[FLPERMACULTURE] Eat-Local Backlash

[Simon St.Laurent]

Joel and Sarah Gagnon wrote:
> What was missing for the back-to-the-land movement was the recognition 
> of the value of cooperation in achieving sustainability. There is only 
> so much any of us can do on our own. The sustainable culture that 
> existed prior to cheap energy relied heavily on cooperation, and that 
> cooperation was the foundation of community. We need to get back there.

Beautifully stated!

One of the hardest aspects of the eating locally (NY/PA) project my wife 
and I took up is just finding things.  The social networks that used to 
connect people to their food have frayed and weakened.  One of the 
harder tasks I'm hoping to work on is finding ways to rebuild those 
networks.

Doing this alone is interesting; doing it as a group would be a lot more 
fun.  In the long term, doing it as a group (form to be determined) 
seems like the only way to go.

Thanks,
Simon
http://livingindryden.org/