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Comment on What(TF) Is Agriculture? by Jiann-Ming Su

Jiann-Ming Su — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 23:38:03 +0000

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/03/farmland-without-farmers/388282/
“Because of the brokenness and diversity of the landscape, there was never until lately a clean separation here between the pursuits of farming and those of hunting and gathering. On many farms the agricultural income, including the homegrown and homemade subsistence of the households, would be supplemented by hunting or fishing or trapping or gathering provender from the woods and berry patchesâperhaps by all of these.”

Comment on Talking Nodal Land Projects with Kevin Tucker by Oldowan Distribution

Oldowan Distribution — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 19:55:36 +0000

A website I have used before with a directory (http://www.ic.org/directory/ecovillages/) for some potential networking

Comment on A designer hunter-gatherer system through permaculture by Christian Cotton

Christian Cotton — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:12:54 +0000

Since it literally means cultivating the field, and because its use in modern and traditional farming is almost ubiquitous, and given that there are other terms for better and best “management” techniques (permaculture, horticulture, etc.), and since the advent of the particular form we have historically called “agriculture” it has always been–and continues to be–extractive and unsustainable, I see no reason not to (and four good reasons to) use the term pejoratively to refer exclusively to the unsustainable extractive practice of field cultivation.

Comment on A designer hunter-gatherer system through permaculture by Feralculture

Feralculture — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:02:22 +0000

there is a criticism of our critique of agriculture in the linked discussion. the question refers to the use of the word “agriculture”, and whether we should frame agriculture as a naughty thing or a nice thing.

Comment on A designer hunter-gatherer system through permaculture by Christian Cotton

Christian Cotton — Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:35:54 +0000

What does the question mean? What terms should we use? Should we use forceful and/or foul language? Should it be critical or also positive?

Comment on Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader On Hunter-Gatherer Economics And The Environment by dennis

dennis — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:39:40 +0000

In reply to dennis. Can I nest inside your nested comment?

Comment on Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader On Hunter-Gatherer Economics And The Environment by dennis

dennis — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:38:09 +0000

In reply to dennis. I'm nesting in this comment. NESTING.

Comment on Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader On Hunter-Gatherer Economics And The Environment by dennis

dennis — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:37:35 +0000

In reply to dennis. Are you sure about that? Because I heard there's better books.

Comment on Limited Wants, Unlimited Means: A Reader On Hunter-Gatherer Economics And The Environment by dennis

dennis — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 23:36:53 +0000

This is the best book written.

Comment on A designer hunter-gatherer system through permaculture by kleoadmin

kleoadmin — Mon, 03 Feb 2014 01:33:02 +0000

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