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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Well, his take would be different than ours.  he is one of the world's 
richest investors and now lives in singapore because of his view of 
'socialistic' tendencies in US and wants his young daughter growing up in 
free market asia ?  He aslo just did a long motorcycle trip around the world, 
he' an interesting man.

My interest in linking to the vid was more about commodity pricing in 
general- which, if he is right, means that growing your own, even small and 
locally, would be smart financially (we already know it is healthier).  

And, for people who have children about to take out huge student loan debt to 
attend  college to learn about 'business' or 'law', there are alternatives.. 
This country, and the world  needs young, smart farmers. ...bobf


--- On Sat, 10/25/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] was music, now farming, agricultural, other misc.
> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Saturday, October 25, 2008, 11:39 AM
> Bob; that's a good video. Rogers makes a lot of common
> sense. "Get out 
> of paper assets and into real assets". That's
> always been my philosophy, 
> and why I've never invested in anything I can't use
> or touch. I don't 
> know about agricultural commodities, though. In a commodity
> market, the 
> person driving the tractor ISN'T the one making the
> money. It's the 
> middle men and the ones selling the end product. The only
> farmers 
> driving Maseratis are the ones that sold the farm to
> developers.
> 
> The whole sustainable, small farm movement is against
> viewing 
> agriculture as a commodity market. It's about keeping
> it local, keeping 
> the middle man out of it. It's about direct sales to
> the consumer.
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth
> 
> bob ford wrote:
> > I thought I could just take a big barrel of mixed
> seeds and sow them into the wild.?  Seriously, Lynn, your
> point is well taken.  An already existing
> > area of the proper type of soil upon which to grow a
> garden has always been one of my requirements. 
> > 
> >  Live water is a strong desire.  If I can pick from
> one or the other, why not go with my desire.  By the way,
> throughout the southeast (not just the west) people's
> wells have been going dry, for the first time anyone can
> remeber, and crops have withered ..
> > 
> > ***Note * I am adding a link to a 12 minute
> audio/video by Jim Rogers.  He is one of the world's
> great investors.  But, the reason I'm linking is becasue
> of him talking about the economic stupidity and immorality
> of the new bailout pland, 
> > 
> > And, he talks in great deal about agricultural
> commodities in the future, and how it will be farmers ,
> instead of investment bankers, driving maseratis in the
> future. 
> > 
> >  He talks about how people should choose farming,
> rather than law or banking as carreers.  Rogers is
> originally a small town Alabama boy, who co-founded with
> Soros, Quantum. 
> > 
> >  He and Soros are completely different ideologically
> and philosophically.  Anyway, it is a short audio/video, and
> I looked for a transcript for bev or anyone else with slow
> connection, but could not find one.......bobf
> > 
> >
> http://www.bloomberg.com/avp/avp.htm?N=adviser&T=Jim%20Rogers%20Sees%20Higher%20Returns%20in%20Agriculture%20Than%20Gold&clipSRC=mms://media2.bloomberg.com/cache/vZxWkZj_78EQ.asf
> > 
> >
> 
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