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Not Monsieur Hulot | 41 comments (41 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

A great many people (me included) would rather milk cows than sit all day in a cubicle. Ya pays ya money and ya takes ya choice...

Farming can also provide jobs for lower-skilled workers who are now no longer needed in such great numbers by industry. And rather a countryside inhabited by people and their families than a monoculture desert run by agri-managers...

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 04:08:59 PM EST
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Aah, the countryside - nice place to visit, but as the saying goes... Still, I guess the small farmers do provide esthetically pleasing local color for relaxing urban dwellers

by MarekNYC on Wed Jan 3rd, 2007 at 04:40:01 PM EST
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"Green" tourism is an economic asset of some importance...

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jan 4th, 2007 at 02:45:23 AM EST
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Not Monsieur Hulot | 41 comments (41 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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