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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] How Much Land Does It Take To Become Food Self-Reliant
  • Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 06:51:27 -0400

Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

Another aspect of this is the fact that those who are involved on any level with home or community food production will not only be able to feed themselves but feed others too, near and far, increasing the abundance of local foodsheds. This is so important and will become much more so in the next few years as peak oil kicks in for real and goods are priced higher and are in shorter supply. People need to wake up to the reality of taking responsible for their own well-being, involve themselves in medical self-help and get serious about building supportive communities where they live. The goal of total food self-sufficiency may be difficult to achieve but it is a necessary carrot held in front of them for inspiration and guidance. Communities of people living on homesteads and growing their own food can help meet individual needs through sharing the surplus, barter or sale. The possibilities are endless. Less is better more often than not and keep it simple is the word of the day. Save the complexities for the permaculture systems you design and install on your land and the food production systems you employ to feed yourself and your neighbors.
This is for real. An Extension agent friend in my county is hell-bent to promote these very concepts, nationally and yesterday. He sees peak oil
as having a big effect on our lifestyles in the very near future.

For those interested in this sort of thing and those who still want to think that their opinion of how our government ought to be run still counts for something and matters to our elected officials.

I'll add a brief comment I wrote in a friend's Facebook page regarding the role of government providing direction and impetus for people seeking a lifestyle of self-reliance and participation in building local foodsheds.

I replied to this comment:

"There is a part of the brain we see in psychology and anthropology thats connected to religion. These behaviors don't go away just because you don't believe in a religion. They find other places and ways to go. The "Cypher" strategy Obama used (where you feed whatever you want out of government into Obama) promotes the religous side. As did the language of Obama in his rhetoric appeal to a religous part of our brains."
And:
"Obama created the Cypher of "Hope." or "I am the vehicle for your hope." this was the purposeful plan for hope and change as thematic elements of the campaign. This is also why Obama gave 8 or nine different positions on most issues. So he could create the largest pool of people to fill up his empty form."

With this comment:

The Obama Cypher, as you have described it, is the plan I would have followed were I he and intent on restoring faith in government, creating a purposeful government that protects the environment, the people and their health and empowers the public to take responsibility for their own well-being. Offering a multiplicity of faces of his new administration, illuminating its policies and direction is exactly what I would have done. I would never have thought of that as being so legitimate until you described it. This is an age of specialization and you have to reach out and talk the language of so many segments of our population, all in an environment of fairness and common sense.




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