The Land People
Copyright Daniel Halsey 2009 The Land People The pit reached down twelve feet until the black tubing appeared. The clay walls were red and then grey lower down. Chunks of charcoal with ashen trails streaked the sides where the backhoe cut out the soil. Ten feet below the deepest roots the black pockets appeared, some with bits of bark and others encased in stone. A prehistoric lake bottom. Fifteen thousand years ago ancient glaciers covered the land and ground trees and forest into pulp. Old charred logs of pine and hemlock

The Story of Ebo
Copyright Daniel Halsey 2009

Pizza Farms

A Definition of Sustainable Agriculture
A Definition of Sustainable AgricultureNothing exists outside a relationship because all things are in relationships. It is the relationships that define something as well as its own characteristics. Cut off from supporting resources everything is in decay. Systems break down and organisms die and mechanisms become obsolete. Ecologically integrated organisms are at balance with their surroundings and become part of the ecosystem. For each resource they consume, they supply another or cycle the resource via mechanisms of facilitation. Mechanisms of Facilitation describe species interactions that benefit at least one of the participants and cause harm to neither (Stac

Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries and The Green Revolution
Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries and The Green Revolution How should the USA promote sustainable agriculture practices in developing countries? We need to take a holistic approach to encouraging “developing” countries to better use their resources. I suggest that the term “developing” is filled with bias and assumption. I have never been quite sure what the country cited is supposed to develop, but I have some suggestions below where we could he