,raln legames, so lhal muell ol WM eaien in lhe Wesi is grown in areas when real lairl ne lhreaiens lmung beans lroin lndla, ell k peas lrom Eihiopla, soya beans lrom Nora and lndial old larmeis and my own gmhgrdndhihu llad a saying ihal beais some considerallon This was We will sell nolllmg irdm our larm line will nor walk rir llv oll.‘ ln elleer, llle lal-mer was concerned lo sell only animals, never ciops or vegeialion, beeause ll llle larm war lo survive wilhoul massive eneigy inpues, animals were lhe only lradllional reeycling slralegy lor a suslalnable erporl merkel Wllol does all lhls mean lo eoneerned and lespons ible people in ierrns ol llleir diel and lood llablls, Wflh iespeel lo a suaiainable nanlial syslem'! l Vegelarian dlmH/E very ellidenl, pvmvldmg‘ - They are based on easily cooked or easily pioeesied crop grown in humcxmims: . Tha| wasles, especially body waskiy are ieiurned loshesollollhalgaid , nd - me we eal lrorn wbeie we live, and do nol exploilodlusur inn" large o—ansporl eosli. 2 Omrlivoious dieis lany sorl ol lood) make llle besl use oi sampler mlvml sysrrms, lllai we should ear nom whal is edible, al any level iexrepl lor ollier people in irloslcoeuolslanees, and under mosl laws!) 3 Primarily amlvomus dieis have a valid place in special «alogiasl such as aieals ol culd, wllere garden. ing eannol be a suiiielenl lood base, in aieas wlnere people gaiher lrom llle sea; where harsh condinons mean reliance on animals as galheiers, and where animals can use olhuwisecwasle producls, such as vegelable lrimmlngs, scraps, or utmcd er apolll vege lalion 4 We should always do our energy budgels Whalever we eal. ll we do nol grow any or our own lood, and overuse a flush loilei (sending our wasles lo seal we have losl llle esunfidl soil and nulrienls needed iorasuslalnable llle cycle, While a nopical gardener can be very emclenl and responsible by developing lrliil and vegeiable coop whicll needs very lllrle cooking sensible omnivol-lsm is a good choice lor lliose wilh access lo semlenalural svsleins. clly people using sewers would be beller advised lo adope a lieHange meal diel lhan le eal graln and gram legumes Hzfler slill, all clly wasle should be munwd lo lhe soils ol ihelr supply lel-ms, Even in our gaiden vve need lo eoneenlrale on cycles and mules ralher lhan iliink in pyramids, simpllsdr analyris ell llvphk levels lalls lo nole lhal some food reaoliices aie unusable by people, eilller because lhe energy needed in processing II loo mush lslnce some psoducls ol nalure are poisonous or unpalalable ioodsl or because llle iesollrces ale loo sealleled lo repay our colleeelon Such resources are oleen harvesled inlo uselul packages by olller species Herbie, llleolselves edible, ear poisonous loadiisli, and goals will biowse rhoi-ily and biller shrubs Thus we can speelly lhese lisellil eonveisions belore blindly 30 eliminaon a llle elemenlo/eny lype liorn ourdieis wnile ll is manlleslly immoral lo ieed edible Peruvian llsh |o hogs in llle usn, i| may be ol greal value lo converl loresl acorns lunharvesled in lhe usm lo hogs, and lei llle pl ehaids and anchovies leed lhe hungry ufl'eru lwhicli lnrlsrdes illepei nsvl the lrophie pyramid ls valid enough as a coneepnial model, lor we can see llial poisons al llle base concenlrale ill ibe lop, ln laei, ihe highesl level or some radiaaclives and um mauled are loond in mothers' milk We can see lhal lhe generalised or omnivorous lnoneelecllvel leeder is buliered liom ralarirophle lamlne by a complex web ol rioplilc mnnefllons, so lhal some losses and some gains accrue in people, being generally omnivorous. ln snon, people need lo discard hxzd ideas, examine lheir kllchen cupboards, and lry lo reduce iood imporls, wasle, and energy loss A lesponslble diel ia nol easy lo achieve, bul lhe soluiloils he very close io home. viva llle llolne gaidenerv 2r8 COMPLEXITY AND CONNECTIONS were are ecologles on very llal and somewhai invarianl silos llial in llle end simpllly, or are originally simple because lllal condirion ileell la noi lypieal oi ilie arm's crlasl. .usl as a lield, levelled, drained, and lerllllsed lei a speeille eiop will nol supporl lliespeeies lllal ll onee when ll varied in miero—elevalion, drainage, and planl compleairlee Oiher simple natural eeologies occur where rapid change can occur lsea eoaslsl, or where we deliberalely me or ploogll on a regular basis, so illal llieie is never enough lime lor a diveise sysielrl lo esiablisll, Marshes, swamps, lidal llals, sallepans, and level deseris supporl less divelsliy ilian adp g hill and valley syslenls, bol neveilheless in sum lil speeies are assembled lrnm global envlionmenis or lrom similar elrmalie aieasl are sllu very lien, and, in llle case ol mangrove and lidal marsh, exiremely produciive ecologles ll is nol lhal a single sland ol one mangiove species is llsell so diveise, ii is llle mobile species working al dilleienl siages oi deeomposillon ol ihe mangrove leai. Each ollhese species in mm leedsollleis, Thus, very simple planl assoeiallons may suppori very produelive and complex anlmel essoelallons. Mobile species ane capable ol oeolpymg a gen van- ely ul niches in one mangrove lree or swamp srand, 5mm underground lo canopy, and ol schedules hum low lo lirgli ode Time and space are needed lo! lree species 50 evolve a complex sland in such slluailons, and as lbcy ale olien obllleraled and mesmblislud by a wmldcwxde change due lo a sea level nucllaallon. relalivelv lillle lime can be allowed lor mangrove species lo lliemselves develop and colonlse ihe new,