http://blog.farmland.org/2010/07/california-charts-a-more-sustainable-course-for-agriculture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=california-charts-a-more-sustainable-course-for-agriculture American Farmland Trust Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:17:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://blog.farmland.org/2010/07/california-charts-a-more-sustainable-course-for-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-2606 Robin Rivet Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:39:51 +0000 http://blog.farmland.org/?p=1254#comment-2606 I wholeheartedly approve of and support these goals. Additionally, water is integral to California's sustainability, but regulatory agencies do not communicate as needed. Flood-control and drought issues are especially poignant. More trees need to be planted everywhere, but urban forestry sits at the bottom of too many axed budgets. These can help preserve our soils, reduce water waste and clean our air. Plus backyard orchards, vegetable gardens and broader based CSAs ought to be supported by governments with tax incentives or dedicated water allocations too. Meanwhile rainwater gets wasted down polluted drains, green lawns flourish in Southern California, and we ship food in from Chile and China to blighted CA inner cities at a hidden cost to consumers. Citizens also need to get better educated about the environmental cost of fertilizer and pesticide abuses. It is irrational to sell toxic chemicals to the public, that are highly regulated commercially, but get misused constantly by an ignorant public, with no oversight or penalty. Why is this? Keep up this work, you have grass roots support. I wholeheartedly approve of and support these goals. Additionally, water is integral to California’s sustainability, but regulatory agencies do not communicate as needed. Flood-control and drought issues are especially poignant. More trees need to be planted everywhere, but urban forestry sits at the bottom of too many axed budgets. These can help preserve our soils, reduce water waste and clean our air. Plus backyard orchards, vegetable gardens and broader based CSAs ought to be supported by governments with tax incentives or dedicated water allocations too. Meanwhile rainwater gets wasted down polluted drains, green lawns flourish in Southern California, and we ship food in from Chile and China to blighted CA inner cities at a hidden cost to consumers. Citizens also need to get better educated about the environmental cost of fertilizer and pesticide abuses. It is irrational to sell toxic chemicals to the public, that are highly regulated commercially, but get misused constantly by an ignorant public, with no oversight or penalty. Why is this? Keep up this work, you have grass roots support.

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