[MPWG] power not poverty cause of degradation

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Yes thank you Eric for this excellent point!  In working with organic farmer 
cooperatives we find that the good honest hard working people (there are many) 
who succeed are in it because *they believe in the organic movement* or *they 
love the trees* or *they want their children to stop being sick from 
agricultural pesticide contamination* and the ones who ruin the co-op or fail in the 
first place or compromise the certification for the entire group are in it for 
the money.  Period end of story that's how it works.  It's like war, you 
either know it's wrong or you do not.  Sustainability is a labor of love.

In a message dated 1/8/04 4:21:00 PM Pacific Standard Time, etjones at ifcae.org 
writes:
In my experience 
degradation has more to do with power issues than anything else.  Where 
"poor" people are calling the shots over their livelihoods, and have a 
vested interest in the well-being of the resource, is where stewardship and 
local knowledge flourishes and degradation stops. 
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