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RE: The High Suicide Rate of Farmers in the US
Our farm system is soooooo screwed up. Mono-crops are killing the soil, and our addiction to corn in this country is limiting what farmers want/can grow.
This is why we should all try and buy our fruits and veggies as local as possible. If you live in Minnesota, perhaps you shouldn't be buying oranges . . .
Yeah mono crops just sap the nutrients up and don't put much of anything back. I am all for urban food forests a la permaculture guild style, growing all over the place, on every sidewalk, everywhere! Imagine a world where you can just go outside and most of the food grows itself? I am still for importing. Otherwise, the real issue is maybe we shouldn't be living in cold climates to necessitate the import of nutritious food in the winter... not too bright for us to live in cold areas.
Yeah but storing things works wonders in cold, dry places, so it's a trade off that entices that.