songbird wrote:
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Makes me thing of a Farm in Virginia that was
featured on the show Farm Kings. Has anyone seen
this show? I find it very interesting.
likely Polyface Farm aka Joel Salatin of
Swoope Virginia.
and they are not at all similar in
philosophy or methods.
Joel raises beef on grass (probably a
few hundred head), thousands of chickens,
pigs, turkeys, rabbits. i.e. he's geared
towards raising meat. also, Joel will
bring in outside organic material if he
can get it cheaply enough.
Masanobu never mentions raising beef as
anything other than wasteful (because they
import grain to Japan to do it) and is much
more vegetarian/seafood/eggs type eater.
never mentions eating a chicken anyplace in
the four books mentioned, but perhaps they
do once in a while. he determined that
bringing in outside organic materials was
too much work and easier to just grow in
place.
songbird