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SUSTAINABILITY

GOAL: Grow and maintain sustainable soil fertility with
sufficient humus in the soil while creating thriving mini-
ecosystems

Sustainable Soil Fertility

ustainability means living in such a way that there are
enough resources to live well in an alive, diverse,
thriving environment—indefinitely.
Sustainability is possible—individual people, families,
and communities accomplish this frequently all around
the world. Yet most people nd this challenging. Many
of us are living on six times—or more—the resources
that would be available to each person in the world if
the resources were divided up equally!

The grandfather keeps sheep, the son keeps goats, the grandson

keeps nothing.

— RICHARD ST. BARBE BAKER, My Life, My Trees

The food we purchase is how we farm, or grow, our
food. When we purchase food that has been grown with