Urban man lives by supermarket ready meals where all connection with the soil is lost. But that sort of point is treated as mystical mumbo jumbo or special pleading by an interest group by the neo-lib reformers. I would hate to live in a society without a vibrant rural life and agricultural sector. But then I'm biased. I grew up and live there. notes from no w here
Bu slowly it's changing: the portable TV has become a DVD player combo, the blackberry and the iPhone are along, friends come for the day - guided by car-nav. You can't be me, I'm taken
These things can coexist with the log cabin and open fire. Less intensive farming can help sustain wildlife habitats and biodiversity. Manual labour can be a real drag and the power take-off shaft on a tractor can be a real boon. Increased population/urbanisation requires mass production to sustain it at some levels. But we should retain what food and human diversity we can. notes from no w here
Laptops/wifi can give you a sense of connectedness in remote communities. These things can coexist with the log cabin and open fire. Less intensive farming can help sustain wildlife habitats and biodiversity.
These things can coexist with the log cabin and open fire. Less intensive farming can help sustain wildlife habitats and biodiversity.
contadino digitale!
(translation 'digitised peasant', but it rings much better in italiano)
that's the future, and a good, noble and dignified one it could be. ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
