My view has moved from . . . This . . . has permitted the freeing up of lands, many of which should never have been converted. . . . Production is achieved by substitution of . . . Some of these were managed intensively in the past. Organic methods, along with a holistic approach to resource planning and marketing and a respect for traditional knowledge provide a viable strategy for the design of sustainable production systems in tropical regions.
Contemporary culture IS agriculture.
Been that way for a long time. The challenge in Chiapas and elsewhere is not just political, economic and social. It is also cultural, and specifically, it is AGRIcultural. I'd like to see someone try. So much for politics.