tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post4438142361733689915..comments2023-10-30T06:29:50.164-04:00Comments on ❖How My Garden Grows❖: Farm Talk and Food PreservationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post-69416638630704404852009-08-11T15:12:38.012-04:002009-08-11T15:12:38.012-04:00It will be interesting to see if this whole 'e...It will be interesting to see if this whole 'eat local' movement is a passing fad or people's decision to make an effort to change how we eat. I'm hoping it is more of the latter. I would think there are enough consumers to go around, but maybe not?<br /><br />I am glad you gave your two cents, it (this particular farmer's)view is one most of us don't hear too often. It makes me wonder if he is alone in his standing, or are there lots of other's with this opinion as well?Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06457953816169352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2058555775154932842.post-15510899345213768742009-08-11T14:41:24.717-04:002009-08-11T14:41:24.717-04:00Wow, interesting conversation indeed! I don't...Wow, interesting conversation indeed! I don't know how to react. In one sense, I sympathize with him, but on the other, I feel as though what we need in the world are MORE farmers that grow on less than 5 acres. Those are the farmers less likely to use huge gas-guzzling farm machinery, large scale chemical pesticides and cause soil erosion. Am I wrong? <br />I see his predicament though. In all likelihood, the "folks pretending to be farmers" are making more money than him, utilizing CSAs and other newer means of marketing and despite the fact that they farm on a smaller scale. So should he we expect him to change the way he's been doing business all these years??? Great post!Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09303344546714641616noreply@blogger.com