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  • From: Simply Cooking <simplycookingnonna@gmail.com>
  • To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] The Working Poor
  • Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 23:18:11 -0700

It's hard to put effort or energy into anything when you're
hungry,weak,and stressed. Especially something you've never done
before.
nonna

On 12/29/10, Pete Vukovich <pvukovic1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have to chime in and agree with Mr. D'hondt. It takes a few seasons to
> prepare a field properly, and years to develop the skills to farm, couple
> that with the fact that people expect change to occur within less than an
> election cycle supported by bobble heads still talking about 'competition'
> as a remedy to modern economic problems and I think the sort of 'change'
> people a driven towards isn't a pretty picture. I have to filter this with
> my own tendency to be pessimistic and over reactive of course, but I think
> this is reflected in the polarism were seeing in most of the world today.
>
> --pete
>
> --- On Tue, 12/28/10, John D'hondt <dhondt@eircom.net> wrote:
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> From: John D'hondt <dhondt@eircom.net>
> Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] The Working Poor
> To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing"
> <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 11:55 AM
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> Will people who don't know how to grow or don't want to change their
> attitude? How bad does it have to get first?
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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> I am afraid the most likely change in attitude might be slightly different
> than what you expect Paul. Growing when one gets hungry will take too long.
> So taking whatever is available is possible the profession with the most
> growth potential?
> john
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