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Forest gardens represent a farming technique radically different from Western (mono-)agricultural models and concepts. For many primary people around the world the cultivation and redesigning of patches of forest to create a reliable source of foodstuffs is elemental to their survival. For some Amazonian people (supposed hunter/ | Forest gardens represent a farming technique radically different from Western (mono-)agricultural models and concepts. For many primary people around the world the cultivation and redesigning of patches of forest to create a reliable source of foodstuffs is elemental to their survival. For some Amazonian people (supposed hunter/ | ||
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+ | ====== A Counter Example from the Amazon ====== | ||
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+ | Mark Plotkin in Tales of a Shaman' | ||
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+ | ““Look at that garden,” Kamainja whispered. “I' | ||
+ | To my untrained eye, the peasant garden did not look at all different from Indian agriculture. Once Kamainja stopped laughing, I asked him to explain. | ||
+ | “Look at that manioc! It is planted too far apart. You saw how we put ours together; the leaves form a canopy like the forest' | ||
+ | Kamainja was right. Since the manioc pants were all of one variety, insect that feed on that one variety might undergo a population explosion. I began to see what looked ' | ||
+ | “Look at the weeds!” Shafee chimed in. | ||
+ | “I don't see any.” I said. | ||
+ | “Exactly! In our gardens we always leave some behind it binds the soil in the rainy season. The peasant' | ||
+ | “And another thing,” said Kamainja. “You look at the plantation and you know the man doesn' | ||
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For forest people, gardening is a state of mind, a mode they are never out of. The entire Amazon is now believed to one huge man-made landscape kept intact by contant pruning and weeding as humans move through it. | For forest people, gardening is a state of mind, a mode they are never out of. The entire Amazon is now believed to one huge man-made landscape kept intact by contant pruning and weeding as humans move through it. | ||
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+ | [[Further Local Discussion about the Anthropocentric Jungle]] | ||
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+ | ====== Gary Snyder and the Artistic Imperative | ||
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+ | Quoting from The Real Work: | ||
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