Upon returning to farming in the mid-1990’s, it was apparent that ecological capital (soil, water, etc) was not included in the economic equation of agriculture. It was not that farmers were causing wanton waste upon the land, but more so, that the lands were treated like most of the natural capital we have access to; that is was unlimited and here for the taking by takers here today.
After a decade or so thought, I realized that the ecological system was an economic system in its own right and that to account for this wealth-producing capital, this economic system must be integrated within our rather crude, man-made economic system. The necessity to add this ecological dimension to our economy bore EcoCommerce 101.
EcoCommerce 101 