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Adony Melathopoulos <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:49:48 -0500
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I am drawn to Ted's argument for a more sustainable system of beekeeping. 
He argues that if we don't take the collective responsibility to make our
practice more sustainble, we will ultimately undermine our businesses.  

Viewing an issue, such as the movement of bees, from the perspective of not
only whether it will be profitable today, but also whether this profit will
be enjoyed into the future seems farsighted, not unreasonable.  I don't
think the position is anachronistic.  I was with an organic agriculture
specialist last weekend and he showed me how he assesses the embodied energy
of particular agricultural practices using very sophisticated models... a
comprehensive approach to sustainability is pragmatic and contemporary and
not  "idyllic ancestral".   I also do not think it is very helpful to write
a position off merely because "strongest interests will prevail" (ie don't
do XYZ, no matter how worthy the goal, because it will likely be subverted).
 There are great challenges to the business of beekeeping and it seems like
a particularily bad time to take a defeatist stance.

Adony

     


 

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