Posted on 05/19/2018 8:34:23 AM PDT by rktman
With Donald Trump’s election, it seems the lines have been drawn even more firmly between the left and right, between progressives and conservatives, between the religious and the irreligious. But interestingly, another line has been quietly drawn – or rather, been quietly deepened: the line between the urban and the rural.
I’ve lived in both worlds, but I’ve never made any bones about where my allegiance lies: with rural America. Flyover country. Real America, as in the name of this column.
Sadly, more and more people are fleeing rural areas and migrating to cities. According to a recent article in the Hill, “Metro area populations surge as rural America shrinks.”
One major drawback happens as populations become more urban: They lose touch with their food sources. The farther away from the soil they get, the more demands they put upon people who work that soil. As the dichotomy becomes wider, urbanites feel themselves more qualified than ever to dictate how food should be cultivated.
But what city folks don’t get is this: There are a lot of them. A lot of people. A lot of people packed into very, very dense areas. Lots of people need lots of food. Dainty sustainable organic farms where people hand-pick dainty pieces of arugula one leaf at a time just won’t cut it when there are 330 million hungry mouths to feed.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Oh yeah, I forgot. Have at it folks. ;-)
If you are not growing a victory garden and keeping a supply of viable heirloom seeds on hand - not muy bueno!
Soylent Green.
The left thinks everything comes from an endless and infinitely inexhaustable source.
Yum. Monsanto.
I have a nice 30’ x 40’ garden I’ve raised for years. I think everyone who has the yard space should have a garden. It saves you quite a bit of money than going to a grocery store.
Don’t forget the fisherman! So many regulations its hard to go fishing without breaking the law.
Very true!
Although a bit of a non-starter (because many will associate it with cotton), I believe people on government assistance should be shifted out of urban centers and given some sort of “40 acres and a mule” deal. Perhaps some sort of government check (smaller) could still be sent if really needed, but anyone who is slightly able should be working the land, raising chickens and goats and growing fruits and vegetables. A solid percentage of your daily needs should be generated by your own handiwork — if you cannot contribute to society in any other way. And if you just “don’t feel like working”, then maybe we don’t feel like supporting you.
And therein lies another effect of godlessness. The Bible says "By the sweat of his brow shall a man earn his bread." It is one of the curses laid upon Adam for Original Sin. Nowadays, the only "work" most urbanites do for their bread is their daily commute. They have no idea how to produce their own sustenance.
What's worse, they look down on those who do.
I lived on an Australian farm for three months last year, and again, this year.
The belief there was that a growning number of urbanites thought Australian farmers were superfluous.
“We don’t need the farmers. Just import all our food.” seemed to be the basic idea.
or better yet, just get it at the supermarket ...
Just like Venezuela, the government ‘eats the seed corn’ and you end up with nothing.
Its great exercise and good for your mental health as well.
South Africa getting ready to see what’s it like to import all their food
Australia is working at importing South African farmers.
I’m in the process of turning a neglected piece of land into a working farm. I amazes me the amount of work it takes just to produce enough for one person. I think this may be the first year my farm makes an actual income, assuming the weather cooperates.
(PS: thank you for linking to a version of that article that wasn’t covered in banner ads!)
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