Prairie style
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Geneticist Wes Jackson of the Land Institute is a firm believer in the efficacy of polyculture. This agricultural method, which emphasizes the intermingling of crops in a field that is never plowed, is organic farming at its purest, being based on the natural succession of prairie ecosystems.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1999
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The web of life
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The US stress the importance of individuality and views society as an enemy of privacy. Individuals, however, should recognize the importance of building relationships with neighbors in the development of productive and harmonious communities.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1995
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Homeplace: a few words on behalf of staying put
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There are some good reasons why some people prefer to stay put in one place than move on. In a place like America and in a time such as now, however, fewer and fewer people rarely keep to one place they can call home.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1993
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