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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:38 PM, Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:

> I have two friends (separate individuals not living together) who  
> are not
> good at gardening and thus have given it up for things they are good  
> at
> doing and a better use of their time. They both say they are "Grower
> Supporters."

And they are needed by those who grow for a living.

I've often mused on the tension, the dichotomy with homesteading and  
community. If everyone is self-reliant and largely self-sufficient,  
then we need each other less. Of course there are still those crafts  
and skills that most of us are not good at or even much interested in  
doing.

Anyone know of a study or a book that explores the effect on community  
that self-reliance creates?