Jon Bosak wrote: > [Karl North:] > > | These initiatives are all good food for thought, but we need to > | bear in mind that Vermont is a special case. > > Yes, but so is Tompkins County. > > | In recent decades it has been transformed by the invasion of > | permanent residents from moneyed classes that represent the upper > | tier of the two tier US economy that has emerged in these > | decades. Without their money flowing through the local economy, > | and particularly the food economy, the kinds of changes that this > | article describes would be much more difficult. > > Granted.
I agree with Karl's concerns, and Jon's transfer of them to Tompkins County. On the bright side, I see an opportunity here, an opportunity for people to learn farming, even if the market is artificial, and get started more easily than they would otherwise. It looks like things are already starting to slip, though, so I wonder how long we have to make these things work. Thanks, Simon St.Laurent http://simonstl.com/ _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
