Well, your reply was more thoughtful than most, which I appreciate. Though I
can 't say "bemoan" is the term I would use - I wouldn't mind more income,
but I'm not about to sell my soul for it. I'm sure a lot of people in
sutainable ag could use more financial help. Mostly my letter was just
because I was tired of seeing letters about "isms" where there should have
been SANET topics.
I do know that it will be a long time before I post a letter to a news group
on any kind of disagreement I have with the content - written material just
doesn't convey what I wanted and I don't care for the kinds of replies I got
from a lot of people.
Anyway, thank you for the comment on my web site.
-Lon
Grapes, unusual fruits, writing, more, at http://www.hevanet.com/lonrom
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>Also, Lon was bemoaning the fact that he's not getting tons of help from
>all over especially because he's "developing new plants to further sustag."
> Well I can't say I have much help to offer but this is the first I've
>heard of his work. Gramma always says if you want help, you've got to ask
>for it...I visited his web site and now I am CERTAIN I have nothing to
>offer other than saying it looks neat and I am glad he is working on it.
>And that I wish I could find room for grapes in my yard (oops, off topic)!
>
>And on the subject of actually DOING stuff, I can't speak for the other
>philosophers out there but when I am not sitting on a mountaintop gazing at
>my navel pondering the nature of humanity, I am running an information and
>referral service for people with questions (technical, legal, financial and
>others) about farming; editing and writing a newsletter on agriculture,
>working on a large regional agriculture festival to connect farmers to
>consumers, planning and implementing a farm stand map to be distributed to
>over 40,000 residents in our area, and more.
>
>One of the ways people put down those of us who ask the big questions is to
>make us seem like we're out of touch with "real" issues. It is not only
>anti-intellectual and anti-thought, but plain wrong. I have more respect
>for someone who manages to ponder the big and little questions than someone
>holed away in a cubby somewhere focussing only on what is their immediate
>area of concern. Everyone of us needs to see what we do in the context of
>the big picture. We all have to live and work in this world and we better
>learn to deal with complex and interrelated issues or things'll keep going
>to hell in a handbasket.
>
>Fondly,
>
>Mark
>
>PS Anyone have any idea why the west coast garlic I planted in MA last
>fall is now 3-4 inches above the 6 inches of mulch in my garden? Is this
>some kind of super garlic (Georgia Fire; Kilarney Red) I'm dealing with?
>It seems mighty early but I'm not complaining.
>
>
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