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May 23, 2005
Remembering the Old Ivey Farm while the Corporate Farm Supersizes
Dr. Olin Ivey has a great piece on his old family farm, today at the Daily Bailout. Disturbing how our national treasure of family farms are being put upon under GW. And that's too bad. Corporate farming is on the rise. A great agrarian communal sense disappears.
So read Dr. Ivey. Here's an excerpt: One of the clearest memories I have of the old Ivey homestead is the way the generations worked together and each carried its load and each took responsibility for each other. Uncle Benny, a great uncle in reality, told stories of the family in addition to the work he did. When he got ill in his old age, the rest of the family gathered around to care for him. The same was true for Aunt Dempy who lived across the street. It is not wonder that every member of the family is still close and that goes for the newer generations that have come on the scene in the last 40 years. CLICK TO READ ON
Posted by wjbailes at May 23, 2005 08:57 AM
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Family farms were going away long before GW took office.
The problem? We've been too good at growing food for a very long time, causing our government, in some instances, to pay farmers not too grow food.
It's almost like us desperately trying to, I dunno, hold on to family rotary telephone factories out of a sense of history. The problem? We have all the rotary telephones we need.
Posted by: Bill at May 23, 2005 09:41 AM
Well, Bill. I have to agree that family farming is a thing of the past. But if you read Ivey's column, you'll see that what he's talking about is regaining the sustainable-communitarian aspect of farming. Btw, I do my part as consumer by shopping for vegetables that are grown locally and organically first. Otherwise I'm not a good agrarian.
Posted by: Old FarmBoy at May 23, 2005 02:03 PM