Alternative Community Farmer/WPB.FL

I am so happy to read today in the NYT that finally someone cared about telling the tale of damages to farms and small farmers in the aftermath of TROIPICAL STORM IRENE.Check this out and my earlier blog article on the same subject .

I had the first response in reporting that farmers were hit the most especially in the New WEngland /Vermont?NY/Connecticut...Check this out  :

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/31/nyregion/after-irene-upstate-new-york-farmers-suffer-in-flood-plain.html?ref=nyregion

I am reporting this right now from FLORIDA , the home state of REAL HURRICANES and daily TROPICAL storms.Irene was just another normal tropical storm as we felt it here.No flooding or major "city flattening ".There were no "CATASTROPHIC"structural damages , not even tree debris or fallen  branches.Just someone drowned because he was surfing when MEAN IRENE was" flattening the EAST COAST "as the main stream media propaganda, especialy TV stations were reporting LIVE .

They were  keeping us in a PAINFUL PANICK non-stop coverage 24/7!I remembered the gulf war andf Iraq war coverage...they were hammering us about news of weapons of mass destruction while in reality it was news of MASS DECEPTION!

Here is another living example of UNBALANCED MEDIA coverage of the MEAN IRENE.There were so many scare coverage "HYPE" concentrating about losses to property/structures(Business/homes/infrastructure).And if they were documenting news for INSURANCE and EMERGENCY fund$ spending.Here is something no one wanted you to know:Hurricane IRENE was actually a tropical storm to reach NY as just a normal DEPRESSION, contrary to what the media and experts were telling us.

If you need a proof:Read the news of the AFTERMATH of IRENE.SERIOUS FLOODING and FERTILE soil desdtruction Damage is happening  far away from the EAST coast .There are so many farms and small farmers stretched in the NEW ENGLAND zone where Vermont,Massachusets and New Hampshire triangle of small family farmers are steretched and now affected with soil erosion due to flooding !Hello mainscream media.Anyone home?

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=51935&src=nhrss

Compare MEAN IRENE COVERAGE and RESPONSE   with the COVERAGE of "CARELESS"  LESS KATERINA COVERAGE/compensation$  .The latter costs were in the aprox 54 billions so far and counting .The former damages for all SIX STATES directly hit by IRENE costs are much  more less than those inflicted by only one(Louisiana)!but more media  fuss! Is it (reporting)for just monetary purposes like reaping more Insurance premium surcharge and emergency fund compensations etc?So far it is early to say but not late to speculate!

Family farms and small farmers are the next thing you will know who suffered most from the flooding as more crops and fertile soil get eroded and gone with the FLOODING.Watch this live i on you tube:

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/interactive/article/20110829/NEWS07/110829010/YouTube-Flooding-downtown-Brattleboro

There is one thiing  missing in the coverage by the main scream media:Damages and losses to farms and small farmers specifically!

Talking about fair reporting and balanced journalism in the media , why farmers are alweays left behind?Floods and storms do destroy crops as well as flatten cities like the missing pictures portrayed of the aftermath of IRENE.Where are the photos of the damages to the recepients of emergency funds that were prematurely declared to the benefiary states even before IRENE hit their grounds?Was LOISIANA state given same attention before by media etc?

People tend to abuse DRUGS and end up in hospitals or dead.There is now an ADDICTION RUSH/ RASH that is spreading in S.Florida by COVENTIONAL MD clinics for PROFIT that prescribe and dispense on the spot PILLS for PAIN..Welcome to the PILL MILL big  business fraud that is being targeted by LAW ENFORCEMENT ..

It is good to know:Dr.Hulda Clark wrote three books :Cheif among them "The Cure for all cancers" exposed some vitamins and herbal manufacturors who "intentionally" added lead and other toxins to their supplements..That was back in the 1990's.What is new?

A MEGA pharmaceutical company also cleared the market of small owners of herbs and vitamin companies by BUYING Them and becoming THE controller of producing supplements in the market .It kept the names of the previous old  companies withiout change to deceive the consumer.The name of that Mega CEUTICAL company? You tell me?Get an education abvout what you put in your mouth before you get hurt !Another company a major Tobaco company has now a chain of food companies that it bought after the sale of cigarettes dropped down.Guess what they are doing with the food they produce?The same they were doing with the cigarettes:More additives,presetrvatives and toxins being added under the pretext of preswerving this and that!Get educated about who ptroduces your food?

