tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5836711936011854730..comments2024-03-16T19:58:56.871-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Let's Talk Famine.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-33459896047002329842017-07-18T16:59:44.922-07:002017-07-18T16:59:44.922-07:00Correct about the learning curve, MoS. Mine began ...Correct about the learning curve, MoS. Mine began three decades ago while reading THE HISTORY OF BEEF, and today- no matter which way I add up what I've learned- it equals veganism. We are made to live quite nicely on fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and grains. Eat to live rather than live to eat. (I loathe 'foodies'...sorry.) I'm not yet completely vegan but I know that we can all practice simple principles like the hundred mile radius challenge and Indigenous diets. Every bit helps our shared planet. The learning will come, the more we people exchange experiences and knowledge. Many in our world are too soft and excessive, and will learn too little, too late. <br /><br />I'm not a prepper but I've learned to live lean, through pain and by choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-44040296279329344082017-07-17T10:42:46.055-07:002017-07-17T10:42:46.055-07:00Yes, we do need to feed ourselves differently but ...Yes, we do need to feed ourselves differently but there's a real learning curve we'll have to go through first. In my lifetime we've become intensely urbanized. When I was a kid we knew farmers, in my case my relatives, and we spent time on the farm and learned a bit about how crops are grown and harvested, how livestock are bred and raised, the basics of dairy farming. At least when we went to the grocery store we had some idea of how the stuff on the shelves got there.<br /><br />With the rapid decline in the family farm that knowledge is being lost. Tending a greenhouse doesn't create an informed public.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-88512764816839067952017-07-17T08:51:09.540-07:002017-07-17T08:51:09.540-07:00We need to feed ourselves differently.We need to feed ourselves differently.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-40097003461283528132017-07-17T08:37:01.840-07:002017-07-17T08:37:01.840-07:00Mound, when it comes to food self sufficiency I th...Mound, when it comes to food self sufficiency I think Canada is over populated. It is too easy to look at all our land and think we have lots of room for growth but it's just not true. We had serious famine during the 1930s with a much smaller population.<br /><br />Where I live the orchards and produce farms have been decimated in favour of vineyards to supply the wineries and, of course, to build houses that enable more people to move here. Tobynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-60604252177655246942017-07-17T08:07:16.733-07:002017-07-17T08:07:16.733-07:00Dis? I propose we put the Beef Barons and Wheat Ki...Dis? I propose we put the Beef Barons and Wheat Kings on a path to new employment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-49780783861092143052017-07-17T01:20:43.079-07:002017-07-17T01:20:43.079-07:00You deleted all of your comments. I think you kne...You deleted all of your comments. I think you knew you had posted something despicable. But now you're going to double down Trump style? Whatever. This is not the way we behave in polite society.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-9865570357638281962017-07-16T23:12:12.675-07:002017-07-16T23:12:12.675-07:00I can't recall accusing anyone of fucking thei...I can't recall accusing anyone of fucking their "dead sister." Fortunately many of those who'll be reading your slur have been following my blog for a good while and I doubt they've seen any sign of that sort of thing. I'm pretty sure I know neither you nor your late sister. Were you close?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-27461427817531221042017-07-16T15:42:40.862-07:002017-07-16T15:42:40.862-07:00My favourite attack by Mound is when he accused me...My favourite attack by Mound is when he accused me of fucking my dead sister. Classy guy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-57767294130814849242017-07-16T15:24:50.856-07:002017-07-16T15:24:50.856-07:00"Do you have any kids or grandkids?"
Ye..."Do you have any kids or grandkids?"<br /><br />Yes, I have kids. Your point being what, exactly?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50543408179820903352017-07-16T14:51:33.985-07:002017-07-16T14:51:33.985-07:00Anon 2:19, just a question. Do you have any kids o...Anon 2:19, just a question. Do you have any kids or grandkids?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-72693612264703291972017-07-16T14:25:51.815-07:002017-07-16T14:25:51.815-07:00https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvUBf5l7Vwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvUBf5l7VwAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-42704912732022923052017-07-16T14:19:19.129-07:002017-07-16T14:19:19.129-07:00Sometimes it's best to leave your hands off of...Sometimes it's best to leave your hands off of the controls. Billions will die and it will a bumpy and brutal ride. But maybe human civilization will survive in a much amended form.<br /><br />I think the human species should go extinct and another species should give it a try.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-66456611889159769822017-07-16T09:33:00.198-07:002017-07-16T09:33:00.198-07:00Mound said, " . . . Canada should consider th...Mound said, " . . . Canada should consider the need for making domestic food production - crops, fish, livestock - a strategic resource." I've been saying that for 50 years. Canada has an appalling agricultural policy aimed primarily at industrial farms and trade. Other than marketing boards there has been little attention to small family farms. <br /><br />It's all about profit. The Fraser Valley sits on some of the world's most fertile soil. There was a time when family farms dominated. Now the land is covered in housing developments and shopping centres. It is considered better business to haul produce from California or China than to grow it locally. A video you posted the other day said that American food travels an average of 1400 miles. The 1400 is out of my memory and probably off a bit but you get the point. The industrial market driven food chain is a wasteful, counter productive system that is only sustainable by cheap - often subsidized - oil. <br /><br /><br />Tobynoreply@blogger.com