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Part of me worries that this ends likes it did before during the Cultural Revolution in China or in Stalinist Russia... people who don't know how to have a prod
by stanrivers 6y ago
Part of me worries that this ends likes it did before during the Cultural Revolution in China or in Stalinist Russia... people who don't know how to have a productive rural farming life end up breaking things. Meanwhile, the government keeps pushing more people who aren't qualified to try.
> In 2017, after the government started redeveloping his hometown and offering grants and loans to returnees, he moved back with his wife and 9-year-old daughter. He rented 33 acres of orchard land and began raising fowl and growing potatoes and herbs for Chinese medicine. He got a $21,000 government loan, with easy terms.
> “The farm is not producing a lot now, and we are working very hard,” he said. “But we are happy.” At times, he has been so short of cash he has settled debts with eggs.