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<br />Number 39
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<br />Fan 1990
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<br />At The Land
<br />Mind Mulch il1 the Fall Session ...........:....................3
<br />Board of Directors Meets ............................................ 7
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<br />. Energy Conservation ...............................:.................. 7
<br />New Compost Makers ......;...:.....................................7
<br />Children's Programs Featured on Visitors'. Day ........ 8
<br />Good Work Takes Good Workers ............................10.
<br />Research Fellow Chosen .......................................... 11
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<br />New Roots for Agriculture
<br />Prairie Studies Continue ......................................:... 12
<br />Sustainable AgricultUre: Avoiding
<br />the. Definition Trap .............................................. 14
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<br />. New Routes in Conventional Agriculture
<br />The Promises and Pitfalls of
<br />Herbicide-Resistant Crops ..:..:.:............,...............16
<br />Brave NewPigs: Part Human, Part Machine ......,.. 19
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<br />Traditional Roots in AgricUlture
<br />Genetic Diversity in Minor Breeds ........................ 24
<br />Remembering Robert Rodale .................................... 27
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<br />Natural Connections .. .
<br />Four Poems by Steven Ilind ....................................29
<br />Th Pr t' 'fth. ..m.ld. ..;
<br />e ac ICe 0 errl ...........................................30
<br />The Season Circle ..:.................................................31
<br />The Sunflower Puzzle .............................................. 32
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<br />A Good Friend of The Land ...................................... 33
<br />Back Issues of The Land Report Available .............. 34
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<br />Photographs. Tamara Kraus and Kris Schaefer took the
<br />photographs and made the prints for this issue, except for
<br />those on pages 25, 27 supplied by the American Minor .
<br />Breeds Conservancy and page 33 by Susan Alancraig.
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<br />o ~rinted on recycled paper
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<br />On the Cover
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<br />After harvesting Illinois bundleflower all after-
<br />noon, the interns joined together and ceremoniously
<br />pulled the seeds off one last plant for the photogra-
<br />pher. We aren't sure whose arms,legs, knees and
<br />hands are in the picture. .
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<br />In This Issue
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<br />This Land Report contains an account of our
<br />activities during the fall session of 1990, plus three
<br />feature articles, Most of the stories are by our in-
<br />terns or about Qur interns, the nine young college
<br />graduates who spent 43 weeks here between mid-
<br />February and mid-December. Life at The Land
<br />Institute revolves around the intern program and
<br />their schedule of morning classes and afternoon
<br />physical work. They transplant in the greenhouse,
<br />hoe experimental plots, take data, and write reports
<br />of research results. Interns give tours to visitors,
<br />help with maintenance and construction, work in the
<br />garden, and they write Land Report articles, mostly
<br />on their own time. In this issue Doug Romig and
<br />Kathy Collmer chose to research issues in biotechnol-
<br />ogy and write feature articles. Paul Muto pursued
<br />his interest in minor breeds for another feature
<br />article. Holly Ewing wrote about prairie studies, and
<br />Tracy Noel contributed two pieces for the Natural
<br />Connections section. Tamara Kraus described the
<br />Visitors' Day program and helped Kris Schaefer take
<br />and print photographs ofintern activities. Before
<br />scattering in mid-December, they posed for a group.
<br />photo (back cover) that captures the intern spirit.
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<br />Editor: Dana Jackson
<br />Asst. Editor. Jake Vall
<br />Arts Associate: Terry Evans
<br />Circulation Mariager: Sharon Thelander
<br />Printed by Arrow Printing Company
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<br />Contn'buting to * 39: Kathy Collmer, Holly Ewing, Steven
<br />Hind, Dana Jackson, Wes Jackson, Tamara Kraus, Paul
<br />Muto, Tom Mulhern, Tracy Noel, Doug Romig, Jake Vail
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<br />TIONAL-RESEARCH ORGANIZATION DEVOTED TO
<br />SUBrAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND GOOD
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<br />BOARD OF DffiECTORS: George COmstock, Paula
<br />Bramel-Cox, B:roce Colman, Marl Detrixhe, Terry Evans ,
<br />Charles Francis, Wes & Dana Jackson, Ivy Marsh, RaCe
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<br />Daly~ David & Joan Ehrenfeld, Alan & Joan Gussow Frances
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