[Terrapreta] Charcoal agriculture: not ready for prime time

[Michael Bailes]

Yes Alan,
The more things change, the more they stay the same!.
I posted that blog/news-report/opinion to generate discussion on the list.
or
If you like, go to the site and make a comment directly to them.
I note that many have already done this

Keep rotting and rooting
michael
"You can fix all the world's problems in a garden. . . . Most people don't
know that"
FROM
http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/permaculture.swf

On 29/05/07, Allan Balliett <aballiett at frontiernet.net> wrote:
>
> Michael (et al) - Please correct me if I'm wrong here, but all the
> info we have on this 'we can't make terra preta' thing is an
> unsubstantiated quote in a Scientific American article, isn't it?
> Gosh, after biological farming for a couple of decades I'm STILL
> continuously surprised by how many unaccounted far factors can affect
> the productivity of a planting or of a piece of ground. I'd sure like
> to see 'more sciene' on this 'conclusion.' Without seeing some
> replication and, really, without the involvement of some biological
> farmers - - you know, the ones who were telling science that compost
> is a good way to grow plants for about 70 years before science
> started supporting the idea of a 'soil food web - - in that
> replication, I have a hard time thinking that terra preta nova has
> been debunked.
>
> Or, have I missed something here?
>
> Thanks
>
> -Allan
>



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