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Farming: People like us
I’ve noticed a lot of these kinds of articles recently: articles about people giving up on what most people consider the modern way of life and the American dream to embrace or return to agriculture. Most of them head down the sustainable route, finding small farms where they can embrace the ideas of multiculture and […] Continue reading
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Tagged agriculture, challenges, Choices, Farming, reinvention, revolutions, Self-sufficiency
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Farming: Feeding the world without reducing the problem to the absurd
I’ve been following the growing absurdity of the media fueled meme about food production since the UN declared the world officially hit 7 billion people with a mixture of frustration and amusement. The center-points of this meme are that we will have to grow as much food over the next 100 years as humanity did […] Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Farming, Food
Tagged challenges, Choices, Farming, revolutions, Self-sufficiency
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Farming: MENF 2011: It takes a village
While it is possible to do, there are very few people who manage to establish complete self-sufficiency, and it is my belief that such an effort is counter-productive and, in many ways, wrong. Perhaps a better term for the effort I advocate is “local-sufficiency” because I believe that it really does take a village to make […] Continue reading
Farming: Mother Earth News Fair 2011: Learning we’re not going it alone
My wife and I attended the Mother Earth News Fair at Seven Springs Mountain Resort in southwestern Pennsylvania this past weekend. For us, it was an amazing experience to be surrounded by thousands of people who care about agriculture, sustainability, and readiness as much as we do. The fair, I think, had something for everyone. […] Continue reading
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Tagged Farming, Mother Earth News Fair, Resources, Self-sufficiency
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