Comments on: Farms For The Future http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/13/farms-for-the-future/ RossTraining.com - Low-tech high-effect training advice without the nonsense Mon, 21 May 2012 07:25:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Chet Payne http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/13/farms-for-the-future/#comment-3848 Chet Payne Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:16:14 +0000 http://rosstraining.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3848 This is extremely informative! This is extremely informative!

]]> By: T Vitiello http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/13/farms-for-the-future/#comment-3847 T Vitiello Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:33:57 +0000 http://rosstraining.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3847 I am trying to move away from processed foods and eat more raw and organic foods. I am trying to move away from processed foods and eat more raw and organic foods.

]]> By: T Vitiello http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/13/farms-for-the-future/#comment-3846 T Vitiello Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:49:28 +0000 http://rosstraining.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3846 It's amazing that we are what we eat. If we put good raw fruits and vegetables into our system, then we will feel good. It's as easy as that. It’s amazing that we are what we eat. If we put good raw fruits and vegetables into our system, then we will feel good. It’s as easy as that.

]]> By: Simon http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/13/farms-for-the-future/#comment-3845 Simon Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:19:47 +0000 http://rosstraining.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3845 Hi Ross! I always moved in so many ways by postings like this one. I love videos on sustainable technologies that enable us to keep on existing as a civilization. However, I have to think about the practicability of an approach like this - can forest gardens and permaculture work everywhere we use to live - or will we have to once accept that there are planes where human life is unable to sustain unless supported by artificial means? Regardless, there are ways for the future. A future without grains, as it seems. I won't miss them all too much :) Keep on the good work! All the Best Simon Hi Ross!

I always moved in so many ways by postings like this one. I love videos on sustainable technologies that enable us to keep on existing as a civilization.

However, I have to think about the practicability of an approach like this – can forest gardens and permaculture work everywhere we use to live – or will we have to once accept that there are planes where human life is unable to sustain unless supported by artificial means? Regardless, there are ways for the future. A future without grains, as it seems. I won’t miss them all too much :)

Keep on the good work!

All the Best
Simon

]]> By: Ulfhjart http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/13/farms-for-the-future/#comment-3844 Ulfhjart Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:21:36 +0000 http://rosstraining.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3844 Ross, I'm a student of Biodiversity and Conservation in South Australia. I must say that I'm heartened to see an increase of this sort of peer education by average people. The terrifying thing for me has been the overwhelming apathy which typically greets the expert advice one sees on the news. Education is key to changing our behaviours as it is the ignorance (promoted, as we know, by the corporations out for profits at all costs) of the damage done by our societies that is the biggest cause for the delay in these necessary changes. I was greatly impressed by you upon reading Never Gymless, lent to me by a friend. Your sensible attitude to just getting on with it (whatever "it" may be) is sorely lacking in western society and I have been encouraging others to look at your works. Your website continues to keep you high in my regard as I discover the depth of not only your sensibility but that there are more people with this attitude around than I had thought. So, from the other side of the world, I say thankyou for sharing what you have worked hard to learn on many topics and thankyou for your part in educating those around you. I know very little about what books there are available in America on the topic of sustainability, however, John Seymour and Bill Mollison are two fantastic authors of books on self-sufficiency and permaculture. I'll get off my soapbox now and get back to my workout... Ulfhjart Ross, I’m a student of Biodiversity and Conservation in South Australia. I must say that I’m heartened to see an increase of this sort of peer education by average people. The terrifying thing for me has been the overwhelming apathy which typically greets the expert advice one sees on the news. Education is key to changing our behaviours as it is the ignorance (promoted, as we know, by the corporations out for profits at all costs) of the damage done by our societies that is the biggest cause for the delay in these necessary changes.
I was greatly impressed by you upon reading Never Gymless, lent to me by a friend. Your sensible attitude to just getting on with it (whatever “it” may be) is sorely lacking in western society and I have been encouraging others to look at your works. Your website continues to keep you high in my regard as I discover the depth of not only your sensibility but that there are more people with this attitude around than I had thought.
So, from the other side of the world, I say thankyou for sharing what you have worked hard to learn on many topics and thankyou for your part in educating those around you.
I know very little about what books there are available in America on the topic of sustainability, however, John Seymour and Bill Mollison are two fantastic authors of books on self-sufficiency and permaculture.
I’ll get off my soapbox now and get back to my workout…
Ulfhjart

]]> By: Javier http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/13/farms-for-the-future/#comment-3843 Javier Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:13:16 +0000 http://rosstraining.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3843 Ross, thanks for posting these recent videos. I particularly enjoyed Food, Inc. I must also say that I’m in agreement with simplicity in regards to dietary advice. I have lost 66 pounds in the last year and a half. In that time, I also ran my first half marathon. I have no idea how many calories I eat, but I do know that I am in the best shape of my life. The transition from fat to fit didn’t involve rocket science. We as people know what is good vs. bad. I always did, the difference is that I now care, before I didn’t. I used to eat sugary cereal for breakfast. I now eat eggs or steel cut oats along with a bowl of fresh fruit. I to eat fast food for lunch. I now cook in advance or bring leftovers to work. I had a bowl of chili yesterday and have turkey soup waiting for me today. I used to bring sweets for snacks, but now bring fresh fruit, sliced vegetables, and assorted nuts. I used to eat pizza for dinner. I knew it wasn’t healthy, but I didn’t care. I now cook balanced meals. I learned how to cook and actually enjoy the taste of the healthy foods. Tonight I am having chicken marsala with fresh spinach on the side. Encourage people to cook real, healthy foods, eating balanced meals in moderation. Everything else then falls into place, assuming you care to improve. Your blog is one of three or four that has really helped me, so thank you. JV Ross, thanks for posting these recent videos. I particularly enjoyed Food, Inc. I must also say that I’m in agreement with simplicity in regards to dietary advice. I have lost 66 pounds in the last year and a half. In that time, I also ran my first half marathon. I have no idea how many calories I eat, but I do know that I am in the best shape of my life. The transition from fat to fit didn’t involve rocket science. We as people know what is good vs. bad. I always did, the difference is that I now care, before I didn’t.