Now the big Pharmaceutical companies are losing more money to the supplemnts and herbs business.So they are sending their lobbyiests to Washington to attack the Herbs and vitamins companies and drive them out of the market.Get educated about who are the companies that want to send you to the hospitals and feed you junk food and drugs for the buck of it?

Your best bet? Grow your own herbs and organic vegetables.You save on the grocery and hospital bill and God forbid ,you do not end up a life long drug consumer/ addict of the PILL MILL!

Get rid of the pill mill "addiction" and instead get an "education" about what you put in/out of  your mouth.No ignorance or fungus among us.. It is good to know:

http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2009/apr2009_Dietary-Supplements-Under-Attack_02.htm

 http://educate-yourself.org/cn/supplementsunderattackagain12apr02.shtml

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+great+supplement+scare%3a+are+herbal+remedies+under+attack+from+a...-a020581507

There are so many speculations and hypothesis now bidding for a financial collapse  if the US dollar falls.The Farmers financial market is showing a distress signal as the heat and draught harvest the crops and more of the grain goes to produce the green oil for cars rather than for food.Prices for cotton and grains are soaring as more speculations are influencing the commodities market.

Farming Land is shrinking .As the markets for food production now react negatively wityh the Debt Default..how do the small farmer react ?

I am reading a book by Dr.Stephen Leeb : GAME OVER" and much of the hidden financial news are beibng revealed in thw pages.

Here are some glimpses for you to share and be patient to watch the story unfolds on your blank screen.Count for 30 before you give up watching it also as you click on top of page:The Cash Cow!..Be Patient :

http://www.leeb.tv/leeb_cashcow_pl.html

During the GREAT DEPRESSION the worst who were hit were the farmers and the factory workers.So far the GREAT DEEP RECESSION of our days is keeping us in a safe HAVEN altogether protected by trillions of DEBTS and virtually healthy market if you only read/watch  the "DAYLIGHT"MAIN STRWEAM MEDIA .

Farmers unlike politicians and merchants have their hands dirty with soil .No blood on their hands and green fingers unless they have an animal farm .I mean an actual anim,al farm different than the one of GEORGE ORWELL. WELL ..you know what I mean..or don't you?

Come the financial draught news about the default and rising the level of national debt ..Are we going to receive those SOCIAL SECURITY checks in August or not.Some of my SENIOR friends are now considering to start a VICTORY garden in their backyards.

http://www.rollcall.com/news/obama_default_would_interfere_with_social_security_checks-207220-1.html?pos=adp

The news is not new to them , they lived in the DEPRESSION and they know how it looks like.So my senior citizen friend wants to get rid of the grass and start a tomasto garden..incase the socila security check did not arrive in August!

Here are some of the un MUTTED news to refresh your memory about the DEFAULT and the DEBT$ that iare  threatening our daily bread and butter:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/43756545?par=ft

As thwey say it is good to know.If you want to get into it is BETTER to know more ...watch LAST WORDS FINANCIAL PROGRAM  at CNBC .THE NIGHT LATE NEWS IS NOT THE SAME as the day light news..Is that why we have this as truth   "BEING KEPT IN THE DARK".???Wake up and read /watch the LATE DARK  NIGHT news.It is different!

The United Nations recently released a report after conducting a study on the use of CELL Phones and Cancer.Unfortunately such news are not a big Headlines News by the Main Stream media.The public is being kept in the dark usually.It is better to light a candle of suppressed information rather than condemn the darkness as the Chinese proverb says!

Check out this link first about Roundup:

http://www.naturalnews.com/032920_Roundup_birth_defects.html

Cell phones caise cancer and head tumors.Beleive it or not?Check it out as the United Nations-World Health Organization reports:

http://www.businessinsider.com/cell-phones-cause-cancer-2011-5

I have dumped my cell phone,TV,Microwave long time ago.How about you?

How does climate change affect agriculture ?

Read how the draught is affecting 14 states from a recennt NYT and MSNBC reports :

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43718212/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times/v

Simply speaking , I can relate to you what is happening from my observations as an urban farmer here in S.Florida.

We are on Water Restrictions  extreme draught D$.Meaning that watering is allowed once a week in most of PBC.

Even though we started getting some rain releif lately, the Okeechobee lake is still below acceptable average level by two feet.

