Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Ah yes. The history of industrial farming shows you can take 1000 acres,
and minimize human labor and bankrupt yourself at the same time. And
bankrupt your local community in the process. Exactly how millions of
family farmers have been driven into the cesspools of cities - without
"employable skills". 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 12/26/2007 at 11:17 PM Liz wrote:

>At 10:14 PM 12/26/2007, you wrote:
>
>>Barb tossed out a couple thoughts on it I have to pass on. They weren't
>>usually high paying jobs, true. But - and it's a big but - their cost of
>>living in those communities was much lower. Few families needed more than
>>one wagearner. They didn't have long commutes, and didn't have to shop
all
>>over a city for necessities. And most of what they earned was spent
>locally
>>and recycled through the town's businesses - a big plus to support local
>>businesses.
>
>Yes, exactly. We've got a skewed vision of efficiency nowadays, when 
>all it means is a way to minimize human labor. We've forgotten that 
>the shared labor cemented communities in ways that the money by 
>itself couldn't do, but in addition, when the money stayed in the 
>community, it benefited and profited everyone.
>
>Liz in SW VA
>http://life-as-a-spectator-sport.com 
>
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