I'm so happy you liked this book, @phoenixwren. Yes, I agree. Outdated ideas need to be overhauled, and books like this are the first step in that direction. What I think is most important, though, in introducing a new approach is to highlight the fact that it is possible to 1. grow a whole lot of food by 2. working together with natural patterns and 3. without destroying the ecosystem and cultural systems in the meantime. It's nothing new, people have done it before, and we can still learn from them.