A friend of mine who owns a nherb farm is suffering dramatically as she has no water to irrigate her plants from the nearby canal .

The good news is that people are starting to take the situation seriously and save on water consumpyion.

The best bet is educating the public not punish their pockets in the beginning.

More people are feeling the heat in their wallets as the produce na dfood items prices move up.There is a trend to start growing their own food in backyards .I teach classes on organic gardening and my last class was fascilitated at the City of Lake Worth.The city is pioneering a Compost program .I am volunteering to teech composting and the class is for FREE.

More details at The Natural Awakening PBC Magazine and my event box @:

localharvest.org/farms/M20618

Education makes a difference.

The supreme court UPHOLDS  an Arizona 2007 law to hire only legal status employees.Check oput the New York Times front page headlines of today.Fourteen restaurants were raided and the owner fined 10 million for hiring illegal immigrants.Learn more about the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/us/politics/28immigration.html?_r=4

Also ,Check out :

http://conservativenewjersey.com/justices%E2%80%99-decision-on-illegal-immigration-emboldens-states

This is good news for the American work force who want to work menial jobs in restaurants/construction/farms with less pay and no insurance and benefits.Now let us find replacements for the ones fired to avoid more business banckruptcy!Now let us send more unemployed to work in the farms and restaurents targeted employing illegal immigrants.Now let us bring more opportunities for the LEGAL IMMIGRANTS who WANT to WORK in RESTAURANTS?HOTELS?FARMS...etc..

Canada has an immigration policy that attracts EDUCATED IMMIGRANTS.They have opportunities to fill for those who arrive to work and follow the law of the land.Why not follow  Canada's immigration steps that enrich the ecconomy with skilled /educated immigrants .I beleive the Obama Administration is doing the right thing by targeting employers who hire illegal immigrants and break the law by doing so.The Administration is sending a message by hurting the law breakers at their pockets!

There is CHANGE in the AIR!

Climate changes are now adding more hardships to farmers and gardeners.In addition to the unprecedented current floodings/twisters-tornadoes that are destroying more of towns and structures, the impact on crops production is not that better either.More crops are lost as the inclement weather harvests / destroys the crops as well as the homes!

There is now a new map on the works for new Agriculture Hardy Zones to replace the old one.We need more helping hands reaching out to the small farmers community.Your voice counts in the coming elections.Vote for small farmers in office who REALLY stand up for the farmers and not for the LOBBIESTS of BIG AGRI-BUSINESS!! 

How does climate change affect agriculture ?

Simply speaking , I can relate to you what is happening from my observations as an urban farmer here in S.Florida.

The coconut palm trees stopped producing as much  coconuts for the last three years .As a matter of fact I can relate a story of an acquaintance who has lost most of his coconut  grove .

The citrus trees has been reduced by a Canker disease that fell down so many healthy and unhealthy trees .There are so many home owners who are now collecting  money for the  WRONG cutting of their healthy citrus trees .How about those who made the WRONG  decision to cut the treas?

Are they  still keep their jobs!?

Cutting a tree and its effects on the climate warming..who does not know that trees absorb CO2? Still trees are being cut right and left..Ask why we are having draughts , floods hurricanes and tsunamees?

Take the RAIN FOREST for example.Why is it called so?

Forests attract rain..It is so simple.Trees absorb carbon emissions and release oxygen.Is it legal to cut trees ?Here is a story which answers the question:

I heard in the news  about some local activists who tried to show their support  by climbing and camping  on top of them to attract PUBLIC NOTICE in a DRAMATIC way!!!! I mean this is an exagertion kind of "support our trees" campaign by camping on them!!!.Consequently ,they were arrested and the trees were cut down!!!What!!!!!

The EARTH needs more trees PLANTED not cut down..In Switzerland , there is a LAW against cutting down vegetation haphazardly!How about here?Well , some good news are coming up.

A small town in S.Florida is leading by example .Lake Worth has a COMPOSTING PROGRAM going on.Residents who wish to attend the  FREE workshops on composting , receive compost bins at reduced discounted prices through rebates.

Those are good news and solutions to combat the global warming LOCALLY.Imagine more cities follow through Lake Worth example of COMPOSTING and RECYCLING our trash into the garden rather than to the Garbage BIN!!! 

As the heat builds up , changing green  grass to  brown .

As the rain falls short and the rivers flood town.

