Hut With a View - 9/27/11

Blog entries from my visit to the Africa Center for Holistic Management, Zimbabwe.

see also http://hutwithaview.wordpress.com/

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In 2005 Laura Jackson of University of Northern Iowa gave an outstanding and insightful presentation to the Leopold Center on the ecological ramifications of Iowa agriculture. It is no less timely today. Highly recommended. Download the pdf here.

Seth Itzkan continues his posts from Africa with two videos.

First,his introduction to Dimbangombe and first impressions:
http://youtu.be/MpvONKd6fm4
and, second,debunking a common misconception that cattle numbers are the problem:
http://youtu.be/8FG50RqA_lE

Part 2: Hut With A View - Community Visits - 9/13/11

I don't even know how to start. The words that come to mind are hot, dust, sand, water, bare ground, struggle, promise, thirst, water (again), team work, manure, lions, fire, driving, children, bye bye, hello, and "What is the weather like in America"?.

Seth Itzkan of Somerville, Massachusetts is visiting the Africa Center for Holistic Management in Dimbangombe, Zimbabwe this month and posts a fascinating account of his experiences and learning here.

Don Huber, a retired plant pathologist from Purdue University, was interviewed recently on the subject of glyphosate (active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup), manganese deficiency, and reproductive rates in livestock. According to Dr. Huber, the recent approval of Roundup Ready alfalfa by the USDA could jeopardize our most important forage crop.

by Jeff Goebel

Note: Jeff Goebel has been facilitating and teaching Holistic Management for many years. His website is http://aboutlistening.com

Bruce Ward from Australia on the soil surface

The first two segments of a video presentation/animation of the carbon cycle.

Part 1

Part 2

If you don't have a Java-enabled browser (for example, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later) you probably can't play here. Most of these simulations are Java applets, requiring your browser to load about 1 megabyte of Java libraries to run the model.