I want to know the plants and animals that I eat to create myself every day. I would like to see and feel that flow of life more clearly. I also desire the skills of harvesting, both plants and animals. I want to share this experience and these skills with my friends and family, neighbors and community. This is why I will raise pigs this year.
My main reason for developing local food production is because it makes me happier. Happy to see people in my community growing and sharing healthy food that tastes beautiful. I want small local food economies to stop larger scale industrial agriculture. This is why I believe so strongly in raising and including compassionately raised animals in our diet. I think the best way to bring down large evil factory farms that torture animals is by investing in a system that is fundamentally opposed to torturing animals.
Why stop industrial agriculture? It's killing our planet, and much of it is making us sick. Large human controlled mono-crops disrupt ecosystems and human systems, reduce biodiversity, put many farmers out of work and drive existing farmers into massive debt (to develop big ag infrastructure)...not to mention depleting the thin layer of topsoil that feeds us. Small scale local agriculture is a step in the right direction. Using Joel Salatin as a model we have the ability to feed 313 million USAmericans using small scale local agriculture. Through biodynamic farming and rotational grazing we can feed our crazy population while building top-soil, eating organic meat and vegetables and creating tons of employment!
That's the right direction for agriculture at least. I'm not saying agriculture is a good idea, it's just the only one that I'm truly comfortable relying on for the time being. Next steps for me will be learning rewilding skills.
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