I read a biography of an Italian farmer from the 1930 to the 1950s. In the 1930s he would prune wine vines, then dry them, and use the cuttings for fuel in the

I read a biography of an Italian farmer from the 1930 to the 1950s. In the 1930s he would prune wine vines, then dry them, and use the cuttings for fuel in the winter to stay warm and cook on. Nothing was wasted. Life in his village was still medieval before the war. By the 1950s he was working on building large tracks of housing, and the entire old way of life was gone. The change has been so rapid, we can't comprehend it.