The thing is, it
seems a fairly labour intensive way of farming. Monocropping in straight lines or broad open fields allows certain machinery etc to be used. AND they still used drip irrigation, but to their credit 1/5th the water normally used.
Yet if we are to take that video at face value, a local farmer's market and eco-village style living might really be possible in some far more inhospitable places than previously thought. Add a solar power plant, and some desal water, and there is a whole new style of sustainable living. Anyway, I'm so interested in this subject because it seems we could both Green the desert (
see new thread on this subject) and Reinvent our cities through new zoning plans (
see new thread on THIS subject). Combined with Biochar, I think we have some answers. On my blog I call it the "Radical R's".
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# REZONE for New Urbanism
# RAIL (Trains, trams, and trolley buses)
# RENEWABLE energy
# REDESIGN Industrial Ecosystems
# REPLENISH soil with Biochar
# RESTORE local ecosystems
# REDUCE global population
# REFORM Global Government
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