Comments on: A Vision for the Future of Agriculture http://bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2008/05/a-vision-for-the-future-of-agriculture/ Heirloom gardening and the lives of Pat 'n' Steph Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:55:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kate http://bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2008/05/a-vision-for-the-future-of-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-11937 Kate Wed, 21 May 2008 22:11:40 +0000 http://www.patnsteph.net/weblog/?p=337#comment-11937 Patrick, this "more emphasis should be placed on producing food as close as possible to where it is consumed" and other suggestions you make here are exactly what I was trying to say in my post http://hillsandplainsseedsavers.blogspot.com/2008/05/making-choices-about-what-we-eat.html It was simply a post about Australia - South Australia, in particular - and how we could achieve this, in my view, within our current agricultural system. It was not in any way about you; in fact I specifically wrote it to be about me! I think your subsidy ideas are great and it is time such things were considered here, to encourage a transfer of crops from the water-hungry to some of the other, more appropriate types that I mentioned, including the hunting of the millions of feral animals that run wild in outback Australia, destroying fragile, native bushland and taking food from the native wildlife. Patrick, this “more emphasis should be placed on producing food as close as possible to where it is consumed” and other suggestions you make here are exactly what I was trying to say in my post http://hillsandplainsseedsavers.blogspot.com/2008/05/making-choices-about-what-we-eat.html
It was simply a post about Australia – South Australia, in particular – and how we could achieve this, in my view, within our current agricultural system. It was not in any way about you; in fact I specifically wrote it to be about me!

I think your subsidy ideas are great and it is time such things were considered here, to encourage a transfer of crops from the water-hungry to some of the other, more appropriate types that I mentioned, including the hunting of the millions of feral animals that run wild in outback Australia, destroying fragile, native bushland and taking food from the native wildlife.

]]> By: Ian http://bifurcatedcarrots.eu/2008/05/a-vision-for-the-future-of-agriculture/comment-page-1/#comment-11831 Ian Tue, 20 May 2008 17:04:02 +0000 http://www.patnsteph.net/weblog/?p=337#comment-11831 This is an interesting post Patrick. I don't agree with all the detail but am largely in agreement with the sentiment. It is certainly time for action in Europe. Ian This is an interesting post Patrick. I don’t agree with all the detail but am largely in agreement with the sentiment. It is certainly time for action in Europe.

Ian

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