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rerecls are worsened by me more sedenurry lrlesryle ol
a rneelranised sodery nieie is a pmnollmld eonsunrer
swing lo lrglrler diels, less lab, srarcnes, and sugars,
and a grealer eonsuinplrnn ol narurally produeed
yegerablrs, lrurl lean nieals. lrslr. and poullry
As nrany people now yrew rnodern agrrrulrure, n his
lew essenrral rriles lo play in a sane luruie eeonorny
rerlraps lne produrriun oi lean prorein and energy
erops llrrewond and liquid luels. biogas and loresr
producll Is me only loresccrble larrn lurure, Con»
servarron loieslry far warcislred proreeuon and wildlile
will rerrainly be a large pan ol lunire land use in the
more allluenl, lersured socrerres As lor lood
pwdudlon. Here is already ainple eyidenee rnar rne
eroling wasle spare wrrlrrn urban/suburban aieas ean
prrrduee rnosl ul lne essennal lood ol sucn areas
no socreues urcupying rnesarirernal elirnares nave
uhleved, lor lire rriosl parl, zero or negarlye populdr
oon gown, and rlrus rlre pressure on land or pmduce
lras lessened wnrle rlre land llsell nas been lrrrced inru
unreonoinie merprmdudion perlraps ine besr indrealor
oi (his slabllrry in populalion is char more people are
regarding larrns and loresls as rerrearional reserves,
and near ' es lronr (SD-SW1» nl larrn ineonre ean be
denyed lrorn mm! lacililics, riol lann producr
12.2
CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMID
COOL CLIMATES
me rool irurnid clrrnares are produrrron areas lor a
year vanery ol berry erups goosebe red, black, and
while eurranis, blueberry. cranberr_ eberry qLdl, and
seryire berry, and a rarrely ul brainble berries lne
woods conlarn rnany speees el wild garnered edible
iungr, soine ol llrern long srnee eulriyrled on lugs 0!
pair, poplar, birch. and sassalraslslnrilalre, Pleirrrliisl
Evergreen and parr-decrduous loresls, lir loresls
lnorllrern neurisplrerei. and speeresneb meadows are
lound rn rlre lew areas soil urwulliyaled, as are oaks
and maples liar sugarl, beecnes and alder, ln rerrns ol
~rnasl~ prrrdurlion lrlre lallen lood ol acorns, beecn-
nulsl, rrullles, and lungr, nrany nanrral loresls are neb
lood resouiees lr is in be expecred llrar rlne mmly
glaciared areas ol llnrse cliinarie regions wrll also be
welemvlldzd wrllr lalres
The walers oi lliese lands an be riclr in s-Ilnmnld
lislr, surrers, earp. pikei and slurgeon rasrures and
reurnanr prairie and meadow are uniquely suired ro
mere regions, and beeause ol rne alien rool or eold and
snowy Mums, Here is rnuen enrpnasis on solid bdrm
and nouses, nay sierage, lield sbeller, and roor crop
pmduaimr lor winler ladders and srorage Houses
inusr be caielully command lor wrnler wimlfll. and
in llie colder areas are olien burll wl|h cellars nr pil
srorages,
ln llnese erild lenrperale areas nl earth, ourlined in
l-loldrrdge bile Zones (Hy-re s,zl, we are dealing
411
NI“! seasonal lacrors oi lrosl, snow, res, and lie the
polar erlrcinesl, lroaen ground We also lose a grear
deal ol bear energy, lience yawm in planls and
animals. ro cold winds Even on snowelree coasls,
nearby rnounlarns, plareaus, and inland snnwlields
advm cold in lo rlne lrelds and loiesls
cliniarresubsels rnrlude rlre loggy coasral elrniales oi
norrnern Calilornra lo Vanrouyer, wesrern Euope,
sourlrern clrile and iasrnanra, and rlre winrerwrl
eliuraies ol lne rnrdelarrludes. Masr oi Europe,
cnlur, lapan, Norrli Aineriea lo lne norlbwesr and
norlbeasr, Canada, and «lie Auden slopes and
sournei-n ball or Sonlh Amenu, lire soulbeasr and a
session at sriuilrwesr Auslvdlia. and inounlarn elrrnares
ol soullnwesl Asli can all be ryprired as eool humxd
areas, as are rlne ourer slopes ol lire Himalayas and
orner nign loollrill areas m rnore nopreal areas Thuocll
nrglrlands ol llne rrupres lack lrosls, and sorne growllr
omirs all year,
Ongnal yegelalion was, or ran be, nrired broadlral
and pine loresrs levergreen or deciduous), wel
scleropnyll luiesl, nreadaws,eool swampsdnd niarslres,
lens, and bogs lieuglacial lakes and moraine rnay oerur
oyer yasl areas ol me norrbern eonunenis, and cool
prarnrs or sreppes develop In ireeless areas reeenlly
rneered by ice
ln general, llre areas considered lrere have llreir
roldesl rnonrlr below wt, and waruiesi abore lu-c
linean or average reniperaluresl liners is usually a
wrnrerewer period, alllnrrugn rain ean oecur in any
inriniln. and drouglri ncrurs rnidlare surnrner Mos|
planr grown. is in spring and surnrner. wilh a less
marked period rrl aurunrn growrn belore rne reslrng
period ol wlnler
ln Medilerranean areas, valley noors are layoured
agrieullural sires, and on me slopes, deeprooied and
dmughkxzilslam lreas and wines are ollen grown
Towards llnc older rnnilerous loresrs, soils are genere
ally less lernle, bur a band nl brown/blurb rlayloaurs oi
hlgh leruliry lies willrrn me area ol broadleal loresu,
llrerenrres olwnlemponryagnmlmm.
me rnesornennal elirnaies lie in lne weslerly wind
bell, willr lne ~roaring lorrres~ lLalilude duels-l
subarcne air in lrurn polar lrrwpressure rells. in general,
rlnere is a 740 day sequenee or lronral rains, wrllr
occasional easierly gales produced by large slable
hlgh-plvssure rells lo me easr winds are pameularly
darnaging wnen (hey blow oll eoasral seas in summer,
as salreburn alleels neesand gardens
Thus, errepr in rooler inland and snellered sires.
windbieax is essealial lor anrinal lrealrlr and enip pro
lecrion, and bermiienl loresr edges rnusl be developed
both lo relard lire and n. preyenr blowdown ol single
age slands, calr, willow. bllckwood Mum mdllr
narylirnl, Coprosrra reperrs, poplar. bawrliorn. alder.
aspen, and burn are ,usl some a! rlre ideal loaesredge
noes lor planrarion proleenon.
On eoasls. lirs, rypress, Amman. spp, Cnprosrrrr,
waaberry lMynrul, and Lyciilrn rn snowlree areas plv-
yrde lrorrrllne proleerron. will. lower nedges oi womb