(12-03-2010, 03:38 PM)Eddie Wrote: No one will stop me from raising my own food. I have a large garden, fruit trees, and berries, and I'm in the process if putting in an additional garden space......considering a chicken coop as well. I expect to be producing most of my own food in 2-3 years.
We just planted some fruit and nut trees also, and a garden. Chickens are easy, and eggs provide cruelty-free animal protein, for those who want animal protein in their diet.
If everyone did what you're doing, we would all have a surplus of food! It's a myth that the planet can't sustain the population. That could be easily done if more people grew their own food, and the polluting, inefficient meat industry were eliminated. A huge amount of food can be grown on even a small yard in the city, if we just eliminate the idea of a weed-free lawn.
Here is an amazing book about working with neighbors to turn the neighborhood into a largely self-sufficient community:
Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community by Heather Coburn Flores
Most people aren't open to the idea now, but they might be when/if the situation becomes more dire. A lot of good could come out of what appears, at first glance, to be a very negative situation.
(12-03-2010, 03:38 PM)Eddie Wrote: By the way, S.510 was remanded back to congress yesterday because of a "blue slip" violation (the Senate added new taxes, and the Senate can't do that!) so this bill might be delayed until the next congress takes over; if that happens, the bill will die.
That's great news!