When you have systems that can scale up and down being cost neutral
than you have a system of truth in any marketplace, meaning, you have caught
onto a system that doesn't need a disproportionate amount of inputs to receive consistent
outputs or in the case of farming, machines, pesticides and genetically engineered
seeds to participate in order to be successful.
The major difference between backyard farming and
mono-cultures is the ability to heal the land. Big mono-cultural operations specializing
in a few crops that are addicted to genetically modified everything. From apple orchards to chicken farms. Did you
know that the average apple you purchase from the store has 48 different types
of pesticides on it, even after washing the apples? Mmmm Yum!
Don’t believe me. Check the link below for the article from
Forbes:
Breaking the dependency on all these additives is essential
to real sustainability and land healing. Monopolistic agriculture was brought
about for good purposes in feeding the world. The problem is that these
operations can only scale up to become more efficient and when they don’t scale
up then they lose competitive advantages and go out of business. Essentially,
suggesting that there are only a few big players at the top of the industry.
They can’t scale down and be just as efficient. This is proof in itself that this
type of agricultural engagement is not sustainable or is built on a system of
truth and inter-dependency with nature.
I don’t want to sound like a hippie, but poly cultures and mimicking
the way nature grows, heals, and value ads is the best, most efficient method
of self perpetuation.
I read somewhere this week that “before you can construct
something you must first deconstruct something”.
The only real way of sustainability is found in local, Small
to medium business, and community dependency.
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