The Green Deserts of Western Civilization

[Sarah Ives]

Wanted to share this eye-opening article about permaculture practices of Masanobu Fukuoka (1913–2008). It begins:

Although the surface of the ground in Europe and the United States appears to be covered with a lovely green, it is only the imitation green of a managed landscape. Beneath the surface, the soil is becoming depleted due to the mistaken agricultural practices of the last two thousand years.

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/07/20-1

Cheers,
Sarah