The Ecological Capital of Soil

Came across this quote by Wes Jackson, who is the co-founder of The Land Institute http://www.landinstitute.org/, and felt it pertinent to the times as they are unfolding.

"We live off of what comes out of the soil, not what's in the bank. If we squander the ecological capital of the soil, the capital on paper won't much matter... For the past 50 or 60 years, we have followed industrialized agricultural policies that have increased the rate of destruction of productive farmland. For those 50 or 60 years, we have let ourselves believe the absurd notion that as long as we have money we will have food. If we continue our offenses against the land and the labor by which we are fed, the food supply will decline, and we will have a problem far more complex than the failure of our paper economy. Remember, if our agriculture is not sustainable then our food supply is not sustainable... Either we pay attention or we pay a huge price, not so far down the road. When we face the fact that civilizations have destroyed themselves by destroying their farmland, it's clear that we don't really have a choice."

Link here http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_16680.cfm to read the entire interview with Wes.

On a similar note, I had conversations with two different seed companies (Fedco & Johnny's) and both of them said that they're experiencing record sales and running out of seeds faster than in years past.