DECADES OF RUIN OF THE LAND - FARMERS NEED TO BE HEARD IN WASHINGTON

[Morpheal]

North American governments have been falling far short of the responsibility
to preserve agricultural and forest lands for the future.

Far too much orchard, pasture, and crop land, is being destroyed for little more
purpose than urban sprawl to give people expensive places to drink beer and
watch their televisions in. Do they do much else there ? Not on average.

Future generations will regret the destruction of the land, and the luring of
farmers off of the land, with rising land prices, paid by developers. If you cannot
farm the land profitably, in today's "free market" you hold out until the land
price goes up and sell to "development". Grow concrete and asphalt there.
That is always profitable for someone. Grow endless acres of suburbia, to
provide for.... well..... for..... for..... places to watch television in. Now that
we have so many channels, so many satellites, so many programs to choose from,
and so many new video game experiences to savor, we need more bigger houses
to watch those bigger and bigger home theatre systems in.

We don't need crops, we need HD home theatre systems sprouting up from
where vineyards, orchards, vegetables, pastures, and grain used to grow. We
need satellite feeds sprouting up where forests, streams, and wildlands were.

Oh, and a few golf courses. Can't forget those. And lord bless the strip malls.
Where would America be without the strip malls.

Hallelujah, brother, we know what we need in America, but did anyone in
previous administrations really listen to the average farmer ?

No.

It's just too expensive, unless you are big corporate agro business, to farm
anything anymore. The only hope is to sell out to development.

Something is wrong with America. Very wrong.

When was the last time the farmers marched onto the Hill in Washington
to give the legislators a piece o their minds as to America's future ?

It's been a long time coming, but we have to hope it isn't a long time away.

Robert Morpheal

[opihimoimoi]

1. he ultimate answer is to rid ourselves of the GOP...they have fuxcked us enough

enough already....86 the dudes

[WePurrsevere]

2. Change is needed and is coming even for rural America...

I'm so tired of seeing family farms go under or bought out by big corp farms, sadly it's all to common up where I am but I for one am hopeful now...
http://change.gov/agenda/rural_agenda

Check out Obama's agenda is for rural America and submit your ideas/opinions. The only way change can happen is if we all contribute in whatever way we can.

[Tashca]

3. I sent something

I read your post.....and tried the link.
I have an idea that I think would work great for farmers to be able to transition more easily from conventional Ag to Organic production. The transitional period stops most from even considering it because of the prohibitive cost..

Anyway.....I sent my idea with much thought put into it. I will be very upset if this website is only about gathering email addy's and not about what they claim it to be....