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When did you last visit a farm? Maybe a farm-to-table joint in SoHo, Soho, or SoMa makes things seem glamorous. The prices probably do. In rural England, rai
by gorgoiler 6y ago
When did you last visit a farm?
Maybe a farm-to-table joint in SoHo, Soho, or SoMa makes things seem glamorous. The prices probably do.
In rural England, raising livestock and growing food is so run of the mill it’s incredible to think it’s some kind of privilege to have access to primary sources of food.
It’s not even expensive. You just have to not live in the/a Metropolis.
- cblconfederate 6y agoI grew up in a rural place. A lot of our food is from relatives and from our own animals and plants. None of them are hipsters though, nor do they have instagram accounts. We don't apply the same standards to commercial food or when dining out: i know it would be incredibly taxing for the environment if commercial food did not exist. I just hope food technology improves so that we can replicate good quality in high quantities. I don't think organic can scale, nor would i support trying it.
- gorgoiler 6y agoThank you for the followup; an interesting read. For me, a positive trend I’ve seen over the past few years is a growing number of young people moving back to the countryside and either directly into agriculture / agribusiness / “ag”, or to doing supporting jobs in agriculture towns. Commercial farming in the UK has always been an above average social category. The days of the farmstead are almost done, whereas the barley barons — or at least the social class closer to that end of the income spectrum — are on the up. (If you know The Archers, think Brian Aldridge vs Pip Archer vs Eddie Grundy.) Like a billion other people, they all post about it on Instagram. It’s surprisingly common.