We show  " green  thumbs up ..(and the4  brown thumb down)

Some good news to cheer u up...(and stop that dumb moan):

 http://www.earthman.tv/2004/forums/index.php?showtopic=120 

I am naive about the way humans treat each others in this INFORMATION past industrial age..not to mention being an URBAN farmer living in a Southern city .

Most of us do not know how to communicate well without the F and M F rich vocabilary of profanity.Add to this the racial divide among whites,blacks,moslems,christians and you name it.People here in the South are so much addicted to UNDER  the influences whether racial or halucinational ones...you name them!

Excuse my naivity ,and try to explain to me so I can  understand , why we here in this 21st century regime change facebook revolutions and demionstrations :why we feel dormant and timid here in the heart of DEMOCRACY  country We invade other countries with bombs to teach them a lesson in democracy ??.What is the point? It is not the ecconomy stupid! Its we  stupified ,nullifed,and pacified by the ecconomy .

WE are losing our jobs,homes,cars,farms,lands (soon our minds)to the banks and we go and deny it all and point the finger at a dictator like kadafi or Hussein and let the programmed TV audience be distracted rather than demonstrating  against the local evils done to their lives and homes.

While Americans are  now being thrown into the streets as homeless by our own banks and partners ,politicians etc We still go to wqars to preac Democrady by FIRE."To whom are you reading your psalms , David?" The bible asks!..

What matters most?Being rational or racial?Being one will negate the other..You choose!You can not be both and stay mentally stable!

Some prefer to be financially stable rather than mentally..Thats why we are here!End of venting!

I want to talk about peiople  who put on masks and hide their intentions and identities to inflict pain emotionally and racially on others and go by the traditions of sifting people by being defining them as either  gentiles or  jews.Blacks or whites.Immigrants or citizens ...and so forth ...This is exactly what happened in Germany during the THIRD REICH...First they went after the JEWS.Then they went after the GYPSIES.Then they went after the Comminist and the homosexuals ...and by the time it was XY turn ...no one was left  to HELP.

Here is another ficticious   scenario ."They started with the Moslems, then the Latinos and immigrants ...next the Christian radicals ..then the you name it radicals.. bY THE TIME  they WILL come to GET  you,,,nobody will beLEFT to HELP you.JUST SAYING A FICTITIOUS SCENARIO..IT  HAPPENED ONLY IN A DREAM!!

So keep on feeding  the racial profiling beast...by the time it will reach you...no one will be left to help you.

After so many years of crying wolf on the global warming, draught and climate change what is new?

I asked myself this question as I keep reading about the dilemma that now is on the agenda of politicians who seek elections and try to appease voters by frelating to their concerns.What had been done to bring solutions if ever we recognize that there is a problem.

I beleive that farmers and food producers in general are the ones directly affected as their crops become the direct hit when mother nature stops cooperating in producing crops.

Comes the flooding and drought dilemmas that hit Russia,Africa,Pakistan etc...More countries who are crop producers are now hiking the prices on wheat,barley cotton and more...Thanks to climate changes drought being one of them.

I was counting the number of days and nights of  no rain recently as the growing season started here in S. Florida.So far couple of days and one single night were rainy for the last thirty days.

The water restrictions alerts are resurfacing again and the local ( and national)news media is again focusing on climate change and drought again .

Back to basics.Here is a question to ask: Why do we call the RAIN FOREST so?Ask your ,self like I did .I am guessing the answer at the end of my article to give you time to reflect on an answer or guess ?

During the depression the most hit were the farmers and people who worked in the manufacturing sector.What is new in 2010?Blaming all evil on the face of a faceless persona like the climate can direct our anger somewhere else invisible and controversial,shall we say?

What matters is the Action we take to remedy a problem that is affecting our lives directly.Humans need food to survive among water and air .Take out food and water ,what remains is air...the only essential for life  without a price tag so far.

I watched the Movie "Wall Streat " recently and what drew my attention is what Michael Douglas says:"Speculation is the root of all evil".The Bible says:Love of Money is the Root of all evil.Combine both Speculation and the love of money you will get a clue about what I am talking about.Not yet?

Almost one million homes have been foreclosed by the banks not to mention farms , a study reveals.There is a vicious circle of withholding jobs,homes,crops and you name it so that more money is made.What about the lives that are ruined of the home owners and the farmers among others?When will the speculation stop?When will the drought and climate change stop...both have no face?

