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deiecale in New York cuy reservoirs mesh lroin ihe
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garbage pr‘xlzs): giganrie garbage bins are ripped over by
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large, “shuddui dogs in boo Angeles, rm rial: rhe
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sire of dogs (and also "Madam are wain‘ng ior ihe
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garbage leoby rhe dogs, and have runnelled under the
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bus siops in uieir millions in Washinglon, nc. lnor lar
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lrorn rhe While House), they in rurn are srillred by
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mangy ears. who also keep a desuliory eye an ihe
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billions al cockroaches eiawhng in mosi houses Nor io
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nieniion ihe llies
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We will Omll ihe legendary albino allrgsiors M lire
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sewers, and rise reieded boa eensriierors ihar pop up in
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lhe h‘uprinm boilers. so much wssbed iood breeds ris
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own populaiion ol pesis A sensible rerouiing bl
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edible garbage ihmgh a herd oi pigs or a legion oi
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gumplgs would abolish rnuch ol ihls nuisance, and
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a lew goad Asran renauianrs einrld deal wish ihe ears
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and dogs. The gulls would srarve il chickens were ied
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on household wasies, and are besieged American
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rriighi add a very large range ol loads ro rhose now
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available in siires. l Mnuun ihrs only lo show me
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eullural preiudiees can grossly reduce ihe available
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lood resources, and char il we reiuse io ialre sensible
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acrions, some gross resulrs can lollow, wlih ihe bio
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mass oi useriil ioragers nieh as domesriesied animals
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replaced by an equivalerii biomass oi pears
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MAXIMUM l'RODUCl’ YIELD CONCEPT
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THE “EKG PUMPKIN' FALLACV.
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In a llucniaiing clunarre and niarlrei environmenr, she
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roncepi ol lorcrrrg a mxlmum prodiur yield is eoiiriing
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drsasrer This is, however, be whole, imperus or selling
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(9 g, rhe “big pumpkin' and -gianl new varrery"
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Advemsemems in seed raraloguesl, or in prizes
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awarded :( agnoilnrral shows senor by lar are more
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crop mixes and larl-sale sysrerns ihar can produee rn
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mosr eondibens (war or dry, cold or non, or lhar hold
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conslanr value as subsislenee (poraie, raio, arrowiooil
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or have spzcnl value lvanilla, quinine, bamboo), or
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high lood value per volume lbsb,ehrcl<enl
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The lacrors which can increase prodiiri yield are
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ihese
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. Generic selecrioru
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. lnraeased ierrrliseruoa lunried arienrl,
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. increased warerlioa lrnribad menu;
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- Decreased oomperiiion lrorn orhernoiibenelieral
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species, and
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- berm managemeru in unlisarion or yield and mi
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harvesl, dining and rnregiariori
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They are be same lacroas whieh cause imbalance, as
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she seleeiion ul rypes im a parirrular yield need nal be
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ihe ranor um enables il la produee consisiendy in lield
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lield condiiions (wheiher u be rearhering lo a
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"sum“ in a aludren redness in . rose, or weighi in
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a lishl High-producing hens need biennial res
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placeineni iihus a eonsranr breeding program) and
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my nol even sei ilieirown eggi,rhus needmgariiiidal
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aids. A waler and (mflmdependflll crop is liable ro
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eollapse when ii is waler or nuirieni ilressed, or
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21
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becomes loo upemiv: la rnamiain in any marlrel
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downrurn. 1o gr. (or one such mp, and so decrease
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divcraily, rs lo deerease insurance tor yield ii one
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species or variery lails or is suscepiible lo change
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Peasanr larmers righily reieci advice based on
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marrrnum yield lallacies, and even more so ii rhey
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share crops wirh a landlord, lar lhey also value their
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spare nine
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in ihe ease ol Iwesmrk, lorced praduciion rs
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mnluilly linuied by insoluble or lnrrasrable illnesea,
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so mm in high-producing New zealand herds,
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vererrnary coals ieaeh slzo per sunk unir ilor chmnit
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ilnrsses sueh as lseial edema and wruie muscle dis
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ease). On less sliessed pas-uses and larrns, veieriiiary
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rosrs drop away no no or so per unii, ropdressing bl
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pasiiire is reduced, and healrhier herds give heallhier
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yields in ihe end, brie forcing ul producr yields ereales
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unique and inlleriblc healrh problems in planrs, soils,
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and animals. siich yields become aeonomieally and
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ecologically unsusiainable, and a danger io public
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healrn. 93% ol chickens in bailery sages develop
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cancers ll we aai am, we mrisl risk eanrer, lor ~we
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arewhalweearinayery real sense,
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insurance oi some yield on a susl nable basis rs
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bener inan expensive *isasr and lamine‘ regimes. The
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home garden is one sueh secure approach, where ir is
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rare lor all erops io rail, because U! are more diversrry
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at such a Mixed sysleui ln iaei, it is eomrnanplaae lor
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gardeners re lmd a garden planl or some varienes lall
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in any one season, on no grear hsrrn resulrs, as many
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niher crops or var-relies are available Thus,spocies and
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and varreiy diversiiy are whar people really need
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Plan! Vanery Righrs legislnlimi, plani paleriring, and
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inulilnarional seed resource ownership has had a
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disasdous ellesi on die availabilrly ol hsrdy, adapled
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local varienes ol planrs, especially in Europe, where
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some ms or locallyadapied sud crops have beeorne
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~illegal-, or have disappeared le seed eampsny
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caiaiagues,
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Thu! are several psdis open lo us in design and ihe
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leasi energy parh is ihe one we seek or evolv: iowards
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There are lwo ways oi producing an egg; ihe inst has
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beeome ihe normal way in rhe weslern world ingure
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2.3:, and irie second is me way proposed by
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permasiilrure sysbems llilauie 2.4»
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Some ridiculous sysrems have been evolved in which
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people, maehrnes, rime, and energy are erpended in
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vasi quaniines on lhcc cken, perhaps wrlh ihe alm ol
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maxlmnm produei yield, regardless ol eosas We can
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ihonflt iheie aysiemi wiih gieai grins ur personal
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and planeiary heallh, and wish a lar grearer vuriery ol
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yields available lor local ecologiss. Time illuszrariems
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also bring home ilie commonsense naiure ol
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selreiegirlaied sysieriis
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