Re: The Local Food and Farming Revolution
Thos
<Charlie> wrote in message
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> Slime to some, of interest to others. Make of it what you will....
>
> ....and good luck.
>
> Charlie, the zealot
> --
>
>
> http://transition-times.com/2010/03/08/the-local-food-and-farming-revolution/
>
>
> excerpt:
>
> by Michael Brownlee
> Here's my quick, thumbnail sketch of the situation, the highly
> condensed version:
>
> Because the way we eat and the way we grow our food is a major
> contributor to climate change and global warming.
>
> Because industrial food production is so energy-intensive and so
> dependent on oil for fertilizer, pesticides, planting and harvesting,
> processing, packaging, and transportation.
>
> Because global oil production likely peaked in July 2008, which means
> that energy will be increasingly expensive in the future.
>
> Because the age of cheap fossil fuels has come to an end.
>
> Because the economy has been based on an abundant supply of cheap
> fossil fuels.
>
> Because therefore food prices will soon increase dramatically, and
> food shortages will begin to happen-even here-perhaps in the next
> couple of years.
>
> Because the U.S. is becoming a net food importer.
>
> Because humanity is now consuming more food than we are producing.
>
> Because industrial agriculture-like the globalized economy-is at a
> crossroads and is about to go into an unexpected decline.
>
> Because much of the food that industrial agriculture produces is
> destroying our national's health .
>
> Because the way we grow much of our food is destroying and washing
> away our precious topsoil.
>
> Because we can no longer conscionably support a food system that
> causes hunger, starvation, and disease in other parts of the world.
>
> Because the way we eat is destroying our connection with the earth,
> with the natural processes and cycles of earth and sky, with those who
> grow our food, with the essence of life.
>
> Because the way we eat has seriously weakened our communities.
>
> Because maybe less than one percent of our current diet is local.
>
> Because in Colorado we spend more than ten billion dollars on food
> each year, almost all of which is fleeing outside the state, lost to
> our local economies.
>
> And because we know all this.
>
> We must learn everything we can about our food predicament. We must
> all learn to grow at least some of our own food. We must all support
> the revitalization of local agriculture. We must end our dependence on
> fossil fuels, chemical fertilizers, and mechanization in our food
> production. We must commit to healing and rebuilding the soil
> everywhere we can. We must dramatically increase local food production
> for local consumption.
Gary Woods
>You're a fool.
One-line top-posted response, quoting the entire original...
think I'll say no more, rather than remove all doubt.
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Billy
"Thos" <tomi...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> You're a fool.
Opinions are like backsides. You got any facts?
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Bill who putters
> Slime to some, of interest to others. Make of it what you will....
>
> ....and good luck.
>
> Charlie, the zealot
> --
>
>
> http://transition-times.com/2010/03/08/the-local-food-and-farming-revolution/
>
>
> excerpt:
>
> by Michael Brownlee
> Here�s my quick, thumbnail sketch of the situation, the highly
> condensed version:
>
> Because the way we eat and the way we grow our food is a major
> contributor to climate change and global warming�
>
> Because industrial food production is so energy-intensive and so
> dependent on oil for fertilizer, pesticides, planting and harvesting,
> processing, packaging, and transportation�
>
> Because global oil production likely peaked in July 2008, which means
> that energy will be increasingly expensive in the future�
>
> Because the age of cheap fossil fuels has come to an end�
>
> Because the economy has been based on an abundant supply of cheap
> fossil fuels�
>
> Because therefore food prices will soon increase dramatically, and
> food shortages will begin to happen�even here�perhaps in the next
> couple of years�
>
> Because the U.S. is becoming a net food importer�
>
> Because humanity is now consuming more food than we are producing�
>
> Because industrial agriculture�like the globalized economy�is at a
> crossroads and is about to go into an unexpected decline�
>
> Because much of the food that industrial agriculture produces is
> destroying our national�s health �
>
> Because the way we grow much of our food is destroying and washing
> away our precious topsoil�
>
> Because we can no longer conscionably support a food system that
> causes hunger, starvation, and disease in other parts of the world�
>
> Because the way we eat is destroying our connection with the earth,
> with the natural processes and cycles of earth and sky, with those who
> grow our food, with the essence of life�
>
> Because the way we eat has seriously weakened our communities�
>
> Because maybe less than one percent of our current diet is local�
>
> Because in Colorado we spend more than ten billion dollars on food
> each year, almost all of which is fleeing outside the state, lost to
> our local economies�
>
> And because we know all this�
>
> We must learn everything we can about our food predicament. We must
> all learn to grow at least some of our own food. We must all support
> the revitalization of local agriculture. We must end our dependence on
> fossil fuels, chemical fertilizers, and mechanization in our food
> production. We must commit to healing and rebuilding the soil
> everywhere we can. We must dramatically increase local food production
> for local consumption.
Some more slime I thought as the place mentioned is small but beset
with our large issues.
<http://anarchistgardener.blogspot.com/>
Always good for another wake up call. Notice the monicker "Who cares
wins".
--
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Billy
> On Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:50:07 -0500, Bill who putters
> <b2fore...@snip.net> wrote:
>
> >In article <mrkbp5h1jocs9ibbc...@4ax.com>, Charlie wrote:
> >
> >> Slime to some, of interest to others. Make of it what you will....
> >>
> >> ....and good luck.
> >>
> >> Charlie, the zealot
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> http://transition-times.com/2010/03/08/the-local-food-and-farming-revolutio
> >> n/
>
> > Some more slime I thought as the place mentioned is small but beset
> >with our large issues.
> >
> ><http://anarchistgardener.blogspot.com/>
> >
> > Always good for another wake up call. Notice the monicker "Who cares
> >wins".
>
> Nice. Thanks, älterer Bruder.
>
> Here's one in return.
>
> http://endgame.org/
You may be a dawg, but you ain't sleepin'.
75% of the worlds natural gas lies in the Middle East and the Caucuses.
Coincidence?
What separates Iraq from Afghanistan?
What country now is recognized as holding the largest oil reserves in
the world?
Who just opened 7 military bases next to that country?
Our wars have just started, will the tax payers put up with it? Stay
tuned.
>
> Charlie
>
> "If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a
> lie, laugh at it." ~~ Epictetus