In reality the natural law follows cause and effect.When we cause damage then there are consequences.When we cut the trees and reduce the areas of cultivated land what happens..The cause of our Action is reflected in the effect of less RAIN.That is why we call the RAIN FOREST SO.Trees and green attract rain.Destroy more of the earth farms,trees,forests and nature  and as a consequence have no rain.Period.Reverse the process and the climate will correct itself.Common Sense Makes Sense not Science? 

Do not miss this article.It is a must read by all who vote ,eat,produce and   grow  food - especially by small farmers and advocates ..They are being allegedly labelled as speaking of UNTRUTHS when expressing opinions about the Food safety Bill now speculated to go to the floor for voting this week as per NYT article below mentioned..

How about alleged biased reporting against small farmers and advocates ?

Let  the PEOPLE KNOW what is missing and who are to blame and why the bill has been stalling for two years without being passed?Why now suddenly it might be put to a quick vote  , without allowing more debate  about certain  measures ...?Guess who is pushing for the bill pass??The Democrats ? Guess who is pushing to stop it? Republicans? UNBELEIVABLE until you read it with your own eyes.Are you voting this coming November? Any body home small farmers?????It is time to be serious and start taking care of business before late.

Here is an excerpt  ,  blaming  small farmers  advocates among others opposing  the Food Safety bill, from a recent NYT article  on Sunday September 19th,2010.Check the whole article and find out for yourself who to blame :

Qoute:"The blame lies with a tight Senate calendar,a stubborn senator from Oklahomaand ,an unusual coalition of left-and right wing advocates for small farmers who have mounted a surprisingly effective Internet campaign.Their email-messages warned ,among other untruths,that the bill would outlaw organic farming".

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/health/policy/19food.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=food%20safety%bill&st=cse

What do  small farmers have to  say before the bill passes the floor this week in case it was put for vote as speculated ?

In tribute to my father and grandfather I want to share with you some home made yogurt and cheese recipes .The reason is there are less CHEESE  (MONEY) to earn and spend .So home made will even  be the best to eat with all the family and take a memorial picture with a "say cheese to the camera" smile.

As a fourth generation farmer I have stored so many kitchen memories and recipes that I feel I need to share with you in celebration of this coming Father Day June 20th.

My father used to keep some goats and cows and sheep .He loved to make his own yogurt and cheese and off course salads. My mother was the daughter of a butcher so she loved to cook and eat meat dishes. I followed my father and became a vegetarian since 9 years old. My favorite was the home made yogurt from raw fresh goat and cow milk. Here is the recipe:

Goat (or Cow) Yogurt (KEFIR/Laban) Home Made Recipe:

1-Warm raw or pasteurized ORGANIC whole milk to 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit.

If you wish to make it thick add a tablespoon of Honey or Carob Molasses before incubation.

2-Incubation.Add a half cup of cold  cultured goat(cow) organic yogurt to the organic milk with heat  temperature  around 100 -0F to incubate and ferment the culture (test with your clean finger to make sure it is close to body temperature ,if you do not have a thermometer).Slowly disperse and mix together. If you want to make it more sour add more culture and keep longer to sit before serving.

I prefer  ,personally, sour yogurt because this is how it was originally prepared  ,to boost the immune system with the sour pro-biotic lacto bacillus bacteria.(Pro biotic means PRO-LIFE  as opposed to Anti Biotic which means ANTI-LIFE(kills all good and bad live  bacteria in the colon particularly initiating CANDIDA to flourish)!

3-Keep in warm 100 degrees Fahrenheit dark place and cover with towel if you live in a cold region, or expose to the sun to make a solarized yogurt if you live in a warm southern region like our south Florida, for 5-8 hours.

Pour into stone or brick containers and refrigerate. Cover with a clean cloth.To make Kefir or Labneh, simply pour ober a cheese or clean cloth and upside down to separate the whey from yogurt and strain to become thicker .This is called Labneh or Kefir in the middle east,  while here it  is known as sour cream.It should taste sour though not sweat!

Enjoy serving cold with cucumber and mint leaves and a pinch of sea salt .It is best for the summer season to refrigerate your body in case your electric bill can not afford Air Condition!

The benefits of Home Made ORGANIC yogurt (containing live beneficial bacteria), according to recent study and research:

1-Helps your body to lose weight.

2-Boosts your immune system.

3-Helps your body fight diabetes.

4-A good source of protein for vegetarians.

