RE: Difference between horticulture and permaculture?
- To: community_garden@mallorn.com
- Subject: RE: [cg] Difference between horticulture and permaculture?
- From: K* A*
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 04:19:48 +0800
Adam Honigman wrote:
>Permaculture
>
>Permaculture is both a new and old concept. It's central tenet is
>sustainability. It is not "Miracle Grow" or any quick fix chemical
>fertilizers with toxic side effects. It is not slash and burn farming as
>done by certain indigenous peoples not is it "chemical stew" mega farms run
>by large agribusiness concerns.
It they are really indigenous peoples using traditional methods,
rather than marginalised or landless rural poor, then it might look
like slash-and-burn, but it's much more likely to be rotational, and
ecologically sustainable. You want to look at the timber companies if
you're looking for slash and burn.
Keith
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