Agriculture Reference
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4
Dave from Darlington (c. 2000) review of: Jannaway, Kathleen,
Abundamt Living in the Coming Age of the Tree
,
Movement for Compassionate Living, 1991; and a reply from Jannaway, both in
Vohan News International
, 3.
5
Whitefield, Patrick (2004),
The Earthcare Manual
, Permanent Publications, p 216.
6
FAOSTAT:
faostat.fao.org
8
Tudge, C (2005),
The Secret Life of Trees: How they Live and Why they Matter
, Penguin Allen Lane, 2005, p 206.
9
Cobbet, William (1826),
Rural Rides
, Everyman, vol 2, 4 September 1826.
10
Rackham, O (1986),
The History of the Countryside
, Dent, p 122.
11
Ibid.
, p 122.
12
Tudge,
op cit.8.
13
Martin Crawford, pers com March 2008 and November 2009.
14
Five tonnes per ha of chestnuts at 1700 kcals per kilo is 8.5 million kcals per ha; 25 tonnes potatoes, at 750 cals per
kilo is 18.75 million kcals. Since the protein per kilo for both crops is roughly the same and the yield of potatoes is five
times as high, you get five times as much protein per hectare with spuds.
15
I bought the last mule in the village from a retiring farmer.
16
Whitefield, Patrick (2009),
The Living Landscape - How to Read and Understand It
, Permanent Publications.
17
Brown, P (2001), 'England's Woodlands Growing to 1,000-year Record Total',
The Guardian
,
22
November 2001.
MAFF and DETR (now DEFRA) (2000),
Our Countryside: The Future
, Rural White Paper, HMSO.
18
Read, D J
et al
(eds) (2009),
Combating Climate Change: A Role for UK Forests
, The Stationery Office, Edinburgh,
2009.
19
Nichol, Lucy
et al
(2000),
Planning for Sustainable Woodlands
, publised by Chapter 7 and the National Small
Woods Association, 2000, p 2.
20
Dorset AONB (2004),
A Framework for the Future of the Dorset AONB 2004 to 2009
, Dorset AONB Partnership.
The new plan does not appear to be so prejudiced against conifers: Dorset AONB Management Plan 2009-14,
ht-
21
Tree Spirit (2006), 'Maes y Mynach - Sitka Control',
Tree Spirit
, Autumn 2006.
22
Fairlie, S (2004), 'In Praise of Douglas Fir',
Chapter 7 News
, 15, Summer 2004.
23
Whitefield (2004),
op cit
. 5, p 3.
24
Ibid.
, p 306.
25
Ibid.
, p 261.
26
J C Mohler, cited in the frontispiece of Harvey, Graham (2002),
The Forgiveness of Nature
, Vintage.
27
Whitefield (2009),
op cit
. 5.
28
Ingalls, J J,
op cit
. 1.
29
Burnett, Graham (2000),
Permaculture, A Beginner's Guide
, Land and Liberty; Burnett, Graham (n.d.),
Well Fed
- Not an Animal Dead!
, Spiralseed.
30
USDA (1948),
op cit
. 1.
31
For a good account of Earl Butz and the rise of King Corn, see Pollan, Michael (2006),
The Omnivore's Dilemma
,
Bloomsbury.