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[Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

bob ford wrote:

> 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).  
> 
It definitely makes economic sense to raise food for yourself.

> 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
> 
Haha. I keep telling my kids that, but they want to be able to earn a 
living.

Lynn Wigglesworth
> 
> --- On Sat, 10/25/08, Lynn Wigglesworth  wrote:
> 
>> From: Lynn Wigglesworth 
>> 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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