HUMID COOL
TO COLD CLIMATES

12.1
INTRODUCI'ION

Tliis eiiepier deals Wllh ilie mm m eold liiurnid elnn
ales, wneie pieeipilauon exteeds waporamm avrr ilie
year. rliese eliniales diller irein dryhnds in respeel io
tvipumhve zftm, and {mm hop“! m M liosis (all
nguhrly mu Winiei H is in iriis seam" also moi
we pull deal Willi ispxks umqu! iri a (old eliniau-
(snow, ire, [NZL'H gmund, snoiw avilandle}, and me
Chanda oi sclflcmlms, landsespes, and husbandry in
iriese iegions

Coal liiurnid eliinnies inelude Medllermnean aioas,
polewalds Io me bmul [onsls mm nip) (hm nm llie
iundra or eold deseris For lhe rnosi pan, they ire
wmlerswel slunaies, ind suller lugs and iipsis. H is in
Lhe Eurupeon end souiiiwesi Asian aieas ol' eool nuuud
(I‘miw iiiai wnai we all eoniernpdmy or liiuadsalu
(Yup agrlmllure developed his [arm oi egneuliuie
(high eapiisl inpul ineelianised. Energyfllllenslvli
usmg eriilirial lernlisers and pesrieidesl has been HP
appropriaiely vxpnnnd as an ideal io iropies and
deseris, where nellher SOIL wuier. nor linuneiel re
seureeseansuppori ii

in inoie sensible innes, me too! iinesoiliei-inall chm-
aies were a mosalc a! mud loiesis. exnnsive hedge»
vow. sniall iields, permanent mudows ui prairie, one
lela‘lvely small vegetable plois Trade and :kpml
pisun-s liorn a suusidised agnndmk have desimyed
|his siulile iig ol land. and land largeseale enun cup
and lezdrlnl sysrerns on lemurs Fields have hen!
eoalesred, hedgerow desiroyed, and lew signilieani
lam-s ieinoin Wiinin \hl larined areas Even when:
loresls are preserved, my heavy indusirial liese ol
ieinperaie eieas, plus overuse cl ldesil luels germzlly,
have trained wldzsprzad pmbkms wflh and rai
alfedlng mo lodilull lax-6K5 and iiie mm soils oi older
shield aiees, wuli seamdary eliecls on weier quibly
due ioa release iil mess nieials lioin iosls and ions lo

 

 

swims

Ozone piddueiion and soil losses (people now Spnk
d4 iiie "desemficauun" ul sueli urns is soulllm in
land, when wind elleels on exposed bmaduale '
sown in grains are pivnouneedl .ie slowly deem. n5
pmducuon on ome-lmile iields Time is Wldzspxrad
polluiiori min nie nvtruse oi muugen lenilisers and
biixides, euuipounded by sueri aeeidenis as Chrmmbyl
and persisieni radioasuves in and soils, uplands, and
lield erops aruundwaiei qualiiy is deereosed. and
polaple water supply ueeoniing a problem

The leyur iiirusi for inure and (non pmduciion
mun ieinperaie lernis succeeded in prndunng
surpluses in .linosi every farm produei lgrains. ineais.
dixry, and WInES)al enormous eosr io ilie public and me
land Thus, ilio central problem oi lne niesoiiierrnal
elirnales and men soeiciies IS rioi las in desens and
iiopusi one oi suusisienee, hm ilie very dpposiie. ii is
how |o enenge energy and land use no emie .
sustamable iuruie lot was mtielies, wllMIfl the huge
pub“: subsidy ol modern ignmllun

However, sinee mo or mmboms, ineie lies been o
Wldespmd home garden nwvemem, and an Incmsms
developmeni oi umen iarins under eoniinuniry eoniiol
nie piuduelion (In dollar ierrnsi oi sueii lionie gardens
nnw equal: or exeeeds larin pmduwon, and sudmlng
ls sull increasing in popularuy, Publlc aiuludes is in.
dusinallsed or polluied iann pidduel is also elleneing
due io daia almosi every day on ilie hullh aims 1min
iesidunl sprays, nennunes, and extesslve "mogul ur
inneral eonleni Radioanwe lallmn lies iirii helped in
inspire :0!!!“er Confidence in term pmdun, whlrh
premise lo ereaie a new eaiegury oi nuinan mulblidfly,
ca|lzd Igncolwgenk disease (illnesses (lubed by larin
elieiriieailsi,

As a iesulr iii beuer nealin educalxunr aniinai leis,
earbuliydrsies, and M ineais nie lalling inio dislavour
as me eflzdé iii diet on dinoeies neari disease, obesity,
and immune response are bung eluridaied These

 

 

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