How then, do we move backwards? How does a society, with most of the people having no clue of future events, move from being dependent on a vast and intertwined network of goods and services produced by the indigenous people of whereever, to a local resource and renewable energy based society, and do so in the timeframe available (20-30 years using the most liberal extimates, 10-20 with resonable estimates, 5-10 with worst case scenarios), all the while prices on everything increasing, world politics getting more militaristic, governments continuously reducing civil liberties, shortages of goods on the market and weather patterns resembling bad Hollywood movies?
Joined: Mar 18, 2005 Posts: 2564 Location: Minnesota
Posted: Sun May 01, 2005 11:24 am Post subject:
A forum category for local groups is a GREAT idea! I have the same concerns here in Mpls. Minnesota. I'm skilled, hardworking & preparred as 1 person can be...but my house has less than a quarter acre & a refugee is still a refugee!
Anybody with a few acres of land in my area, i'd like to begin NOW planting apple, pear & peach trees...grape vines & raspberry bushes...prepping a garden area... i just don't have enough land to do it.
thanx pops. is that south of KC, i have a some relations up in topeka,KS
haven't been out there in years. i won't forget ya though, we'll just have to see _________________ remember-we don't inherit the earth from our parents, we lease it from our children
Local Groups category would be a fine idea. To date I think I am the only one on from Central CA, (south of Fresno).
Post peak oil/peak energy scares Las Vegas scares me. (As does Phoenix). Way too many people with way too few natural resources. I am concerned about this place which is fairly dry, but its better than the deserts. Right now Las Vegas is pretty fun to visit but as I blogged this week its future isnt so fun. _________________ UNplanning the future...
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North Central Arkansas here. Great idea. I know of a few other Arkansans on the forums - but most are in a different part of the state. Send me a PM if you're anywhere close by.
K
our land is in caldwell county. not exactly progressive, but not much development pressure...my husband's family has been there for 5 or 6 generations, so he has some pretty strong ties to the area.
i've had a longstanding interest in "grass farming", i was trying to convince my mother-in-law to move more in that direction with her goats. anway, i ran across this website for a farm in georgia where they seem to be raising their goats on pasture. http://www.sweetgrassdairy.com/farms.html
i've read some other info specific to goats, but mostly in french. most of what i've seen has not been specific to dairy goats. we're interested in icelandic sheep, but they don't produce nearly as much milk...
we're getting ready to build a small house and try out some of our ideas. anyone else near caldwell county?
We visited Sweetgrass Dairy a couple of years ago on our way to the beach. At that time they were feeding some grain still----I wasn't aware that they were moving toward grass fed----that's exciting! Their cheeses are incredible---I highly recommend them.
We have also considered milking sheep---talk about an all-purpose animal! Either Icelandics or Friesians, or maybe even a cross. We've actually milked our Shetlands, and they, tiny as they are, gave a reasonable amount of very rich (almost velvety) milk. _________________ ncgoatgirl
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Joined: Apr 28, 2005 Posts: 3331 Location: West shore Lake Eire, MI, USA
Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 9:39 pm Post subject:
Anyone from Southeastern lower Michigan or Northwest Ohio? _________________ Oxygen: - An intensely habit-forming accumulative toxic substance. As little
as one breath is known to produce a life-long addiction to the gas, which addiction invariably ends in death.--Isaac Asimov
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