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This is a really interesting and provocative article that weaves together many of the interests we have in BEST: anaerobic digestion, nutrient recycling, sustainable agriculture, aquatic plant utilization, etc. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC0506/S00068.htm ABSTRACT Decades of an "environmental bubble economy" built on the over-exploitation of natural resources has accelerated global warming, environmental degradation, depletion of water and oil, and brought falling crop yields, precipitating a crisis in world food security with no prospects for improvement under the business as usual scenario. There is, nevertheless, a wealth of knowledge for making our food system sustainable that not only can provide food security and health for all, but can also go a long way towards mitigating global warming by preventing greenhouse gas emissions and creating new carbon stocks and sinks. One of the most important obstacles to implementing the existing knowledge is the dominant economic model of unrestrained, unbalanced growth that has already failed the reality test. I describe a highly productive integrated farming system based on maximising internal input to illustrate a theory of sustainable organic growth as alternative to the dominant model. -- Jason Evans Ph.D. Candidate, Interdisciplinary Ecology School of Natural Resources and the Environment University of Florida (352) 466-4549 - home office (352) 328-1199 - cell BioEnergy and Sustainable Technology Society http://grove.ufl.edu/~bests/