> I guess the consensus here is a number of us have similar ideas and
> ideals, growing produce to share/sell both locally and regionally, as well
> as for our individual families.
>
> To make this work, we have to make it the fun, enjoyable, and right thing
> to do. Yet we live within a society that have for decades relied on migrant
> workers and others, that no longer exist, to do the dirty work. Why is
> this?
>
> The only excuse I come up with is we [as a society] have gotten lazy [or
> busy doing other things], thinking someone else can do it... but what is
> the reality? We need help. There are a few of us that realize how
> important growing our own "clean" food is. Yet too many have relied on
> colleges and universities for jobs / education that have [mostly] taught us
> we are too good for this kind of work, and we need better paying jobs so
> someone else can do it.
>
> ....And what do most educational facilities teach, until recently? That
> factory farming, utilizing chemicals, poisons, genetic modification, etc. is
> the key. To go into the gory details of what this does to our minds,
> bodies, nature, and the surroundings is pointless right now, since most of
> us already know what this has done to the environment, yet how do we change
> it around, before it is completely too late?
>
> It would be good to organize a meeting, and see how we can change things.
> Others know the community better than I, so someone has to step forward to
> arrange the meeting place and time.
>
> We can look at this as an excuse to get together, have potlucks, make a
> party out of it, help each other, and get the crops in. I say this is
> important, as for too long we have relied on imported foods, that are
> getting more expensive every day because of fuel costs. It is not necessary
> if we have adequate freezers / root cellars for storage, and take some
> advice from what our ancestors did for survival.
>
> Personally, I come from a lineage of farmers that taught the earliest
> European migrants how to survive in America. I can both teach and learn, as
> everyone I meet give me clues and ideas how to do things better. This is
> how we can achieve our goals, and really reach out to "all our relatives",
> making ours an "all inclusive" society, and not just the "I, me, mine" stuff
> that seems to permeate things at times.
>
> That means I have lots to share, yet hold great value in what has been
> given to me as care taker.
>
> We really need to get on this, as planting/prep time is now, and the
> season will not wait on complacent ways. Can someone else help arrange a
> proper way to proceed? ...looking for answers myself.
>
> Dennis Knicely
>
>
>
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