<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Timothy LaSalle of Rodale on the surprising climate benefits of organic farming]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Quinn http://www.grist.org/article/farm-team/ Sat, 10 May 2008 14:38:57 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/farm-team/1 Minor Correction

It's Kutztown, not Kurtztown.

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It's Kutztown, not Kurtztown.

]]> Comment #2 by Philip Small http://www.grist.org/article/farm-team/ Mon, 12 May 2008 06:57:26 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/farm-team/2 A Soil Scientist Responds

The conventional soil scientist must have gone out  with the 60's. I haven't met a "conventional" soil scientist, one that meets the definition used above, ever. Soil scientists long ago had to come to terms with the fact that all nutrient cycles are mediated by soil biology. I was taught in the early 70s in University that understanding the soil resource as a living entity is what separated our profession from engineers and geologists. I don't think even that distinction is still true, or certainly not as true as it was then.  Bioengineering, biogeochemistry and such.

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The conventional soil scientist must have gone out  with the 60's. I haven't met a "conventional" soil scientist, one that meets the definition used above, ever. Soil scientists long ago had to come to terms with the fact that all nutrient cycles are mediated by soil biology. I was taught in the early 70s in University that understanding the soil resource as a living entity is what separated our profession from engineers and geologists. I don't think even that distinction is still true, or certainly not as true as it was then.  Bioengineering, biogeochemistry and such.

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