Nothing to Mess With

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I went to a local farmer series

at the Kirksville Permaculture Education Center.

The little house was packed.

Presentor Steve Salt

asked

the gathering:

"What are downsides

of eating locally?"

The response was:

Some years,

food crops may not do as well.

Steve noted a lot of home gardeners

have gone bust in our area

this season.

He said if we were dependent

upon only what we raised,

we would be experiencing famine

in Adair County.

Famine.

My Grandma and Grandpa

left Croatia in 1908

because there was no food.

I know deep down

that is nothing to mess with.

I also know deep down

that the Gardener's turmoils

of the season

have been tied to shifts in climate.

That is nothing to mess with.

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Glinda Crawford, 2010

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