Sustainable agriculture and appropriate technology / Michael Moore ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.
Michael Moore, a teacher of sustainable agriculture in Guatemela, discusses how sustainable agriculture uses natural resources for farming while returning to the soil and land what was taken. The approach takes the entire ecosystem into consideration, pointing out the high cost and long term harmfull effect of chemical pesticides. Moore calls for the use of native plant species that grow wild and are very nutrituous, instead of using a few strains which are used around the world. Since hyprid seeds need more fertilizers and pesticides, the worlds farmers would be better of with local variants so that they can use natural biological pest control, soil conservation, natural fertilizers, composting, integrated pest management, appropriate technology, solar power, solar driers, and composting toilets. Farmers, he concludes, can be the masters of their own universe.|SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY / Michael Moore| interviewed by Bob DeBolt. - Michael Moore, a teacher of sustainable agriculture in Guatemela, discusses how sustainable agriculture uses natural resources for farming while returning to the soil and land what was taken. The approach takes the entire ecosystem into consideration, pointing out the high cost and long term harmfull effect of chemical pesticides. Moore calls for the use of native plant species that grow wild and are very nutrituous, instead of using a few strains which are used around the world. Since hyprid seeds need more fertilizers and pesticides, the worlds farmers would be better of with local variants so that they can use natural biological pest control, soil conservation, natural fertilizers, composting, integrated pest management, appropriate technology, solar power, solar driers, and composting toilets. Farmers, he concludes, can be the masters of their onw universe. - RECORDED: Santa Cruz, California, 27 July 1992.