Restoration Agriculture Quotes

“We must begin making long-term, permanent change in a world of short-term thinking. In a world impatient for a quick fix we must continue to make the long, steady progress needed toward a rich, green, abundant world, started by planting one tree at a time and repeated over and over around the world.”
― Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers

“The nation and most of the rest of the world is chasing a technofix instead of adjusting to ecological/economic reality.”
― Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers

“Can these systems produce enough total calories, enough carbohydrates, proteins and oils to feed the human race? Over and over again this issue is brought up and, in my opinion, is somewhat of a red herring. “This all sounds good, but we’ve got to feed the world.” I agree with this sentiment and hereby turn the question back onto the asker and state that the current agricultural system is not feeding the world! Not only is annual agriculture not feeding the rapidly increasing population, it is destroying ecosystems worldwide while doing so. The current agricultural system is dependent on extraordinary labor or cheap fossil fuels or increasingly scarce mined inputs in order to not feed the world. It contributes to the greenhouse effect and the inequitable distribution of wealth worldwide while still not feeding the world.”
― Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers

“What is needed are ecosystems that are designed to produce our food, fuel, animal feed, medicine and fibers, and ecosystems that can do so without the use of fossil fuel technology, those that can tolerate extremes of weather and potentially changing climates, and that can thrive without supplemental irrigation from vulnerable and increasingly expensive public utilities.”
― Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers

“Already legal and political moves are being made to drain the Great Lakes as a water supply for a thirsty western region.”
― Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers

“Plants removing carbon from the air is, in fact, how the earth’s vast coal deposits were formed.”
― Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers

“Former petroleum industry analyst Jan Lundberg puts it this way, “The nation and most of the rest of the world is chasing a technofix instead of adjusting to ecological/economic reality.”
― Mark Shepard, Restoration Agriculture: Real-World Permaculture for Farmers