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  • From: "William H Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] good mottos
  • Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 12:02:50 -0500

I think that effort is being done by people much more influential than I am.
I prefer focusing on being a source of support for market farmers,
orchardists and grape-growers. And frankly, it's just as important that
people like the folks on this list establish a critical precedent for
transitioning from a petroleum-dependant life-style to one that is
sustainable and rational in our closed-loop biosphere. We have the most
perfect planet in the universe for our species right here. Before we need to
depend on finding another one, let's stop ruining the one we have. Besides,
it's a beautiful planet. Where else would we want to go? (or grow!)

Bill
William H. Shoemaker
Sr. Research Specialist, Food Crops
University of Illinois - Crop Sciences
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL, 60174
630-584-7254, FAX-584-4610
wshoemak AT illinois.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Nan Hildreth
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 10:43 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] good mottos

Kathryn started this thread with "Action is the antidote to
despair". For a generation, folks have been acting on these
challenges, experimenting, writing books, building farmer's
markets. Even in Houston (not famous for radicals) We are well on
the way to having the leadership we need for a paradigm shift.

Dr. Bill, you seem in a position of power, able to take some action:
a word here, a question there, gather a few like minds together.

At 07:17 AM 5/12/2010, William H Shoemaker wrote:
>The worrisome part of it is that oil is a false economy. Our country and
>it's economy (and now the globe's economy) is built on the premise of cheap
>oil. It is cheap energy that is not renewable. It is already diminishing as
>our global appetite for it is becoming insatiable. So every economic
>enterprise that depends on it, including conventional ag, will change. And
>it won't be comfortable. When oil prices rise, so do the prices of
>everything else, including our food. And no one will like it. But those who
>can grow food inexpensively without depending on oil and its products will
>always have a market and a loyal following.
>
>Bill





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