Sure, it was that way once. Before a few billion people got added to the
planet; fewer and fewer of them (at least in developed countries) stayed on
the land to grow food for themselves and others; the cost (or at least
expectations) of living got so high that all potential wage-earners needed
to go to work; fast food, processed food, and convenience food became the
norm; and food became just another fungible commodity to be bought and sold
at the miminum-acceptable price for the minimum-acceptable quality.
>
>
>What's wrong with gettin' all those ruminant doggies on (rotational)
>pastures and off those stinking mega feedlots. Oh, well, I mean
><italic>besides</italic> big companies making big money just the ways
>things are.
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Nothin'. The problem is getting from here to there.
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>Was that a good fist post to sanet? I heard sanet was just a bunch of
>yuppies forever defining sustainable ag. Is that true?
>
A fist, all right. I dunno what sanet is exactly, but there's some pretty
good info and savvy thinking here, in addition to some big-league
philosophizing (Occam's Razor? Lemme find my western civ books) that I'm
saving to read when the frost is on the pumpkin.
I'm not a yuppie. I'm just a member of the Turnip Truck League, trying to
farm non-destructively (Non-destructive Agriculture has no ring to it). I'm
willing to listen to ideas from anybody else with the same notion.
>
>Good Day!
You, too, Karl. Chime back in anytime.
Cass Peterson
cpete@nb.net
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