Can farming be profitable and sustainable?
Farming as if it mattered Written by Phyllis Tichinin January 2006 Appeared in modified form in Countrywide North and South Island issues June/July 2006 Highlights only version: With input costs soaring and returns declining the impacts of the agricultural chemical treadmill are becoming more obvious and what was hailed as an upward lift in production 50 years ago, has become a downward spiral. A sustainable and profitable approach to agricultural production is required to address these problems. Arden Andersen delivers such an approach based on sound science and real experience. It is called Biological Agriculture. Dr Andersen is at the cutting edge of American biological agriculture. He has a BSc. in agricultural science, a Ph.D. in biophysics and a medical degree. He has tens of thousands of acres under consultation in the USA ranging from cherries to dairies. Andersen has been teaching in Australia for 10 years and Lawrie Co. Biological Farms of South Australia report tremendous so
