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Do you think there'll be scarcity of food for heal...

2008-03-26T12:00:00.000-07:00

Do you think there'll be scarcity of food for health in the future?

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In regard to "That is, not only must be deal with ...

2007-12-07T10:29:00.000-08:00

In regard to "That is, not only must be deal with the problems we have created, but we must continue to raise food production levels" is a view I shared but no longer.

Daniel Quinn "Story of B" (excerpt here: http://www.schuerkamp.de/zope/hoover/quinn/art01)

Or failing to increase food by 2%, "each of us is going to be short about forty calories a day—three ounces of orange juice.
Now, this is what I want to know. Does this sound like mass starvation to anyone here? Are there people here who feel they’d be starving if they missed a couple of swallows of orange juice a day?" found here: www.friendsofishmael.org/tools/readers/files/ReachingForTheFuture_Pamphlet.doc

Meanwhile the biomass of the earth is being converted to human biomass and biodiversity to mankind on his grain crops.

More power in every way to the people! Gardening a...

2007-12-07T01:21:00.000-08:00

More power in every way to the people!
Gardening and other local food strategies make a lot of sense. In addition city dwellers will need new alliances with rural farmers for their animal products other wise the new "victory gardens" with be insufficient for most people.

The future of food security is in the direct relationships between city of rural people. The message needs to be developed through all forms of communication and delivered in as many of the city's venues as possible. Through documentaries and the like the city folks can begin to meet their country neighbors and see where food comes from, etc.
One such documentary is in production now in California: In Search of Good Food". The theme is local sustainable food systems in California. Every state can benefit by having their own documentaries so that the public knows the status of local food security and can begin to get a picture of what is needed to close the gap.

Cheers!
Chef Jem
Assistant to the producer of:
http://insearchofgoodfood.blogspot.com/

I certainly can't speak for the whole U.S., but fo...

2007-12-06T13:37:00.000-08:00

I certainly can't speak for the whole U.S., but folks in Massachusetts are certainly working hard on growing more of their own food. We have programs for helping get the word out about local produce, an increasing number of CSAs, and even the state gov't is helping out some (altho' we aren't counting on it solely!).

Our dairy farmers are still seeing challenges because of the big dairy states, and we do still have the age gap with which to contend. But we (and some other states) are trying to put old and new farmers together, through the New England Small Farm Institute. Also, Pioneer Farm Credit Union has some programs for working with new as well as established farmers. Also, the state has some grant programs that help agricultural businesses and provide some protection from developers.

On the individual level, I did manage to encourage some folks to garden, who hadn't done it before, or were getting discouraged. Some had more success than others (one group of three lives too close to Monsanto, we think), but even they managed to get some crops in. Another family I know has worked with the management at their apartment complex, getting them to expand the community garden -- less to mow, and the poorer people are more likely to be able to pay their rent. They also drop off their extra food at the rental office, so the mgt. folks can distribute it to the more needy renters. And I'm happy to say that we managed to sell our house, with its apple trees and strawberry beds to a couple who want to continue food gardening there.

Not what I'd call a grassroots movement I suppose, but not insignificant either, is it?

And this coming summer, when we increase the garden beds here at the farm, I'm hoping to get some friends in on working on it, so that we can produce more than last year, and we can learn more about food preservation techniques. We aren't rich, but we have probably the best cash flow in our circle, so I'm hoping to use it to get some more folks up to speed on useful skills, and we'll all have more food in the pantry. might only be a half dozen people, but then they can teach others... that's the plan, anyway!

I have very little hope that the US populace will ...

2007-12-06T10:12:00.000-08:00

I have very little hope that the US populace will rise en masse (bottom up strategies) to the middle to meet the government. And, I have very little hope that the corporate-controlled US government will come down (top down strategies) to the middle to help the common people avoid famine. The raison d'etre of our corporate-controlled US government is to benefit the elites. In a crisis, their raison d'etre will intensify, not change direction suddenly to benefit the US masses. I think we are more likely to see corporations controlling (via our government) CSAs than to see our government redistributing agribusiness lands to the people.

An example of elite's thinking and planning regarding food is the Doomsday Seed Vault in Norway. As it turns out, it is controlled by exactly those multinational forces who would bring about future disaster so that they can control water, seeds, and food. The following article is very informative, especially on the background of the so-called Green Revolution of the sixties-seventies.

See:

"Doomsday Seed Vault in the Arctic: Bill Gates, Rockefeller and the GMO giants know something we don't."

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.
php?context=va&aid=7529

~Vegan/Leaving So. FL

Heineken, thanks for the grammar correction - you ...

2007-12-06T07:15:00.000-08:00

Heineken, thanks for the grammar correction - you are right, of course. When I rewrite this, I'll include the correction.

