In Ecclesiastes 1:8-10 Solomon, the wisest man on the planet, wrote, “What has been will be again" and "there is nothing new under the sun.” He goes on to tell us that much of our problem is with memory.

So I would borrow from Solomon by saying there is nothing new about the natural model. Those of us who have mostly left the green revolution of the past six or seven decades and are studying and practicing the natural model are mostly learning and attempting to apply natural principles and laws.

Much of modern industrial agriculture is vanity and will fail. In several years most future agriculturists will not view those of us currently on the fringe as lunatics. As a matter of a fact several converts are moving toward our thoughts and teachings every week.

Beef Producer readers are on the increase. I recently made comments and explanations concerning the principles of boom and bust and made reference to multiple user groups out on the land. I also made the statement that equilibrium in natural systems is a myth.

The industrial systems have been described by many others besides me as moving in the direction of creating these things:

Compare the above industrial systems to natural model systems and you will likely travel 180 degrees. The natural model systems approach includes and results in:

Here are three principles that help build up the natural model system.