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Re: Slipping away
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Posted by Kestrel on December 18, 2006 at 15:13:43 from (71.235.9.43):
In Reply to: Re: Slipping away posted by Truth seeker on December 18, 2006 at 07:11:27:
Truth Seeker,
My dream of seeing the decline of the family farm reversed is
now shattered. Except for a few organic niche operations, it
sounds like the concensus is just to adapt to the modern world. I
understand the economic forces, but I don't have to like it. Thanks for the audio links. Gordon makes a convincing
argument as to how it all happened. When there is more people
in prisons than there are farmers in this country, something is
out of balance.
I didn't catch his solution, but I believe the core problem is that
there exists too many people in this world for the old small scale
business models to work. So rip up all the highways and return
to cobblestones, gaslights, and warm beer ? Maybe. Hey, things
could be worse-like raising coconuts in Canada thank to global
warming.......
Kestrel n CT
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