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[KNat <knat AT sprintmail.com>]

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> > Technology has the potential to make life more
> > comfortable and more secure
> >     
>
> It's a two edged sword.  The very fact that it makes life more secure means 
> that it makes life more vulnerable.
>
> Is it easier just to go to the mart and buy all your food (for example)?  
> Certainly.  But what if, for whatever reason (see the article Bev pointed out), 
> the food to the mart is interrupted for an extended time .... or forever?  
> Suddenly you are far MORE vulnerable than you would have been had you emulated the 
> gardening ludite.
> _______________________________________
I HAVE to share. I just got off the phone with my partner (who is famed 
for ranting for hours about there's no such thing as "organic" being 
healthier and who took down the fence around the garden to use for a 
project so we had no stores put up this year.) He had to go to work and 
offered to swing by the local grocery store on the way home. Speaking of 
what to get, the conversation just naturally flowed to -his thinking the 
turkeys available in the store this time of year are pumped or something 
and aren't worth all the time and effort to prepare them; "good" turkeys 
are triple price this week for those that live money to mouth; it would 
be nice to stockpile the seasonal foods now when they aren't so 
expensive, but they don't sell them in the grocery store. I restrained 
myself (with difficulty) and he came up with- just getting yogurt  at 
the store, then swinging by a garden center that also has a market area 
for local produce to see about getting some for storage and calling a 
coworker who hunts about local meats when he gets home. I don't know if 
he'll be successful, but, today, even he sees that connections are more 
reliable for food source.

Peace,
Kathyann