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Originally Posted by coberst  “In Mexico, farmers who noticed velvetbean growing wild in their fields used it to increase soil fertility and improve maize yields. In Northern Ethiopia, farmers reclaimed farmland from a river by constructing walls in the river bed and diverting the water flow. In India, an innovative farmer designed a tree plantation that successfully survived a severe three-year drought. Farmers' innovations have stood the test of time and hold the potential to meet the challenges of increasing production and managing the natural resource base. During the last 40 or 50 years, however, many farmers have relied less on their own experimentation and innovation, and become more dependent on outside information provided through extension systems. This has had the effect of disempowering many farmers, as they became passive recipients of knowledge and technology.” September 2003 / Voices Newsletter / Farm Radio International | Different nations have different approaches toward agriculture, in the states most agriculture communities offer formal training in school, Vocational Agriculture that teaches the history and changes in agriculture. There are also clubs like the Future Farmers of America that has competitions in all aspects of agriculture. In the US the movements against factory farms has created a counter culture of natural foods sources that challenges the status quo.
People in different nations see farmers in a different light... In America the farmer seems to be subordinated to a low class, less educated person unable to aspire to easier educated lifestyle. In Germany a farmer is respected more than a doctor or lawyer and considered better qualified that either, the same goes for the forestmeister... they are professionals. In Korea farmers are the absolute tip of the spear in society and are respected for their abilities and held above the rest. Korea makes better use of their natural resources to produce food better than any other nation I've visited... not one inch is wasted that could produce food.
Edited to add: Actually, there should be natural farming and unnatural farming... most of the farming in America is unnatural. mouse, mice
louse, lice
house, uhh ignore that one
The plural of "spouse" is "spice".
LIBERALISM - Emotional thinking fueled by ignorance
Last edited by Zack; 06-23-2008 at 09:01 AM.
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