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Michael,
(1) Are you in Victoria, B.C.?? Have you had any experience with the
LETSystem up there, Coutenay, M. Linton or E. Yacub?
(2) While I favor backyard gardens (don't have a backyard myself), I don't
believe that at the present stage of social integration they represent a
viable economic alternative. Many people don't have the time, the space, or
the appropriate colored thumb. On the otherhand, local farmer's markets for
produce seem a very viable way to go. Bu
Paul H. Dillon
----- Original Message -----
From: Wolff-Michael Roth <mroth@uvic.ca>
To: <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 6:19 PM
Subject: Re(2): Activity theory and agricultural change
> >expansion - ALL of us have a relation to agricultural industry, farming,
> >eating particular produce and boycotting particular political-produce
> >(grapes, bananas) - slave wages, subsidization, genetic engineering,
> >nationalized farming and the crisis of wheat, or beef, - waste, the
> >environment, encroaching capitalism and
> >cultural transformations, as communities are moved from local to
> >large-scale farming, production, and so on.
>
> Diane, and this is something all of us can do something about. I am
> not saying that everyone should produce all their vegetables as my
> wife and I do in our suburban backyard. But we could contribute to
> it, and through barter, as we have done, expand the range of fruits,
> vegetables, and berries that you can access.
>
> I was asking just a couple of days what would happen to our economy
> if people here in Victoria were to produce as we do in their own
> backyards? All the trucks coming from California, all the gas saved,
> but also all the jobs displaced...
>
> Nice comment, Diana, I wholeheartedly agree with you on this one.
>
> Michael
>
>
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