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Re: "The Unsettling of America"
I'm about a third of the way through it, and for how old it is, I'm still struck by its relevance--now probably more than ever.
Jun 21 · 3 weeks ago
📡 Queen_City_Nerd · Jun 21 at 11:19:
I grew up with a grandparent who farmed. There was about 100 acres left then and we grew mostly potatos and corn. The money however was in storage, we stored produce for the local markets and that paied more consistantly. Now I've have a back yard garden, and the trouble is scale. If your more than a few planters on a patio but less than 5 acres there's much less geared towards you. Sub acre gardens, enought to be a little more than a hobby of distraction must not be profitable enough. When we lived in the ADK's we even developed a plot that would yield enough for the freezer on small lots, but very few cared. The land can provide, if we don't treat it like commodity markets.
The Unsettling of America — Just finished reading The Unsettling of America by Wendell Berry. Probably the most important book I've ever read.