The 'just in time' food supply chain we rely upon is fragile. When everything works, it can guarantee a year round supply of fresh vegetables and fruit amongst other foodstuffs. This incredibly complex operation, developed and refined over decades, has consigned the practice of seasonal eating that was familiar to those of us growing up in the 60s and 70s to the dustbin of history. However, it doesn't take much to disrupt a 'just in time' food supply chain. Living in increasingly uncertain times, there's growing potential for disruption from a number of nefarious actors.
Now, more than ever, I need to become a carnivore. Since the blind fools of the world hate meat and cow farts, that proves to me that it is beyond healthy. These clowns want us sick and dead by eating weeds, crickets and processed garbage which is anything but real food. Long live the cows and pigs! Ranching is the new "in" thing to do. Nothing wrong with farming and growing your own foods but don't tell me I can't eat meat and tons of it.
It's terrible what cattle farmers are doing to the environment where we are in Avon, managing meadow after meadow full of wildflowers and letting their animals graze freely in the fresh air <sarc> Seriously, after moving down here from arable Essex and seeing how the cattle farmers here in the West Country actually do a lot to enhance the environment, I gave up any pretence at trying to be a vegan and went back to eating meat! Locally produced obviously, which is why we go to the monthly farmers market and use the farm shop in our town...
We used to have these nifty things called Farms. They were mystical places where you could plant rows upon rows of vegetables, maybe a few fruit trees, maybe raise some cattle or pigs or ducks.
They were off grid and you got to keep what you grew.
A glimmer of good news is that where we are in the West Country, there are a fair few small scale, local producers growing crops and rearing livestock outside of the clutches of the machine:) We're doing what we can to support them by spending our money at the monthly farmers market and using the farm shop in our town. Although our town is sandwiched between the cities of Bristol and Bath, there's enough of a rural hinterland to give people in the area some sense of connection to the land and where their food comes from.
Massive Yes! To this... I very much enjoy it, when people say "I wish I could grow food but I don't have the space" and I say "I don't have a garden, I use my neighbours"
Now, more than ever, I need to become a carnivore. Since the blind fools of the world hate meat and cow farts, that proves to me that it is beyond healthy. These clowns want us sick and dead by eating weeds, crickets and processed garbage which is anything but real food. Long live the cows and pigs! Ranching is the new "in" thing to do. Nothing wrong with farming and growing your own foods but don't tell me I can't eat meat and tons of it.
It's terrible what cattle farmers are doing to the environment where we are in Avon, managing meadow after meadow full of wildflowers and letting their animals graze freely in the fresh air <sarc> Seriously, after moving down here from arable Essex and seeing how the cattle farmers here in the West Country actually do a lot to enhance the environment, I gave up any pretence at trying to be a vegan and went back to eating meat! Locally produced obviously, which is why we go to the monthly farmers market and use the farm shop in our town...
We used to have these nifty things called Farms. They were mystical places where you could plant rows upon rows of vegetables, maybe a few fruit trees, maybe raise some cattle or pigs or ducks.
They were off grid and you got to keep what you grew.
But then, people started moving to the cities
and Farms died like Elves under Melkor's glove.
A glimmer of good news is that where we are in the West Country, there are a fair few small scale, local producers growing crops and rearing livestock outside of the clutches of the machine:) We're doing what we can to support them by spending our money at the monthly farmers market and using the farm shop in our town. Although our town is sandwiched between the cities of Bristol and Bath, there's enough of a rural hinterland to give people in the area some sense of connection to the land and where their food comes from.
A few links for people..
1. Kindling Trust nr. Manchester is a proven/commercial market garden approach to growing. They run courses...
2. Look up Curtis Stone - The Urban Farmer. I bought his book some years back.
3. My gig... SaddleworthOrchard (Instagram)...
Massive Yes! To this... I very much enjoy it, when people say "I wish I could grow food but I don't have the space" and I say "I don't have a garden, I use my neighbours"
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Thanks Stir! Excellent post. Brilliant initiatives too!