producing bt?

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Horirizontal gene transfer happened over millenia and is a part of evolution, correct, BUT Mother
nature did it her own way and in her own time. What is being done here is mostly a manmade synthetic
HGT to change the DNA of a plant to accept a manmade synthetic chemical. Sorry, doesnt sound
appetizing to me. This is a drastic and rapid evolutionary mistake.
Further more, in the last 2 decades there is has been a major increase in corn allergies or intolerances
and also wheat guten intolerance. This may or may not have anything to do with GMOs, but it certainly
shows us that too much of a good thing becomes a bad thing. (and that is where the subsidy issue fall
into place)
Why does almost every single packaged food /now even plastics, make up, carpeting, even fresh
veggies covered in food grade wax contain either wheat, soy or corn?
Because of heavy subsidies. Just because my body produces just the right amount of insulin and it is
good to have that amount, when it is ramped up there are major troubles.
Same thing goes for our surplus of the subsidized grains. I believe we are being negatively affected by
just too much of a good thing.
It wont be too long before the peoples of Brasil, Argentina, India, Iran, Pakistan, Africa, and where ever
else GMO are being pushed end up with our "so called Western illnesses" mark my words
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Check out "Schooling the World” for some real insight into this.
It is oft said that education is the way out of poverty. And yet, third-world education initiatives are
often little more than training people to be employees.
People who subsistence-farmed in a cash-free economy then go off to the cities to live in slums and
work in factories.
This film demonstrates that education is often the *cause* of poverty!
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Climate and Poverty Earth Day Sunday Resource
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http://scribd.com/doc/51120546
Climate Justice
http://calameo.com/books/00062163154285f01058b
http://scribd.com/doc/50875056
Communities in Peril - Global impacts of Pesticide Use
http://calameo.com/books/0006408720a23c5ae3e93
http://scribd.com/doc/52079180
Connecting the Dots - Biodiversity, Adaptation and Food Security
http://calameo.com/books/000640845c55c74b0e283
http://scribd.com/doc/52079279
Cry of Creation: A Call for Climate Justice
http://en.calameo.com/books/0005712425bcbf9f719d9
http://scribd.com/doc/51120558
Family Fruit Farmers: Poisoning by Pesticides
http://calameo.com/books/0006408450bac19747754
http://scribd.com/doc/52079483
Farm Worker Exposure to Pesticides
http://calameo.com/books/000640845044b9e753aef
http://scribd.com/doc/52079516
Farm Workers Poisoned in Pesticide Drift Accident
http://calameo.com/books/00064084553d618cd7008
http://scribd.com/doc/52079566
Farmworker Health Facts
http://calameo.com/books/000640845a6d295238c50
http://scribd.com/doc/52079641
Fields of Poison: California Farmworkers and Pesticides
http://calameo.com/books/0006408450460dedaaf32
http://scribd.com/doc/52079697

17. Global Wariming Impact on Food Security in the Pacific - Vanuatu
http://calameo.com/books/00064084512133b94c27b
http://scribd.com/doc/52079824
Global Warming Impacts on the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals
http://calameo.com/books/0006408456c307b9e86bf
http://scribd.com/doc/52080130
Global Warming Impact on Nepal
http://calameo.com/books/000640845247227c64cf2
http://scribd.com/doc/52080001
Global Warming Mitigation in Pastoralism Dry Lands
http://calameo.com/books/00064087225c0a5c71418
http://scribd.com/doc/52107003
Health Hazards of Peticides in Pakistan
http://calameo.com/books/000640872a9e9ca92cfef
http://scribd.com/doc/52107154
How to Assist the Small Scale Farmer
http://calameo.com/books/0006408729314a9d4ff76
http://scribd.com/doc/52107170
How Will Global Warming Impact World Food Supplies?
http://en.calameo.com/books/00062163191b1fbf2e884
http://scribd.com/doc/51309240
Just Climate
http://en.calameo.com/books/000571242b6b49fe9b006
http://scribd.com/doc/51120874
Indian Farmers Suffering from Toxic Pesticides
http://calameo.com/books/0006408723a8a940f9a55
http://scribd.com/doc/52107229
Kenyan Farm Workers: Poisoning by Pesticides
http://calameo.com/books/0006408724ea97eff7f9f
http://scribd.com/doc/52107250
Oxfam Launches East Africa Appeal for Starving People
Drought is Killing People, Food Prices Soar
http://en.calameo.com/books/0006216310cafa1675dc6
http://scribd.com/doc/51309187
Pesticide exports to the Third World
http://calameo.com/books/00064087213780bdd5d69
http://scribd.com/doc/52107495
Pesticide Poisoning Killing Asian Farm Workers
http://calameo.com/books/00064087289b1e91b291c
http://scribd.com/doc/52107544

