Very much agree that hiding out in rural agricultural pockets is not the answer. And those may get attacked, eventually. Remember the 'poisoned garden' incident recently? I've reached the age where 'bugging out' is a poor option, not at all realistic. So I have embraced instead a 'shelter in place' orientation. It's taken time but I now have two pastured meat options, fairly local to me, access to raw milk and related products, and membership in a CSA where the farmer definitely 'gets it' and uses only organic methods. His soil looks so rich. A decade of organic amendments definitely shows. I also managed to inspire a neighbor to get into back yard gardening. He has tackled it with great enthusiasm and is seeing good results. Yes, things must change on a systems level if they are ever to get better. Sort of a mass 'un-adoption' of failing food systems and their systematic poisoning. Our fragile society is groaning under the weight of a bloated, corrupt, inverse pyramid. The only answer is to unsubscribe and build redundant parallel structures. I am still a ways off from completely breaking off my relationship with supermarkets, so I make do with just working on reducing that percentage... some progress... Systems level change is indeed what's needed.
Yes indeed! Sounds like you've made significant changes in your life. Commendable.
Imagine the overall landscape if millions of people made small changes. It's not on any one person's shoulders to fix the whole system solo. Thanks for doing your part. 🤗
And yes, we need to "unsubscribe" to that which isn't working.
Nov 26, 2023·edited Nov 26, 2023Liked by Liz Reitzig
One of the greatest challenges to overcome food system centralization is to shift individual and cultural priorities. For example, here in Oregon, the culture has valued getting high under the guise of wholistic medicine over food security. Massive resources were shifted from food production to growing marijuana in a modern day gold rush. Eventually, the hangover set in and now fields and greenhouses lay fallow. Bargains can be had on farming equipment as these huge grow operations liquidate. Opportunities abound for the enterprising to take up agriculture. After the buzz wears off, perhaps people will see and think more clearly.
Very much agree that hiding out in rural agricultural pockets is not the answer. And those may get attacked, eventually. Remember the 'poisoned garden' incident recently? I've reached the age where 'bugging out' is a poor option, not at all realistic. So I have embraced instead a 'shelter in place' orientation. It's taken time but I now have two pastured meat options, fairly local to me, access to raw milk and related products, and membership in a CSA where the farmer definitely 'gets it' and uses only organic methods. His soil looks so rich. A decade of organic amendments definitely shows. I also managed to inspire a neighbor to get into back yard gardening. He has tackled it with great enthusiasm and is seeing good results. Yes, things must change on a systems level if they are ever to get better. Sort of a mass 'un-adoption' of failing food systems and their systematic poisoning. Our fragile society is groaning under the weight of a bloated, corrupt, inverse pyramid. The only answer is to unsubscribe and build redundant parallel structures. I am still a ways off from completely breaking off my relationship with supermarkets, so I make do with just working on reducing that percentage... some progress... Systems level change is indeed what's needed.
HI David,
Yes indeed! Sounds like you've made significant changes in your life. Commendable.
Imagine the overall landscape if millions of people made small changes. It's not on any one person's shoulders to fix the whole system solo. Thanks for doing your part. 🤗
And yes, we need to "unsubscribe" to that which isn't working.
Keep on keeping on!
One of the greatest challenges to overcome food system centralization is to shift individual and cultural priorities. For example, here in Oregon, the culture has valued getting high under the guise of wholistic medicine over food security. Massive resources were shifted from food production to growing marijuana in a modern day gold rush. Eventually, the hangover set in and now fields and greenhouses lay fallow. Bargains can be had on farming equipment as these huge grow operations liquidate. Opportunities abound for the enterprising to take up agriculture. After the buzz wears off, perhaps people will see and think more clearly.
Oh boy, Drew!
Yup--you just hit on a major issue.
It all comes back to the same thing whether we are talking about food, fuel, fiber or "medicine" on any level: Diversity.
Every piece and every aspect of our systems require organic diversity in order to maintain, much less regenerate.
May we all wake up in time to make the necessary changes.
Thanks for all you're doing in your neck of the woods.