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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="Kiwi Pete" data-source="post: 5383066" data-attributes="member: 63856"><p>This is true. The Maori did actually have quite a culture of preservation, all the same, being of polynesian descent they were very nomadic and realised that opening up areas with fire was very counterproductive to their food supply, Moa were the easiest feed around so they had methods of ensuring they didn't get too greedy.... but their numbers slowly increased, and moa etc slowly decreased over time.</p><p></p><p>But as you said, islands evolve in special ways, and so did the people.</p><p>The western diet doesn't help the Maori people, at all, they are drastically overrepresented in all the wrong statistics.</p><p></p><p>It is interesting to see how the base foods have bearing on the human populace, where corn and cereals form the base obesity and health issues are astounding.</p><p></p><p>(Just don't say so in front of a corn or cereal farmer)</p><p></p><p>It's this abundance of "anecdotal" evidence that dictates our "pasture-only" values in our context, I don't wish to be any bigger part of the problem than is possible.</p><p>It's why I don't have shedding sheep, too, because I value the fibre (although crossbred wool is crap compared to the oldenday Romneys and Leicesters, and has less value, it is still a natural fibre)</p><p></p><p>On that subject, if NZ had stuck with selecting for wool instead of mainly meat, it would probably have 6 or 7 times the value of the modern sheep fleece. </p><p>Farmers are as culpable in wool's decline as the consumers, really.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kiwi Pete, post: 5383066, member: 63856"] This is true. The Maori did actually have quite a culture of preservation, all the same, being of polynesian descent they were very nomadic and realised that opening up areas with fire was very counterproductive to their food supply, Moa were the easiest feed around so they had methods of ensuring they didn't get too greedy.... but their numbers slowly increased, and moa etc slowly decreased over time. But as you said, islands evolve in special ways, and so did the people. The western diet doesn't help the Maori people, at all, they are drastically overrepresented in all the wrong statistics. It is interesting to see how the base foods have bearing on the human populace, where corn and cereals form the base obesity and health issues are astounding. (Just don't say so in front of a corn or cereal farmer) It's this abundance of "anecdotal" evidence that dictates our "pasture-only" values in our context, I don't wish to be any bigger part of the problem than is possible. It's why I don't have shedding sheep, too, because I value the fibre (although crossbred wool is crap compared to the oldenday Romneys and Leicesters, and has less value, it is still a natural fibre) On that subject, if NZ had stuck with selecting for wool instead of mainly meat, it would probably have 6 or 7 times the value of the modern sheep fleece. Farmers are as culpable in wool's decline as the consumers, really. [/QUOTE]
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