The Current Agrarian Movement
Did ya'll hear about how more and more young people such as yourselves and our friends and certainly me are getting more and more involved in the local sustainable food movement, so much to the point of actually becoming farmers or market gardeners? Isn't this amazing? Isn't this a totally inspirational way of securing our own food supply, which then preserves and heals our physical and emotional health which has been damaged by consumer culture and big fucking huge agribusiness and corporate water control? Hasn't the consumer/materialist shitty fucking American lifestyle scared us all into our lil ole subcultures, and isn't it great how all of them are involved in this radical movement that promotes doing every fucking thang our own damn selves with the help of our friends and communities and long lost internet buddies? Isn't this the most radical way of showing our fundamentally flawed system of government that no, we really don't fucking care what you do or what you say cause we've got it all taken care of already, wanna party w us?? Cause ya'll like totally should! I think its really inspirational and I am totally pumped dude! (http://www.futurefarmers.com/victorygardens) Fuckin organic food and home brewed beers and home mixed danced parties. PLUS: When the end times come, we won't care cause OUR culture will be secured. We won't have to depend on whatever resources might be depleted (or will be, or already are?) because WE'VE GOT THIS. Our parents generation started this all in motion, and of course the organic agriculture movement was started way back in the 1940's (http://www.rodaleinstitute.org oh, Pennsylvania!) but the 60's counterculture opened it up for all sorts of greatness. It's almost our legacy, some might say?, to continue on with this awesome investigation and experiment. And there's been so much success already! And now with our technological advancements we have an overwhelming access to ALL information and connections with different communities all over the world. Its happening everywhere. There's a word for that phenomenon, but I won't bring it up right now.
My debate right now is between diving right into a market garden lifestyle (organic biodynamic heirloom garlic from the mountainside anyone?) or combining all of this knowledge I'm acquiring with academic design knowledge in order to integrate these sustainable, life giving principles and radical actions into public spaces, and work towards healthy, sane regional planning and water management. It's hard to decide!
I'm trying my hardest to get an apprenticeship at a local ecovillage in the spring. Keep yer fingers crossed!
*This is inspired by many things, but last night I was simply imagining all I want out of life, and its good food and a little nice house and babies and goats and chickens and high quality paper and hard pencils and a record player and a big old wooden kitchen table and guns. Not a fancy car, or a big house, or a crazy demanding job. And I'm closer to my dream than ever before and I want to try it now, to see if more school and debt is what I truly need or want. We will see!
My debate right now is between diving right into a market garden lifestyle (organic biodynamic heirloom garlic from the mountainside anyone?) or combining all of this knowledge I'm acquiring with academic design knowledge in order to integrate these sustainable, life giving principles and radical actions into public spaces, and work towards healthy, sane regional planning and water management. It's hard to decide!
I'm trying my hardest to get an apprenticeship at a local ecovillage in the spring. Keep yer fingers crossed!
*This is inspired by many things, but last night I was simply imagining all I want out of life, and its good food and a little nice house and babies and goats and chickens and high quality paper and hard pencils and a record player and a big old wooden kitchen table and guns. Not a fancy car, or a big house, or a crazy demanding job. And I'm closer to my dream than ever before and I want to try it now, to see if more school and debt is what I truly need or want. We will see!