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Young farmers: Anybody want to be a serf?

By Erik Curren | October 3, 2011

Young Farmers

“I don’t know a single person under 30 who doesn’t want to own a farm,” wrote Fran Korten in an issue of YES! Magazine devoted to jobs and alternative careers. "A growing segment of people don’t want to just buy organic, healthy food. They want to grow it. This new lust to farm seems to cross class, race, and politics." This farm-lust probably doesn't feature the ambition to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: farming, feudalism, John Michael Greer, Monticello, serfdom, Severine von Tscharner Fleming, Thomas Jefferson, young farmers

A jingo-free July 4th

By Erik Curren | June 29, 2011

Teddy Roosevelt cartoon

If you agree with Gore Vidal that "only corporate America enjoys representation by the Congresses and presidents that it pays for," then your average July 4th quote is going to ring pretty hollow. "My patriotic heart beats red, white, and blue" or "And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free" -- why do people bother emailing this kind of stuff at all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: James Madison, plutocracy, Ralph Nader, Teddy Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson

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