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If not for global markets, my fresh fruit and vegetable selection would be VERY limited. As a kid, I had mostly root vegetables and apples from October until s
by Ensorceled 7y ago
If not for global markets, my fresh fruit and vegetable selection would be VERY limited. As a kid, I had mostly root vegetables and apples from October until spring.
- k_sze 7y agoI have always wondered if we, as a species, are the problem. Maybe we’re really not supposed to spread and colonize every part of Earth. Maybe we’re supposed to stay within much narrower areas where the local produce is good enough. Not sure if I’m making sense.
- Ensorceled 7y agoThat's a very religious point of view. We are the problem, but only in that we're THE apex predator and we can't seem to figure out a way to control our worst consumption impulses. One thing that struck me about a childhood visit to "St. Marie amongst the Hurons"[1] was that the Hurons would "use up" a place and simply abandon their longhouses and maize fields and move to a place with better hunting. Sometimes they would return a few years later to that same place after the prey populations had a chance to recover. The echos of this world view is what freaks me out about people like Musk saying we need to get off Earth. [1] http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/en/Home/index.htm http://www.saintemarieamongthehurons.on.ca/sm/en/Home/index....
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