I am not sure what "upper class" mean. Upper class has always been a very small percentage. However, I've heard of the shrinking pool of the middle class (probably most of us are). They are definitely not going up to the "upper class". Just recently, there was an article near where I live (which may be considered "upper middle class") where a single mother who had a good-paying job, a nice house, lost all of them at once, and had to go to the food banks to get food. She never thought that one day she would be at the receiving end. I am sure you've heard these stories, I guess my point is that unless you are one of those very few that are privileged, anything can happen to your "class". So I agree with "its time for a cooperative agricultural revolution where small business joins lower,middle, and upper class folks together. you know? and we are just the folks to do it!"
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. - Lao Tzu “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” - Winston Churchill ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ --- On Sun, 1/4/09, the john doe experience <[email protected]> wrote: From: the john doe experience <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Community_garden] CSAShares. To: "Mike McGrath" <[email protected]> Cc: "Community GardenNational" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 5:23 PM thats areally extremely disrespectful joke. maybe its time to dispense with the jokes. there are opulent upper class areas everywhere. can it, im not going to respond to anymore juvenile comments on this thread, some people who make such sick jokes have too much time on their hands. maybe they should go give organic food to sustainable people collecting cans or waiting to eat at a shelter (food that will slowly kill kill them, by the way). our society is truly skewed. On 1/4/09, Mike McGrath <[email protected]> wrote: > anything's possible; where is this rooftop garden? (I've lost track.) Is it > in an 'upper class' area? Are there many of those even left these days? > ---McG > PS: I miss Adam too... > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "the john doe experience" > <[email protected]> > To: "Community GardenNational" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 5:09 PM > Subject: Re: [Community_garden] CSAShares. > > > > > > > let all bbe fine a nd well, > > > > on the point of "nobody will buy it", i couldnt disagree more. there > > are plenty of "wanna be greens" with, literally, money to burn (or > > snort) than they can be responsible for. posh agriculture is popping > > up in rich neighborhoods everywhere. its not a new thing. people will > > buy into a rooftop csa just to be trendy. others will buy in to keep > > up with the joneses. > > i can remember thirteen years ago when this list was dominated by > > people interested in flower gardens. when i would talk about > > sustainable food shelters and the need for organics( i used to post > > under the name kozan), i practically got laughed and booed of the > > list. adam honingman agreed and supported me, i respected him and > > learned from him so i stayed. > > now, i have been with this a long time and have helped with many > > gardens, and meditated and researched. so,i have evidence and proof of > > what i say. posh agriculture will stick around too, it will help those > > with money to feel elite, and it will hurt agriculture overall because > > most people will resent it (like they did with organics) because they > > cant afford it. then there isnt much cooperation so lots of small > > businesses DONT pop up because the posh want to stay elite, and they > > dont help anybody!!!!!!!! then multinationals come in and buy > > everything (look at the organic industry as an example). then everyone > > loses. see "what the..." is going on. > > > > its time for a cooperative agricultural revolution where small > > business joins lower,middle, and upper class folks together. you know? > > and we are just the folks to do it! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of > ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to > find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org > > > > To post an e-mail to the list: > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: > http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org > > > > > > > > > -- feed two birds with one seed _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.communitygarden.org/pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20090104/19ef9da5/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org
