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  • From: tradingpost <tradingpost@lobo.net>
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  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] What's better for the farm is better for the planet
  • Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 11:14:09 -0700


True, unfortunately. Some of us still have hopes for something civilized to survive the Industrial Revolution, to relearn small community self reliance and resilience, esp in food. Trying to take part in that larger purpose actually brings some peace of mind. It can take many forms, such as preserving endangered seed diversity etc.


On 2/22/2014 10:44 AM, Dan Conine wrote:
From: tradingpost<tradingpost@lobo.net>
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] What's better for the farm is better

Along with more farmers, we might add more income from farming, at least
minimum wage --
Ironically, it's the farm income that went away, causing farmers to go
away (expand or die). Americans in the early 20th century spent 1/4 to
1/2 of their income on food, plus did most of the preparation
themselves. Today, it's more like 1/10th of their income (on average)
and they don't put any labor into the preparation. That difference has
been "havested" by the food processing corporations, and the "surplus"
farm production is used to trade for the oil that enables the
button-pushing lifestyle.

People are voting billions of times every day for a shadow government at
the cash registers and gas pumps. What can we expect except growth of
that system until it consumes itself, as all empires do.

The "EXPAND OR DIE!!" philosophy never stops to contemplate that it is
also "Expand to the death."
..and as Jim Kunstler says, "Efficiency is the straightest road to Hell."

sigh,

Dan C.
Belgium, WI

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