18. Pesticide Poisoning of Residents Near Farm Fields
http://calameo.com/books/000640872410684ed82e2
http://scribd.com/doc/52107563
Pesticide Safety Laws Fail to Protect Farmworkers
http://calameo.com/books/0006408725f66aec819f8
http://scribd.com/doc/52107576
Pesticide Use and Health Costs
http://calameo.com/books/000640872e6327a044830
http://scribd.com/doc/52107597
PESTICIDES AND WOMEN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICA
http://calameo.com/books/0006408726e68a3e81dce
http://scribd.com/doc/52107613
Pesticides Are Dangerous
http://calameo.com/books/000640872e8480cab16d0
http://scribd.com/doc/52107626
Pesticides Are Poison
http://calameo.com/books/00064087250920f70d439
http://scribd.com/doc/52107646
Pesticides poison Colorado farm workers
http://calameo.com/books/000640872ce96b4413a69
http://scribd.com/doc/52107662/
Plight of the Farmworker - Episcopal Farmworker Ministry
http://calameo.com/books/000640872051f8d94eff8
http://scribd.com/doc/52107699
Survivors of Pesticide Poisoning - Say No to Methyl Iodide
http://calameo.com/books/000640872ce2e18cd4b1c
http://scribd.com/doc/52108274
The Finance Sector and Natural Capital - Catalyzing Acton
http://calameo.com/books/000640872abd62fa3b73f
http://scribd.com/doc/52109138
The Hidden Problems of Child Farm Workers
http://calameo.com/books/000640872bdd32ce0eb36
http://scribd.com/doc/52108329
Towards a Green Economy
http://calameo.com/books/000640872e50d6e282107
http://scribd.com/doc/52108356
Trabalho rural e intoxicações por agrotóxicos - Rural work and pesticide poisoning
http://calameo.com/books/000640872b07c5df03fe1
http://scribd.com/doc/52108407

19. Treatment of Pesticide Poisoning
http://calameo.com/books/0006408720fad389db3cc
http://scribd.com/doc/52108461
What Can Be Done to Curtail Pesticide Poisoning Impacts
http://calameo.com/books/00064087212ee18efa6b6
http://scribd.com/doc/52108536
Zero-Waste Agriculture - Organic Berry Farm
http://calameo.com/books/000640872ad603c73eb50
http://scribd.com/doc/52108620
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book: Does the Bible Teach Nutrition; by Elizabeth Baker
http://worldcat.org/oclc/39785982 http://librarything.com/work/3961650
http://scribd.com/doc/45056870
MIRACLE IN WISCONSIN – a different kind of school lunch
http://feingold.org/PF/wisconsin1.html
http://foodrevolution.org/askjohn/43.htm
http://gmfreeschools.org
http://advancedhealthplan.com/miracleschool.html
http://puppetgov.com/2009/01/14/miracle-in-wisconsin-a-different-kind-of-school-lunch
400% increase in Plant Growth
Growing Solutions
http://growingsolutions.com
Properly prepared compost tea is an excellent soil builder and organic fertilizer.
Some Compost Teas may reduce or eliminate various plant pests and diseases.
SoilSoup Compost Tea
http://soilsoup.com
SoilSoup Compost Tea is an excellent soil builder and organic fertilizer.
Soil Soup is very easy to handle and use.
Remineral your Soil
http://remineralize.org
Soil Regeneration with Volcanic Rock Dust
http://scribd.com/doc/30402511
http://calameo.com/books/00062163120384c54b373
Volcanic Rock Dust added to soil can double the plant or lawn growth.
Effective Micro-Organisms
http://effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk
Effective Micro-Organisms properly combined with Volcanic Rock Dust can increase product ivy by
200 percent to 400 percent.

