Sitting in on the Board of Agriculture meetings a few weeks ago, it became clear to me how far down the road of industrialized agriculture we have traveled and how far we have to go if we are going to get anywhere… Anywhere that is not self-destructing I mean, to an agricultural system that does not deplete the very resources that ensure its survival.
In the meetings, agriculture was repeatedly referred to as ‘industry.’ From my experience, "industry" does not mean the cultivation of soil on a piece of land that is connected to your neighbor’s land and together you produce food to feed your community. Instead, it is "economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufactured goods in factories."
If you practice agriculture, you produce food that sustains health and is fundamental to life, not a commodity that is produced by an industry.
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