“She said how ludicrous it was to plant huge fields of the same kinds of crops, guaranteeing pests -- and the need to use chemicals -- when, back home, the same crop was planted every seven rows. Mixing things up meant that a pest would starve before reaching the next row it needed to eat.” FarmingPest Control Book:Live Close to Home Source: Live Close to Home
“A sustainable local economy is one that enables the local community to be sustainable in all of its aspects in the long run. If the local economy is not sustainable, its future has been traded away -- literally -- to people at a distance, for the proverbial bowl of stew.” CommunitySustainabilitySustainability In Economics Book:Live Close to Home Source: Live Close to Home