20. In Thailand, soil properly treated increased productivity by over 400 percent.
VermiCo
http://vermico.com
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof
http://worldcat.org/oclc/476619491
http://librarything.com/work/129657
http://wormbooks.com
Worm Compost is an excellent soil builder and organic fertilizer.
Worm Compost breaks down slowly in soil, where there is much rain or lawn watering.
Chemical fertilizers, which are made from Fossil Fuels, will wash out of the soil quickly and pollute
surrounding areas, causing fish kills and making drinking water unsafe.
Worm Tea may reduce or eliminate various plant pests and diseases.
Also, various worms added to soil, will increase its productivity.
Eprida
http://eprida.com
Biochar - Carbon Soils - Charcoal
Biochar is an excellent soil builder.
Biochar can dramatically reduce the amount of fertilizers and water needed, and greatly increase soil
productivity.
Soils in the Amazon Jungles, to which Biochar was added several hundred years ago, are still very
productive today.
Thus, one treatment of certain types of biochars may last hundreds of years.
Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World; by Paul Stamets
http://worldcat.org/oclc/60603170
http://librarything.com/work/494921
book: The One Straw Revolution; by Masanobu Fukuoka
http://worldcat.org/oclc/695697746
http://librarything.com/work/131472
Earth User's Guide to Permaculture; by Rosemary Morrow
http://worldcat.org/oclc/73746995
http://librarything.com/work/425009
Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening; by
Sepp Holzer
http://worldcat.org/oclc/694395083
http://amazon.com/dp/160358370X
AcresUSA
http://acresusa.com
FREE Cataloge of Books
AcresUSA carries many books, DVD's and other materials about successful organic gardening, organic
farming, organic animal care and natural health and living.

21. book: Soul of Soil; by Grace Gershuny
http://worldcat.org/oclc/41049496
http://librarything.com/work/1752882
ORGANIC PEST CONTROL
http://peststop.livejournal.com
ORGANIC WEED CONTROL
http://stopweeds.livejournal.com
SAVE THE BEES
http://www.friendsofthebees.org
FREE PUBLICATIONS about ORGANIC FARMING, SOLAR ENERGY, GREENHOUSES
http://attra.ncat.org/publication.html
book: Faith Like Potatoes, by Angus Buchan
http://worldcat.org/oclc/71162963
http://librarything.com/work/2886793
http://shalomtrust.co.za
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HEALTY SOIL, HEALTY LAWNS, HEALTHY PEOPLE
Organic LAWN CARE
book: The Organic Lawn Care Manual, by Paul Tukey
http://worldcat.org/oclc/73993129
http://librarything.com/work/2462671
book: Lawns: Natural And Organic; by Don Williamson
http://worldcat.org/oclc/62227578
http://librarything.com/work/2414566
Organic Lawn Care Sources & Resources
http://scribd.com/doc/50878011
http://calameo.com/books/000621631325cfb7faf4b
Safe Lawns
http://safelawns.org
Organic Lawn and Yard Care
http://yardandgardens.com
Organic Land Care
http://www.organiclandcare.net
book: Food Not Lawns; by Heather C. Flores

22. http://worldcat.org/oclc/68693667
http://librarything.com/work/1658215
http://books.google.com/books?id=M_DtwznYASwC
http://www.foodnotlawns.net
book: Complete Book of Edible Landscaping; by Rosalind Creasy
http://worldcat.org/oclc/7796026
http://librarything.com/work/153402
book: Landscaping with fruit; by Lee Reich
http://worldcat.org/oclc/213301159
http://librarything.com/work/7962908
book: Edible Flower Garden; by Rosalind Creasy
http://worldcat.org/oclc/39713714
http://librarything.com/work/326878
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ORGANIC PEST CONTROL
http://peststop.livejournal.com
ORGANIC WEED CONTROL
http://stopweeds.livejournal.com
SAVE THE BEES
http://friendsofthebees.org
Pesticide Action Network North America
http://panna.org
National Farm Worker Ministry - Episcopal Farm Worker Ministry
http://nfwm.org
Stop the Pesticide Poisoning of Farm Workers and their Children
Pest Management at the Crossroads
http://pmac.net
Eco Fly Trap
Epps Biting Fly Trap
http://showhorsepromotions.com/horseflies.htm
http://scribd.com/doc/40643343
Greenhead Fly traps
http://scribd.com/doc/40644335
Eliminating POLLUTION and RECYCLING with Effective Microorganisms
book: Our Future Reborn: EM Technology Changes The World; by Teruo Higa
http://worldcat.org/oclc/556259884
http://librarything.com/work/9217089

