Re: [compost_tea] Re: Web of Life

From: Ted Peterson <ted.peterson_at_tcsn.net>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 22:54:28 -0700

Bingo. If you studied with these people, you got a real education. Does c=
old-composting ring a bell? How 'bout windrow size, biological procssing o=
f pathogens instead of heat? You went to the mother source of composting i=
n the world. I am officially jealous.

Ted Peterson
EW/SOE
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Steve Diver
  To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:31 PM
  Subject: [compost_tea] Re: Web of Life


  Siegfried and Uta Luebke in Austria developed the Controlled
  Microbial Composting system.

  When I studied under the Luebkes they alluded to the work
  of Raoul France and his wife, Annie France-Harrar. They
  especially referred to Raoul France's book "Bios, die Gesetze
  der Welt" (Bios: The Laws of the World).

  Since Raoul France's body of work is published in German,
  it is not readily accessible.

  However, an English-language biography was published in 2000
  and it provides a fascinating account of Raoul France's
  lifetime achievements in microbiology, accompanied by an
  extensive bibliography.

  See:

  Raoul France' and the Doctrine of Life. 2000. By Rene'Romain
  Roth. 1st Books Library, Bloomington, IN. 320 p.

  France' is considered the father of soil ecology, and coined
  the terms and underlying concepts for "edaphon," "biocenotics",
  "biotechnik", "bionics," and "psychobiology."

  This is an excellent biography; it is fascinating. It provides
  insight to Raoul France's studies in microbiology, microscopy,
  soil ecology, and onwards to the unifying philosophical
  systems he developed resulting in "Bios: The Laws of the World",
  and so forth, dating from 1892 to 1943.

  Raoul, who was director of the Munich Biological Institute,
  published dozens of papers and books, for example:

  "Forays into a Drop of Water"

  "Edaphon - A New Biological Community"

  "Studies on Edaphic Organisms"

  "Edaphon - Studies in the Ecology of Soil-inhabiting
  Microorganisms"

  In 1950, Annie France-Harrar published "The Last Chance for
  a Future Without Want" through the Bavarian Agricultural
  Publishing House. The book "created a sensation among
  soil scientists and agronomists because it sounded an alarm
  for the future food supply of humanity by drawing attention
  to the danger of humus destruction and soil erosion."

  This resulted in an invitation from the Mexican government
  to help remediate soils in Mexico. Annie subsequently worked
  in a microbial laboratory in Mexico from 1955 to 1961. They
  developed a new type of fertilizer called "Edaphon-humus"
  bricks which "contained a selection of soil-inhabiting
  microorganisms in pure culture and which were used
  to inoculate agricultural soil with humus-producing
  microbionts."

  "Besides, she also created "Petrfil" bricks which
  contained lithobionts; i.e., microorganisms that
  inhabited rock surfaces and caused rocks to disintegrate
  into soil."

  On the web, when you look for Annie France-Harrar,
  many of the websites pertain to wurmhumus, regenwurm,
  regenwurmfarm, humusproduktion, and so forth.

  Altogether, 36 books by Annie and 84 books by Raoul;
  one together; plus hundreds of articles and journal
  papers.

  Thought ya'll might find these people interesting as
  a resource on earlier developments in soil ecology,
  humus, and microbes.

  Regards,
  Steve Diver


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