I ask myself the same questions on a daily basis. I had a friend who was a rather prominent biochemist a long time ago. He said, “There’s no profit in a cure” as though he were discussing the price of tea. I was stunned. I do not understand, either.
I ask myself the same questions on a daily basis. I had a friend who was a rather prominent biochemist a long time ago. He said, “There’s no profit in a cure” as though he were discussing the price of tea. I was stunned. I do not understand, either.
While we try to understand the trick is to doge this collective madness that poisons the Earth and all of life. Those who seem to profit from this insanity should be exposed in public forums. Not shamed, but exposed.
Later if we are lucky we can have our questions answered by examining their way of life.
Interesting point of view. I will think about that for a while. I am all about dodging the collective madness. I recently read a book, A Bold Return to Giving a Damn by farmer/businessman Will Harris. He writes about returning to old ways of farming and raising livestock, sans chemicals and such. I just know I want to be a part of that. He managed to restore the actual life and health to his land and in doing so, the unintended consequence was restoring a healthy little economy to his little town. It was a hopeful book.
> the unintended consequence was restoring a healthy little economy to his little town.
REPLY: Precisely what was destroyed when the small New Deal subsistance was taken from the small farmer forced to Get Out. Small town America dried up and blew away. Even my uncle who was a small truck farmer could not sell his produce to the store only 100 yards away from his farm.
With corporate control of law, food processing and distribution to mention a few, the small farmer was doomed. However there is a 300 year history of agriculture that thrives in Lancaster County PA. The Amish. No banks etc. because the people care for each other. There are house raisings, barn raisings, sewing circles and much more. The land still fertile. Still one should take a deep look into these cultures. A good book written in the early to mid 1970s by Kenneth Rexroth is Communalism: from its origins to the twentieth century.
My wife are on this adventure. She is Korean born on the cusp of the Korean war. She knows a lot about the old ways (didn't have a frig in home until she was in High School). She can do a lot and teaches me. A great teacher. For us this is the path to the future. Amish farming for 300 years the same land and is still very fertile. Corporate farms ruin the soil in just a few decades with an abundance of subsidies. I will take the Amish as an indication of the direction I should go.
I will get the book you referenced. Thank you! Your wife sounds brilliant…knowing the old ways! I’m happy for both of you on your new adventure. I left my old life, worked on ranches for a few years to learn some old ways, animal husbandry, old-fashioned irrigation, etc. I now have an honorary redneck engineering degree (ha) & a PhD in post-hole digging to offset my rather useless college education. I’m fascinated by the Amish. What you are doing with your wife is so cool. Everything “corporate” is a soul killer. Been there, done that and I’m not ever doing it again. Thanks for all that amazing information! Best wishes to you both!!!
You are welcome. Actually we both in our own way (much like you) were on this journey since childhood.
Another book with reading, it is our guide, though we let the conditions we find ourselves dictate the process is; Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer and philosopher. Book the One Straw Revolution. It is my heart guide.
I ask myself the same questions on a daily basis. I had a friend who was a rather prominent biochemist a long time ago. He said, “There’s no profit in a cure” as though he were discussing the price of tea. I was stunned. I do not understand, either.
While we try to understand the trick is to doge this collective madness that poisons the Earth and all of life. Those who seem to profit from this insanity should be exposed in public forums. Not shamed, but exposed.
Later if we are lucky we can have our questions answered by examining their way of life.
Interesting point of view. I will think about that for a while. I am all about dodging the collective madness. I recently read a book, A Bold Return to Giving a Damn by farmer/businessman Will Harris. He writes about returning to old ways of farming and raising livestock, sans chemicals and such. I just know I want to be a part of that. He managed to restore the actual life and health to his land and in doing so, the unintended consequence was restoring a healthy little economy to his little town. It was a hopeful book.
> the unintended consequence was restoring a healthy little economy to his little town.
REPLY: Precisely what was destroyed when the small New Deal subsistance was taken from the small farmer forced to Get Out. Small town America dried up and blew away. Even my uncle who was a small truck farmer could not sell his produce to the store only 100 yards away from his farm.
With corporate control of law, food processing and distribution to mention a few, the small farmer was doomed. However there is a 300 year history of agriculture that thrives in Lancaster County PA. The Amish. No banks etc. because the people care for each other. There are house raisings, barn raisings, sewing circles and much more. The land still fertile. Still one should take a deep look into these cultures. A good book written in the early to mid 1970s by Kenneth Rexroth is Communalism: from its origins to the twentieth century.
My wife are on this adventure. She is Korean born on the cusp of the Korean war. She knows a lot about the old ways (didn't have a frig in home until she was in High School). She can do a lot and teaches me. A great teacher. For us this is the path to the future. Amish farming for 300 years the same land and is still very fertile. Corporate farms ruin the soil in just a few decades with an abundance of subsidies. I will take the Amish as an indication of the direction I should go.
I will get the book you referenced. Thank you! Your wife sounds brilliant…knowing the old ways! I’m happy for both of you on your new adventure. I left my old life, worked on ranches for a few years to learn some old ways, animal husbandry, old-fashioned irrigation, etc. I now have an honorary redneck engineering degree (ha) & a PhD in post-hole digging to offset my rather useless college education. I’m fascinated by the Amish. What you are doing with your wife is so cool. Everything “corporate” is a soul killer. Been there, done that and I’m not ever doing it again. Thanks for all that amazing information! Best wishes to you both!!!
You are welcome. Actually we both in our own way (much like you) were on this journey since childhood.
Another book with reading, it is our guide, though we let the conditions we find ourselves dictate the process is; Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer and philosopher. Book the One Straw Revolution. It is my heart guide.
May your way bear much fruit and joy.
Thank you so much! I will get that book, too. Farming and philosophy are right up my alley.
“May your way bear much fruit and joy”…that is one of the most beautiful things I have ever read in terms of a salutation! I wish you the same.