I used to eat sugary cereal for breakfast. I now eat eggs or steel cut oats along with a bowl of fresh fruit. I to eat fast food for lunch. I now cook in advance or bring leftovers to work. I had a bowl of chili yesterday and have turkey soup waiting for me today. I used to bring sweets for snacks, but now bring fresh fruit, sliced vegetables, and assorted nuts. I used to eat pizza for dinner. I knew it wasn’t healthy, but I didn’t care. I now cook balanced meals. I learned how to cook and actually enjoy the taste of the healthy foods. Tonight I am having chicken marsala with fresh spinach on the side.

Encourage people to cook real, healthy foods, eating balanced meals in moderation. Everything else then falls into place, assuming you care to improve. Your blog is one of three or four that has really helped me, so thank you.

JV

]]> By: Jeremy http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/13/farms-for-the-future/#comment-3842 Jeremy Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:55:37 +0000 http://rosstraining.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3842 <cite>My nutritional strategy is very simple. I eat real food (ex. fruits, veggies, fish, meat, etc.) when I’m hungry, and I don’t eat any artificial and/or processed junk. That’s it. I have better things to do with my time than counting how much of this or that nutrient has been consumed in this or that meal. My ancestors did pretty well without calculating zones and nutrient ratios on the abacus, so I see no reason to change. I never get sick, recover quickly from training, and feel good throughout the day. If it isn’t broken, I see no reason to fix it. Find what works for you. That’s the best nutritional advice I ever heard, so now I’m giving it to you.</cite> I tend to agree with the advice above when it’s put into the right context e.g for someone who’s been into the healthy living scene for more than 5 minutes. But I don’t agree with it as a strategy for the average Joe. I don’t believe that advancement in any area of life comes with sudden leaps such as in stage theory. I think the edges are gradually contrasted into the next level. In other words novices will rarely go from eating fat with fries to eating pure food direct from the source. People have been eating crap since Adam and will continue to do so all the way to Armageddon, it’s the cultural norm. Just my view but for anyone making the leap, to at the very least leading a healthier life, they need to have a general idea of what food is made of. If they come across a bit of advice that goes along the lines; ‘you need x amount of protein per kg of bodyweight’ then average Joe is f****d straight away. I think of it like training wheels, use them to map the nutritional landscape then thrown them away when the experience comes. My nutritional strategy is very simple. I eat real food (ex. fruits, veggies, fish, meat, etc.) when I’m hungry, and I don’t eat any artificial and/or processed junk. That’s it. I have better things to do with my time than counting how much of this or that nutrient has been consumed in this or that meal. My ancestors did pretty well without calculating zones and nutrient ratios on the abacus, so I see no reason to change. I never get sick, recover quickly from training, and feel good throughout the day. If it isn’t broken, I see no reason to fix it. Find what works for you. That’s the best nutritional advice I ever heard, so now I’m giving it to you.

I tend to agree with the advice above when it’s put into the right context e.g for someone who’s been into the healthy living scene for more than 5 minutes. But I don’t agree with it as a strategy for the average Joe.

I don’t believe that advancement in any area of life comes with sudden leaps such as in stage theory. I think the edges are gradually contrasted into the next level. In other words novices will rarely go from eating fat with fries to eating pure food direct from the source.

People have been eating crap since Adam and will continue to do so all the way to Armageddon, it’s the cultural norm. Just my view but for anyone making the leap, to at the very least leading a healthier life, they need to have a general idea of what food is made of. If they come across a bit of advice that goes along the lines; ‘you need x amount of protein per kg of bodyweight’ then average Joe is f****d straight away. I think of it like training wheels, use them to map the nutritional landscape then thrown them away when the experience comes.

]]> By: wavehand http://rosstraining.com/blog/2009/12/13/farms-for-the-future/#comment-3841 wavehand Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:32:05 +0000 http://rosstraining.com/blog/?p=1325#comment-3841 Wow. I want to learn more about this. My little back yard garden supplied about 40% of my food this summer. After watching this I would love to find a place with some land and use similar gardening methods as shown in this movie. Other key points, it seems many people eat three meals a meal (not a typo). I have been moving toward less meat and dairy, and smaller portions of food. The three meals per meal statement comes from thinking back to how I was eating a couple years ago and most of my life before that. I marvel at how little food I need compared to what I was raised to believe. Probably still eating more than the Spartans, but "keeping them hungry" didn't hurt their physical prowess any so maybe I can learn to eat even less. Truth be told, I am tougher now with less food in my diet. This is great information, thanks Ross, and thanks Paul M. Wow. I want to learn more about this. My little back yard garden supplied about 40% of my food this summer. After watching this I would love to find a place with some land and use similar gardening methods as shown in this movie.
Other key points, it seems many people eat three meals a meal (not a typo). I have been moving toward less meat and dairy, and smaller portions of food. The three meals per meal statement comes from thinking back to how I was eating a couple years ago and most of my life before that. I marvel at how little food I need compared to what I was raised to believe. Probably still eating more than the Spartans, but “keeping them hungry” didn’t hurt their physical prowess any so maybe I can learn to eat even less. Truth be told, I am tougher now with less food in my diet. This is great information, thanks Ross, and thanks Paul M.

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