5-Reduces the risk of Osteoporosis.

6-Discourages Candida growth.

7-Great for colon health and fights colon cancer and colon inflammation.

8-Anti aging food.

9-Calms the nervous system with its loaded B vitamins.

Helps in alleviating constipation.

10-Reduces the risk of high blood pressure.

Ancient long living people s that ate yogurt:

1-The Hunzas-

 2-The Bulgarians and the Armenians who ate KASKAVAN CHEESE and YERIVAN(EYERAN )yogurt. 

3-The long living Caucasian Russians who ate KEFIR.

 4-The Greeks, Turks and Phoenicians who coined the words:  LABAN and off course GREEK YOGURT! The Mediterranean diet is known because of a study that researched the reason why the GREEKS of CRETE in the Mediterranean, were the most CENTURIANS on earth during the 1950s.Therefore the MEDITERRANEAN DIET is named after that study.

Stay tuned. Coming next is the  home made cheese recipe!

Enjoy-Yasso!

This memorial day let us be kind to the living as well.I am writing this article from the office next to a rammage sale of three community churchesthat have a Hunger project and another act of charity to feed the homeless through a food pantry that draws donations from neighbors and the community by just knocking on doors and asking for donations to a food drive .

Today the traffic at the rummage sale was slow.There is a truck that is full of clothes , it is being offered for free because customers did not show up in numbers and the clothes need to be recycled to humans and not to the trash bins.

Yes, the trash bins get a lot of our excess.I am going to give a class next week in collaboration with a city official about composting.Awareness helps as well.So spread the good news and be part ofit ratgher than condemning darkness:Light a candle!

How many of us recycle our food scrapings from the kitchen?How many of us share thier leftovers with a hungry soul?

Compassion is ssomething we humans grow in our heart and harvest as a spiritual and emotional fulfilment that brings us joy and comfort .

Acts of kindness will remind us that we are mortals and need to  help each others and recycle LOVE in acts of kindness even to strangers.

I feel good today becasue I donated few bucks to the teens who were  were selling water to raise funds for their summer camp.I felt good because I shared the joy and the smile with those school kids who were working for collecting funds for a youth program that will keep them active in a positive way.You can do it as well.

Happy memorial day. 

Some  big agri business apply for chapter eleven and claim bankruptcy .The main stream media courts news about big farmers when they go out of business but never bother to let us know the state of small urban farmers.Take this fictitious scenario:"Big F1" has been farming in sincethat long and lately went bankrupt.They went through a similar move back in  so and so year and went out of business  to come back later in a different name as "Big F2 " Now it  is claiming bankruptcy with millions owed to creditors that will disappear after chapter 11 filing.Some say chapter eleven is good business to shut down for now and come back later after getting rid of all debts!

XYZ county is known for being an Agricultural County and a  home for  three commissioners  imprisoned and indicted in fraud charges mainly in connection with developers land  frauds..Who is going to replace those big farmers who are exiting the farms one by one and selling their lands for developers?Are we protecting farm lands for the next generations?Are we heading towards an imported agriculture that depends heavily on  produce from  Mexico?.We have lost so many manufacturing business to China and Mexico thanks to NAFTA and because we ignored the small business  enterpreneurs .The stimulus money went to bail out the banks who are now stripping home owners of thier homes in a tsunami of foreclosures and no one is bothering to stop this fiasco.I envision an exodus of migrant farmers back to Mexico to work in the booming organic agriculure that is fuelled by migrating American Agriculture  big business to reap the benefits of the growing demand for organic produce in US .On the other hand,there are a continuous decline in farms and farmers here in US.We need a wake up call not in the wilderness but in our educational system to start teaching farming and gardening in  :elementary,middle and high schools the least to say!There are blockages in the educational system and a monopoly that favors special interest  educational system which caters to the Fertilizers and Pesticides  chemical industries.There is a bias  period in doing business as usual.Our health care system needs to switch towards prevention and naturupathic  natural nutrition from  the organic "farms", away from the allopathic  pills and manufactured medicine from the synthetic "farm-aceutical "industry that gives one a pill to supress a disease while at the same time causing  fatal side effects to the human body and sometimes followed by death .It makes sense to follow the common sense of prevention and stop the carziness of pain killers and pills that have a chilling effect on our economy and a killing effect on our health!Small organic farmers and CSA are the next growing business  of the future.