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		<title>Building Healthy Soils</title>
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As I mentioned several weeks ago, we are in the process of rebuilding our soil fertility in our garden.  One great service that I will personally attest to is that provided by a local company called Organic Technology International.  For $65, I brought them a soil sample and had it analyzed. [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/05/14/building-healthy-soils/</link>
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		<title>Return to the United States</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
I am back in the United States, having left Bolivia almost a week and half ago.  There are many things in the Bolivian sphere I could comment on, but I am reluctant to do so. 

 

In short, I will comment on a few observations.  Any hope that people might have had [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/04/25/return-to-the-united-states/</link>
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		<title>My Life Without Water (Part II)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  


 

Water, as we all know, is critical to almost all forms of life.  Previously, I noted what my life was like in rural Bolivia, where there was no potable water system, and the community where I lived, myself included, was forced to get all of its water from a nearby irrigation canal. [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/04/10/my-life-without-water-part-ii/</link>
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		<title>Carnival of the Green # 122!</title>
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&#160;Welcome to the 122nd Carnival of the Green. Last week's Carnival was hosted at Conserve Plastic Bags, and now, here we are at Agroblogger.  After reading through the submissions, I became aware that so much of what is addressed by the green movement is our relationship to the material world.  Considering environmentalism [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/04/07/carnival-of-the-green-122/</link>
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		<title>My Life Without Water (Part I)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  


 

From the years 2000 to 2003 I lived in a small Bolivian village that had no potable water.  Though there was no water in taps, we did have the irrigation canal (pictured above), that made life possible and bearable.  Living without indoor plumbing is a challenge, but it is possible, and [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/04/04/my-life-without-water-part-i/</link>
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		<title>Technocracy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
We all know the word, and we all seem to have a sense that we live in a technocractic society, but I am not sure how well aware we are of how this translates into our reality, or why it is quite possibly destroying us.

 

This is not a harangue against technology itself.  [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/03/07/technocracy/</link>
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		<title>Castration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  


 

A provocative title, indeed, but the reality is a bit more practical.  The tool in this photo is a castrator, for mules, horses, donkeys, and bulls...am I missing anything?  No, not humans, not in this day and age, at least.

 

This is an interesting tool, it may be something that is [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/02/20/castration/</link>
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		<title>Railroads</title>
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&#160;My Dad is a train fanatic, he loves trains, has loved them since he was a kid.  Lately he has been telling me about the incredible value of transporting things by rail, not just goods (which remains a ubiquitous service in the United States), but also people.  He argues that its [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/02/11/railroads/</link>
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		<title>The Nature of the Crisis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
Bill Mollison has said: &#34;A crisis is brought on by people who don't want to do something for themselves...and people who want to control others, talk about Peak Oil and crisis because everyone else is panicking&#34;.&#160; 



This is a nice definition of crisis. Undoubtedly, crisis is a human-made phenomenon. In Bolivia, &#34;crisis&#34; is a [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/01/10/the-nature-of-the-crisis/</link>
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		<title>The Imperial Mind</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
It is a maxim of history that empire justifies its actions with eloquent and moving rhetoric. From the earliest, most blatantly smash-mouth empires, to the subtle but more invasive American empire of the modern age, appeals have always been made to the public to justify the military and diplomatic adventures of empire.



&#160;These appeals take [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/01/08/the-imperial-mind/</link>
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		<title>One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) in Bolivia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
Last Friday Bolivian President Evo Morales, accompanied by Marcelo Claure CEO of Brightstar Corporation, announced that Bolivia would provide a laptop for every child in the country.  With Bolivia's entrance into the One Laptop Per Child Project, I've started to think seriously about some of the limitations of this initiative.

 

On the very [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2008/01/07/one-laptop-per-child-olpc-in-bolivia/</link>
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		<title>The latest from Bolivia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
It has been too long since I have posted in this blog.  Not that I haven't thought about the issues that are confronting us...but it does get too overwhelming at times. 

 

I am writing this from Bolivia, South America, where I have been for over a month now.  Last year I [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/12/29/the-latest-from-bolivia/</link>
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		<title>We Should Be Frightened</title>
		<description><![CDATA[  
    We are constantly on the verge of another breakthrough. An information revolution. A nano-world. We transformed. We are on the verge of colonizing space. We shall go to Mars, we shall go beyond, we shall conquer the universe, or we shall go extinct trying. It seems irresponsible that we should [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/10/31/we-should-be-frightened/</link>
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		<title>Bean Harvest &#8216;07</title>
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&#160;It's a modest harvest, to be sure, but the significance for us as a family is still profound.&#160; And this is for a few reasons.&#160; First, this is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) native to the State of New Mexico, known as New Mexico bolitas in the northern part of [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/10/30/bean-harvest-07/</link>
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		<title>Identifying Shrimp</title>
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&#160;This is a species of freshwater shrimp (Macrobrachium sp.) from the tropical Chapare region of Cochabamba, Bolivia.&#160; This specimen was given to me over a year a go by young researcher and innovator.&#160;  He believes that this species of prawn has economic potential, as they grow fast and endure a variety of conditions.&#160; [...] ]]></description>
		<link>http://www.agroblogger.com/2007/10/29/identifying-shrimp/</link>
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