Rebecca, one thing that I've found is that it is almost always easier to rent land in populated areas than to buy it - to rent a vacant lot or open space for farming is far cheaper and is how many younger farmers get started. But honestly, I think building some kind of matching program between older farmers, homesteaders and gardeners and younger people will be essential - because so much of what you learn about agriculture is specific to a particular place, piece of land and set of pratices.

Ani, I agree with you about convenience - and, of course, one of the big issues there is time. Industrial society sucks up our time more than at any other point in history - and that's a message I think that has to go out, because most of us want time as much as money.

Sharon

ras, depending where you are and who you are, ther...

2007-12-06T06:45:00.000-08:00

ras, depending where you are and who you are, there are programs like you're talking about. Land Stewardship Program here runs a program called Farm Beginnings that teaches organic and sustainable farming techniques, business practices, and helps people find land and funding.

And there are programs through (I think all) the land-grant colleges to offer transitional training and the use of land to immigrants with farming backgrounds. I'd guess almost half of the food at our farmer's market comes from Hmong and Somali farmers who started out farming very small plots owned by the city, the transit authority, or the University. Some of them have been here 20 or 30 years and now own truck farms of their own.

As a p.s., I might add that it would be better to ...

2007-12-06T05:28:00.000-08:00

As a p.s., I might add that it would be better to further revise the phrase to "both concurrent and redundant with"; this more firmly links "concurrent" to the preposition and thus is even clearer.

Bottom line: "redundant to" is wrong, as becomes clear when you think about it for a moment.

Sharon, in your law the wording should be changed ...

2007-12-06T05:20:00.000-08:00

Sharon, in your law the wording should be changed to "concurrent and redundant with," not "concurrent with and redundant to."

"Redundant" (like "concurrent")takes "with," not "to." For example, one would write, "The first sentence in John's essay was redundant with the second sentence."

The Oregon Food Bank here in Portland offers class...

2007-12-06T00:00:00.000-08:00

The Oregon Food Bank here in Portland offers classes in vegetable gardening. Here's a link:
http://tinyurl.com/2rehl4

Growing Gardens also teaches low-income Portlanders how to grow food and helps them get their gardens started. Here's their site: http://www.growing-gardens.org/

There's also a small woman-owned business whose name I can't lay my hands on right now which will come to your house and set up an organic raised bed garden of any size in your yard, plant it with vegetables of your choice and teach you how to care for it and harvest it.

This approach gets around people's reluctance to expend a lot of energy and time on something they have no knowledge of or confidence in their ability to do properly. It gets them started and can demonstrate to them how great home-grown food is and how easy it can be to raise it.

And, Ani, please consider that it is probably more energy efficient for a CSA to deliver its orders using one vehicle from a central location than it is for each member to gas up the minivan and drive out in the country to pick up their produce.

Convenience sometimes is another word for efficiency. Imagine if every household had to drive (or bike, or walk) out to the UPS warehouse by the airport to pick up a parcel instead of a truck routed by the most efficient route delivering those same parcels to addresses across the city.

Most people would say that driving out to pick up a parcel at the warehouse would be a horrible inconvenience, but it would also waste horrendous amounts of fuel while producing a tremendous amount of unnecessary air pollution.

Maybe your CSA doesn't have the time or resources to deliver your produce to your members, but maybe a member on a tight budget could make the deliveries in exchange for his or her share?

It may not be efficient for your neighbor to drive 4 miles to buy your eggs, but if your delivery driver could drop her eggs off on his way to his other deliveries, maybe she could become interested.

Many if not most Americans are wedded to convenience. If we are to make headway we must show that our ways are not radically inconvenient, totally impractical, ridiculously expensive alternatives to the supermarket model.

"The principle is this (you can call it "Astyk's l...

2007-12-05T16:34:00.000-08:00

"The principle is this (you can call it "Astyk's law" - I've always wanted a law ) "Top down strategies must be concurrent with and redundant to bottom up strategies"

You have just succinctly put into words what I've felt for years (decades, actually), but couldn't quite crystallize. Thank you very much! I will surely refer to it as Astyk's Law.

And surely this concept is our main hope in this bleak and bizzarro time...

Excellent post. A few ideas for spreading the meme...

2007-12-05T16:23:00.000-08:00

Excellent post. A few ideas for spreading the meme:

I have often thought that Habitat for Humanity may be an avenue to spread the Victory Garden idea. If you are going to help deserving people get into a house, why not also set them up with a garden, fruit/nut trees/shrubs, chicken coop? Evidence of interest in growing food could be a criteria for selection of Habitat for Humanity recipients. Perhaps recipients would be required to take training and pass a test, to ensure they will maintain the garden properly.

Edible Landscaping companies. I'll bet that the higher food prices get, the more people will recognize the value of backyard food. The rich and lazy might hire someone to build edible landscapes. Selling point:: "the installation cost pays for itself over 5 years of free produce". Low maintenance trees/shrubs, perennial veges and self-seeding annuals would be ideal for this service. Whatever gets food growing in people's back yards is good for all, spreads the idea.

