READING #6 - Moving Ecoagriculture into the Mainstream.

Chapter 2 was an interesting chapter about ecoagriculture. I have heard about ecoagriculture before but I never really knew what it entailed.  I found that this chapter helped solidified  what I learn during my visit to ECHO. It also helped me understand some of the practices that ECHO was utilizing in order to make farmers in developing countries more productive.  I also found it refreshing to know that environmentally sustainable practices are being implemented in developing countries not only out of necessity but also because it produced larger yields in crops. It interesting that the more sustainable methods are actually the more productive ones. This poses the question of why did we use the other methods in the first place? Either way the push to be more sustainable is becoming a more prevalent issue each day and if we can adapt ecoagriculture practices not only in our country but around the world, then we will be one step closer to being a sustainable ecosystem.