Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

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On 2/14/2011 at 11:19 AM Liz wrote:

>Interesting info about the timing of price increases. I hadn't thought
>about
>a chicken's lifespan entering into that, for example. I'm also glad if
>farmers are better able to pay down their loans. That by itself may slow
>the
>invasion of corporate agriculture into family farms. On the other hand,
>any
>time a profit appears on the horizon, you can be certain people with no
>interest in the work itself, but looking only to get rich out of it, will
>come sniffing around. We don't need any more agribusiness driven only by
>the
>bottom line.
>
>Take-home message? Get out there and grow more of your own. And in
>addition
>to that, make an effort to find more local growers where you can buy
>things
>you aren't able or ready yet to grow yourself. Not everyone has to grow
>everything. I buy blueberries every year from a friend rather than grow my
>own. Helps to support him, and frees up my land to grow other things. He
>buys my blackberries in return.
>
>Liz
>
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>From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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>Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 2:47 PM
>Subject: [Livingontheland] "Get Ready For Higher Food Prices" Goes
>Mainstream
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