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Integrated Agro-ecological Systems Land Use vs the ‘dis-integrated’ industrial machine
There is a difference in kind between complex, integrated, low input, free range systems of land, soil, organic matter, fungi & macroinvertebrates, plants & animals, and …. ….. industrial high energy input feedlot systems which abuse each of those – … Continue reading
Posted in agricultural strategy, Environmental Philosophy, Industrial Mindset, Land Use, Land use policy, Thought Pieces, Ways of Seeing
Tagged agricultural strategy, Commoditisation, Complex Adaptive Systems, Culture-Nature, Economics of Natural Systems, Land use policy, Land use strategy, Managing Complexity, Mechanistic Worldview, Resilience theory, Socio-Ecological Systems, Strategy Vs Technocrats, Sustainable Land Management, Technology Treadmill
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Are GMOs New Zealand’s Agricultural Future?
The debate about the future of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Hawke’s Bay (and NZ agriculture) is heating up. A number of opinion pieces are reacting to this government’s attempts to take legislative decision making out of the region’s hands. … Continue reading
Ways of Seeing II: The Mechanical View and the Treadmill of Techno-Fixes
This is the second in a series. I wanted to write about where we have come from in land use and conservation, what we are doing, and where we could be going: from Pre-modern (Pre-Industrial), To Modern (Industrial, or Productivist), to … Continue reading