permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@intrex.net>]

Harmon Seaver wrote:
> Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
>
> > Tom wrote:
> >
> > > Personally I'd  
> > > just like to be left alone to create my little permaculture  
> > > homestead, planting stuff and enjoying the abundance that life and  
> > > nature can provide and trying to leave the place better than I found  
> > > it,
> >
> > Amen II
> >
> >
> > > but I wonder how long before permaculture is considered outright  
> > > subversive and threatening to the corporatist status quo and targeted  
> > > as such?
> >
> > Don't worry about it. Leave all that to the trolls.
>
>
>     I don't know about that -- it's not such a far-fetched idea. I can't
>  recall exactly, but isn't there some effort being made right now by the
> USDA or FDA to enact regulations that would curtail local farmer's
> markets?? And look at Monsanto's buying up all the seed companies all
> over -- that's extremely frightening.

Of course all that is true but its better to get on with your work and not 
worry about such things.

>  recall exactly, but isn't there some effort being made right now by the
> USDA or FDA to enact regulations that would curtail local farmer's markets

What that is about is  provision in the Homeland Security Act that mandates 
that each State
(probably its agriculture department) control and regulate every farmers 
market in the state.
I hear that this has already happened in Oregon. It may take a while for it 
to be implemented in each state but it may
well be coming.

As for Monsanto, it is best that alternate seed sources be established, traded with and kept in business. Also seed 
saving and seed swapping groups.