tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post146441165004118615..comments2024-03-13T18:55:49.391+00:00Comments on Energy Balance: Regenerative Agriculture.Professor Chris Rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-90906277236076013922010-09-02T08:34:54.374+01:002010-09-02T08:34:54.374+01:00I'm glad you found this post of some use. For ...I'm glad you found this post of some use. For various reasons, I think this is the way forward, in minimising inputs of various kinds to farming.<br /><br />The world may learn lessons from what you have achieved in your country.<br /><br />Best wishes,<br /><br />Chris.Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-77021708165385921992010-08-28T01:47:09.540+01:002010-08-28T01:47:09.540+01:00Thank you Chris for your excellent post. I work a...Thank you Chris for your excellent post. I work as free-lance anthropologist in Guatemala, where we have been implementing regenerative agriculture practices since the 80´s. Our never-ending battle against chemicals continues and the information you share here will help as backup for ongoing battle to inform people. Thank you again, (we always respect authorship). Best regards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-14176539437892252022009-03-17T07:31:00.000+00:002009-03-17T07:31:00.000+00:00Many thanks for your comments. I have no axe togri...Many thanks for your comments. I have no axe togrind and am not on any payroll either, but I have come around to the conclusion that the only way forward is through agricultural change.<BR/><BR/>To encourage and support the change in farming practices that are necessary will require "incentives" of various kinds as you allude.<BR/><BR/>I am, however, beginning to feel a sense of hope rather than the despair looking for a high-tech solution had given me. The entire world population (particularly the industrialised, mostly Western nations) is going to need to live differently, but even though the horizon might seem clear, the transition there from the status quo needs very careful guidance and will not be easy.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Chris Rhodes.Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-22570841963224768872009-03-16T23:36:00.000+00:002009-03-16T23:36:00.000+00:00Thank you for a very thoughtful and thought provok...Thank you for a very thoughtful and thought provoking post. I work with California growers to help them reduce their environmental footprint. My focus has been on increasing cover crop usage and planting of grass buffers for runoff management. To take it to the level that you discuss in your post, we are considering the use of performance based incentives to help growers assess the cost/benefit of each environmental practice they implement and, effectively, choose the "cheapest" and/or "best" practices for them and for the environment. I urge others to consider performance based incentives to measure agriculture's impacts and to point the way to greater sustainability. See www.flexincentives.org for more info (and, no, I'm not on their payroll).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com