Why did farming become such a profit-making business, especially with the global system that ships it all over the planet – if you can afford it that is. Can’t afford it? Just die because you are not a customer – even for that cheap stuff we process and euphemistically call Read more
We’ve spent a long time looking outside of ourselves for reasons and explanations for the myriad problems we face globally, whether that be social, economic, or ecological, or all of these. We are so fixated on trying to pin blame that we forget that we are the co-creators of our Read more
Here we are at Item four, which is not fourth most important one but perhaps the most primary. To be honest, all five items I am covering have to happen pretty much at the same time, but the order of which to prioritize depend a lot on the urgency of Read more
“Man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were Read more
I recently saw an online post that emphasized toxic problems with the Industrial Agricultural system and the need to go more into permaculture. What struck me was the series of comments that emphasized how many people were locked into the myth of the ‘Green Revolution’ as the only way to Read more
“An organic farmer is the best peacemaker today, because there is more violence, more death, more destruction, more wars, through a violent industrial agricultural system. And to shift away from that into an agriculture of peace is what organic farming is doing” Vandana Shiva The second essential aspect of developing Read more
The problem with industrial farming is that it is a one size fits all kind of situation, but different areas with different ecosystems and microecosystems do not really lend themselves to that mentality. In the last post, I mentioned that large scale agriculture will still be needed in the future, Read more
Most people do not associate food with their sovereignty, but it is one of the most crucial freedoms we have. For most people it is a simple process of going to the grocery store, but stop and think about the process that controls the food you find on the shelves. Read more
“The primary mode of cognition that the practitioners of science have used during the past century – Analytic, Linear, Reductionist, Deterministic, Mechanical – has begun to reach the limits of its assumptions. For this particular mode of cognition and the system to which that mode has given rise, can only Read more
Earth is not a platform for human life. It’s a living being. We’re not on it but part of it. Its health is our health. Thomas Moore (archetypal psychologist and mythologist). I really do not think that indigenous peoples go around saying I love nature. To people that live within Read more