Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Phil Bunch" <pbunch@cox.net>]

This is very true. We cannot forget all those who cannot or do not and never
will have the ability to drink from the river and obtain their food directly
from the land. They will always be a factor. If any of the apocalyptic
scenarios that have been mentioned or hinted at on the list should occur,
they will either be knocking on our doors begging for food or taking it by
force. Having written "force" I think of Woody Gutherie's line: "Some will
rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen."

IMHO it is wise to be compassionate now and plan for the greater good of
all. Viable solutions will account for those who also need to eat. The idea
that those who are living on the land can be an isolated elite is a
dangerous romantic fantasy.

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Subject: [Livingontheland] Derrick Jensen


"If your experience is that your water comes from the tap and that your
food comes from the grocery store then you are going to defend to the
death the system that brings those to you because your life depends on
that; if your experience is that your water comes from a river and that
your food comes from a land base then you will defend those to the death
because your life depends on them. So part of the problem is that we have
become so dependent upon this system that is killing and exploiting us, it
has become almost impossible for us to imagine living outside of it and
it's very difficult physically for us to live outside of it."
- Derrick Jensen


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