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Re: [Livingontheland] sharing and coops/was Re[2]: World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture

From: EJ <emj@uvic.ca>
To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] sharing and coops/was Re[2]: World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:05:35 -0800

On 13/01/11 12:02 PM, Simply Cooking Nonna wrote:

Why not share equipment like farmers have been doing for centuries?

Because farmers often need the same equipment at the same time, shared equipment can lead to spread of disease, and farmers close enough to share equipment may be competing for the same market.

[Livingontheland] sharing and coops/was Re[2]: World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, Simply Cooking Nonna, 01/13/2011
- Re: [Livingontheland] sharing and coops/was Re[2]: World Hunger Best Cured by Small-Scale Agriculture, EJ, 01/13/2011