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Forest gardens represent a farming technique radically different from Western (mono-)agricultural models and concepts. For many primary people around the world the cultivation and redesigning of patches of forest to create a reliable source of foodstuffs is elemental to their survival. For some Amazonian people (supposed hunter/ | Forest gardens represent a farming technique radically different from Western (mono-)agricultural models and concepts. For many primary people around the world the cultivation and redesigning of patches of forest to create a reliable source of foodstuffs is elemental to their survival. For some Amazonian people (supposed hunter/ | ||
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+ | === Vegtable Gardening as Hunt Preparation=== | ||
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+ | A large qoute from Darrell Addison Posey that indicates that forest gardens are well planned. | ||
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+ | Soil analyses shows that the soils are not exhausted after two or even three years. Furthermore, | ||
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+ | The Kayapó recognize that the high forest is relatively sparse in animal life, while forest clearing furnish habitat for smaller leafy and bushy plants that attract wildlife. They know that leaving ' | ||
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+ | This sensitivity to forest succession explains why the Kayapó are willing to let close-by old fields remain fallow. Although it might be easier to replant nearby fields more frequently, it would just mean having to go further away to hunt for game and for the essential gathered products from the secondary forest. '' | ||
=== A Counter Example from the Amazon === | === A Counter Example from the Amazon === |