Landlords may be interested in edible landscapes. Selling point: free food from the backyard will leave more $ for paying rent. Well-nourished tenants will outperform in life/work and make them more likely to keep their jobs. Increases the value of the rental property. Banksters may like the same logic regarding their debt slaves.

I didn't like writing the selling points in the last 2 paragraphs, but you have to appeal to peoples self-interest in this world. A backup supply of food will make your community more stable. It will help of business leaders see benefit for their businesses.

Produce and meat are the most profitable parts of grocery stores from what I have been able to read. Expect some resistance from that quarter.

What's needed is a way to help younger people who ...

2007-12-05T15:39:00.000-08:00

What's needed is a way to help younger people who would like to farm get access to land. There are more young people in their 20s and 30s than one would think who would like to farm but can't afford land. (I'm one of them.) So what kind of arrangements could be made? Maybe an organization could be formed that would connect older farmers who are retiring and want their land kept in farming with young people who want to do the work?

I travel around the Pacific Northwest covering ag ...

2007-12-05T15:17:00.000-08:00

I travel around the Pacific Northwest covering ag and energy issues for a local community radio station. In my travels I've come across many young people who are enthusiastically working at alternative agriculture. Some, but not many, are the children fo back-to-the-land hippies from the seventies. For me it's deja vu all over again as I was once one of those hippies.

For this generation the stakes are much higher and there may well be no mainstream society to return to as so many of my generation did. My guess is they'll stick it out this time. But they need access to land and a stake in the outcome.

Cowaburton CSAs? Ummm I don't think so in this area. More likely is the privatized CSA of 25 or so families. That idea is already floating around here. A Story: At a tenure celebration for a collegue of my wife's, I met a Russian woman who'd been an academic and was now married to a professor here. She said that during the dismantling of the Soviet state even basic foods werent available in stores. "Not even milk for the babies," she said.

People got by because they knew someone with a large garden at a dacha in the nearby countryside. We talked about agriculture problems associated with peak oil and eventually it came round to how many people it would take to have enough money to buy a farm. "When you get it worked out, count me in," she said.

There is a growing number of CSAs in the northwest, most close to cities. They are frequently on land leased by Asian immigrants who really know how to farm. They sell at farmer's markets too; usually at grocery-store prices or above. Prices are rising and have priced out non-affluent buyers.

There is also Puget Consumer's Coop's farmland fund. PCC is lending money to farmers, and sometimes buying outright, farmland in danger of being paved. So they are ensuring their access to food to sell in their stores. IN a way it's a CSA being funded by a co-op. But PCC isn't cheap. Poor people don't shop there much.

From the consumer's perspective, it seems to me, there is little security in the CSA or farmer's market model. Here, on the pacific coast we can garden year round, and I do. But I don't have enough land to provide everything we need.

I keep thinking about the Russian woman and the collectively owned farm. But who would do the actual work? A bunch of overworked 50ish academics? Not likely. But we could provide access to land to younger people in exchange for food.

Some of what is needed though is for people to be ...

2007-12-05T14:37:00.000-08:00

Some of what is needed though is for people to be aware of the need to break the habit of shopping for convenience at the grocery store. I was thinking about this when a neighbor I'm friendly with(who lives about 4 miles away down my road) brought me 2 bags of egg cartons she had saved. Now she has never to my knowledge ever bought a single carton of eggs from me. Rather, she has bought high-priced "organic" large producer eggs from the grocery store as it is too inconvenient to bother to shop at her neighbors-for eggs, produce and whatever, when she can just go to the grocery store. How do we deal with this mind-set? If we want small producers to do more than just grow for their families, but also for others, to have to beg your neighbors to shop local? Now if I were willing to deliver the eggs to her, or the berries, etc that would probably be ok with her- but this gets insane and she is not going to pay for delivery!

I just see this as one of the issues- there are some people willing to join CSA's(but most people out here will not come here to pick up their orders but want it delivered), and some will shop farmers' markets, but most crave convenience which favors large producers, corporate ag and grocery stores......

Do you have an idea for your next book yet? I bet...

2007-12-05T13:04:00.000-08:00

Do you have an idea for your next book yet? I bet you could do a great novel based on your imagining of a "Cowaburton" future, a la The Handmaid's Tale.

It's too bad there aren't more places like this. ...

2007-12-05T09:54:00.000-08:00

It's too bad there aren't more places like this. They live on land trust land owned by the city of Scarborough. In addition to the CSA, they provide a number of community outreach programs including summer 'farm camp.'

Just down the road from them, on more land trust land, is a community garden for residents of the city of Portland, Maine.

It's some very cool stuff going on. I hope more states and communities adopt this model.