Chapter 2

It seems that for modern agriculture to be sustainable, it has to solve the problem of how to return nutrients to the farms that they come from. What are some ways this might be done in your own community?

The concept of ecosystem stability is one that is currently under much discussion in ecology. Some ecologists claim that there is no such thing as stability in ecosystems, since change is constant and disturbance inevitable. Yet in agroecology, we strive for stability of agroecosystem structure and function. How is the concept of stability being applied differently in these different contexts?