Share your vision for the harvest

[Richard]

There is nothing, anywhere in the concept of "harvest" as commonly used in the English, which implies a "gradualness" to the event.

I'm not sure I agree with that. I mentioned in a previous harvest thread that when we harvest tomatoes from our garden, we do so gradually, over a period of several months, as fruits gradually ripen. However, when farmers harvest wheat, they bring in a combine and take it all at once.

The term "Harvest" is used in many conservation programs with regards to fish and game management. It refers to a controlled kill, if you will, of a certain percentage of game in order to maintain a healthy population. Kind of eerie when you think about it like that as applied to the LOO. But in no way does it refer to taking the entire population.

But in todays ever decreasing wildlife habitats and humanity's ever enroaching presence...not to mention enviromental meddling. You either maintain the wildlife populations artificially or watch the entire species die of starvation.

Sort of makes the case for the need to die before "Harvest".

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/w...tegy99.pdf

or

http://mercury.bio.uaf.edu/courses/wlf20...0yield.pdf

Richard