23. http://effectivemicro-organisms.co.uk
book: Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World; Paul Stamets
http://librarything.com/work/494921
Cleaning Up Oil Spills
http://fungi.com
WORM Composting and RECYCLING Technologies
book: Worms Eat My Garbage; by Mary Appelhof
http://librarything.com/work/129657
http://vermico.com http://wormdigest.org
More Books about Worm Technologies
http://wormbooks.com
http://vermico.com
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HYDROPONIC GARDENING and Greenhouses
http://www.growingedge.com
http://carbon.org
book: Hobby Hydroponics; by Howard M. Resh
http://worldcat.org/oclc/51586636
http://books.google.com/books?id=vT-hJsta_gwC
http://librarything.com/work/2793250
http://growingedge.com
AQUAPONIC GARDENING
book: Aquaponic Food Production: growing fish and vegetables for food and profit; by Rebecca L
Nelson
http://www.backyardaquaponics.com
http://worldcat.org/oclc/309871190
http://books.google.com/books?id=da1fPgAACAAJ
Backyard Aquaponics: A Guide to Building an Aquaponic System; by Joel Malcolm
http://worldcat.org/oclc/225248253
http://librarything.com/work/4754253
Backyard Aquaponics Magazine
http://backyardaquaponics.com
Aquaponics Journal
http://aquaponicsjournal.com
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ORGANIC HEIRLOOM SEEDS
localharvest.org - search "organic seeds"
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For more information, please contact local gardeners and farmers who specialize in Organic gardening,

24. Permaculture gardening, Biodynamic gardening, Japanese Kyusei Nature gardening - Shizen Nouhou,
Biointensive gardening, Heirloom gardening-Heritage Seeds, Lasagna gardening, Square Foot
gardening, Vertical gardening, Wall and Fence gardening, Roof Top and Balcony gardening, Indoor
gardening with LED Grow Lights and Ssolatube.com, Micro Greens gardening, Windowsill gardening,
Container gardening, Keyhole gardening, Organic Aquaponics gardening, African Bag Gardens, No
Dig gardening, Agroforestry gardening, Israeli Greenhouses Technology for Hot Climates, Organic
Hydroponics gardening and Gardening Therapy.
Gardening is micro-climate specific. These means that local gardeners might know of gardening
techniques and resources which are helpful for the location you live in.
Keep researching, reading, refining your gardening methods and experimenting with different growing
techniques.
Organic Gardening technology is changing and improving all the time. Also, as the climate changes,
you may need to learn other gardening techniques for various climates.
http://localharvest.org
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VEGETABLE OIL CARS
Plant Drive
http://plantdrive.com
Greasecar Vegetable Fuel Systems
http://www.greasecar.com
Convert Used Cooking Oil into Diesel Fuel
http://scribd.com/doc/48038246
http://calameo.com/books/00062505380583956a8bb
Details of Using Vegetable Oil Cars
Converting your Diesel Engine to Vegetable Oil
http://scribd.com/doc/34396203
http://calameo.com/books/0006250539dafd6734dd3
Veg Powered Systems
http://vegpoweredsystems.com
Golden Fuel Systems
http://goldenfuelsystems.com
Good Grease
http://www.goodgrease.com
Veg Power
Power from Vegetable Oil

25. http://www.vegpower.com
ELSBETT Diesel Technology
http://elsbett.com
Veg Oil Motoring
http://vegoilmotoring.com
Bio Car
http://biocar.de
Enviofuel
Straight Vegetable Oil Products
http://www.enviofuel.com
FRYBRID
The Future of Vegetable Oil Technology
http://frybrid.com
Vegie Cars
http://vegiecars.com
Organic Mechanic
http://www.theorganicmechanic.org
Fattywagons
http://www.fattywagons.com
DVD: S.V.O. Seminar 2006 http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com
DVD: Greasy Rider http://plotkinproductions.com/greasyinfo.html
DVD: Liquid Gold 2 http://www.goldenfuelsystems.com
use search engines to locate dvd's
DVD: FUEL
http://thefuelfilm.com
Grease University
http://greasology.org
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JOURNEY to FOREVER
http://journeytoforever.org
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book: Super Power Breathing: For Super Energy, High Health & Longevity, by Patricia Bragg
http://calameo.com/books/000621631bae3952d4ca7

26. http://scribd.com/doc/3825787
http://worldcat.org/oclc/41437619
http://librarything.com/work/9216551
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Your Local FOOD BANK Needs You
Please help. Thank YOU!
http://foodbank77.insanejournal.com
http://nielzekock.insanejournal.com
http://food2bank.insanejournal.com
GLEANER GROUPS
Please setup a Gleaner Group in your Local area for Foodbanks and Soup Kitchens, etc.
http://glean4food.insanejournal.com
http://scribd.com/doc/51070294
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A good person leaves an inheritance to their children’s children.
What kind of inheritance are you leaving?
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grandchildren's future.
Thank you for all of your help.
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