Sustainable agriculture subforum?

[DJ-Studd]

Can we have a sustainable agriculture subforum?
Discussion of soil biology, grazing, grasses, tractors, on farm bio fertilizer creation etc?

Could be a good one?

What do people think?

[sun burn]

DJ I understand where you are coming from but i am against it. You would like everything that pertains to having a farm on the one forum for easy finding. I wanted to have all tropical plant matters put in its own branch of the forum also but got no joy. I think my idea makes more sense than yours though.

With regard to yours, I think its best to put the plant discussion altogether and animal discussion altogether. Some times these forums go wrong because they get too many branches and if readers don't read all of them, they miss out on things they would be interested in if only they'd known.

In general i am pretty happy with the number and segregation of branches as they are - although i still think a tropical plant forum would be a good idea as its unambiguous and there should be no danger of things going in there that would fit equally well in another branch of the forum. At least that's how it seems to me. If its a tropical plant then it doesn't belong in any other branch. There's only a problem for the sub tropical gardeners but they can easily keep an eye on this branch as well.

[9anda1f]

Hi DJ, hope things are going well up your way.

"Sustainable Agriculture"? Help me out a little here ... isn't "agriculture" by definition unsustainable? Isn't Permaculture the sustainable alternative to agriculture? What am I missing, I'm not sure I understand exactly what your requested subforum would encompass. Maybe it's just my misunderstanding of some definitions?

= )
Bill

[SueUSA]

Shouldn't ALL permaculture be sustainable?

Sue

[DJ-Studd]

DJ I understand where you are coming from but i am against it. You would like everything that pertains to having a farm on the one forum for easy finding. I wanted to have all tropical plant matters put in its own branch of the forum also but got no joy. I think my idea makes more sense than yours though.

Hi Sun burn,
my suggestion of a Sustainable Agriculture forum is not to allow for the easy searching of relevant threads (as handy as this would be), but rather to encourage the discussion of said topic.

I agree that forums with lots of subforums (ie ALS forum) become too difficult to read and manage, but is Sustainable Ag not a large and important topic in its own right? The popularity of the PRI forum would be a good driving tool for it. RegenAG have a forum on their website but it seems to be limited in popularity to those who attended their workshops and as such has next to no activity right now.

Hi DJ, hope things are going well up your way.

"Sustainable Agriculture"? Help me out a little here ... isn't "agriculture" by definition unsustainable? Isn't Permaculture the sustainable alternative to agriculture? What am I missing, I'm not sure I understand exactly what your requested subforum would encompass. Maybe it's just my misunderstanding of some definitions?

= )
Bill

Hi Bill,
getting there day by day at this stage, but won't complain thanks for asking
Agriculture in the current commercial practices are unsustainable, yes.... but agriculture with a focus on soil restoration whilst still achieving a yield is the direct opposite. When using the correct practices we can actually suck carbon out of the air and reduce global warming.
RegenAg was a series of workshops run last year focusing on these practices. www.regenag.com - have a look.

Shouldn't ALL permaculture be sustainable?
Sue

One should sure hope so
Talking of largescale systems here though.

[DJ-Studd]

Just a suggestion anyhow, thought it may have had some merit.

[sun burn]

Sustainable Ag not a large and important topic in its own right?

If that's the case, then i can't see why you don't just start threads to discuss the things that interest you. for instance if you want to discuss grass, why not start a thread on it. If you want to discuss tractors, start a thread. If you want to discuss cattle, start a thread. and so on. I'm sure those who know anything about it will engage. As well as those of us who don't. ;-)

[9anda1f]

Ahhh DJ, now I think I'm onto what you're meaning ... a subforum for what Darren Doherty calls "broadscale" Permaculture.

I think that's a damn good idea!

Bill

[milifestyle]

Ahhh DJ, now I think I'm onto what you're meaning ... a subforum for what Darren Doherty calls "broadscale" Permaculture.

I think that's a damn good idea!

Bill

Agreed!

[Grahame]

I'll be interested to read about it because 'broadscale' permaculture sounds dodgy to me. I'm looking forward to someone setting me straight on that.