tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post1129403938436200432..comments2024-03-05T23:42:30.151-06:00Comments on The Poor Farm: Just Stay In NYC, DudeJeffrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-16808595586729880342012-08-28T22:25:06.949-05:002012-08-28T22:25:06.949-05:00Great post, Jeffro! By the way, I read somewhere t...Great post, Jeffro! By the way, I read somewhere that the guy who invented Pringles passed away not too long ago, and asked that his ashes be put in a Pringles can. Remember that the next time you go to Wally World.Bob's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971565970366294930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-63400271320343689112012-08-27T21:24:15.734-05:002012-08-27T21:24:15.734-05:00Then imagine thousands of 10-, 20- and 100-acre fa...<i>Then imagine thousands of 10-, 20- and 100-acre farms planted similarly: the vegetables sold regionally, the pigs fed from scraps, the compost fertilizing the soil, the cattle at pasture, the milk making cheese ….</i><br /><br />So, where is he going to get these small freeholders to intensively farm those acres for little to nothing in return?<br />AND he want's us to return to being afraid of trichinosis from undercooked pork too boot? KurtPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205267944616413162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-90353860740296089752012-08-25T23:46:17.221-05:002012-08-25T23:46:17.221-05:00Bastige probably thinks it's a terrible waste ...Bastige probably thinks it's a terrible waste that I live on a quarter of an acre and grow nothing but trees, flowers and crabgrass.CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-23256141358019548192012-08-25T11:53:01.825-05:002012-08-25T11:53:01.825-05:00Thanks, Chas - what you just said there summed up ...Thanks, Chas - what you just said there summed up what it took me a whole post to say!Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-2506241771344188972012-08-25T10:39:30.333-05:002012-08-25T10:39:30.333-05:00Yeah, I really hate the argument based on the myth...Yeah, I really hate the argument based on the mythical all-purpose "acre of land."Chas S. Cliftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923547685265741325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-85394315368732606562012-08-24T21:25:55.541-05:002012-08-24T21:25:55.541-05:00Silly me. I suppose that farming experience and tr...Silly me. I suppose that farming experience and trucking make me an expert on food critics in NYC, so I propose I smack him a la Jethro on NCIS in the back of the head. We'll call it even after that.Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-16879492503861038292012-08-24T20:36:09.704-05:002012-08-24T20:36:09.704-05:00But, you don't understand. He knows all the be...But, you don't understand. He knows all the best restaurants in New York City, so he's an expert on farming. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969361446367636746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-25164941067990370822012-08-23T17:12:46.874-05:002012-08-23T17:12:46.874-05:00AMEN, Jeff!AMEN, Jeff!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-15891349487840067682012-08-22T22:29:45.448-05:002012-08-22T22:29:45.448-05:00The Pol Pot had ideas about good life and farming ...The Pol Pot had ideas about good life and farming fantasy, and killed millions of nay-sayers trying to get it his way. You would be more impressed if he had ten acres and worked it like he wants the peasants to do for the clergy and nobility. And then along come the Normans.Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794620086508373660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-65618287375196135392012-08-22T21:39:17.994-05:002012-08-22T21:39:17.994-05:00But we'll pay him minimum wage.But we'll pay him minimum wage.Jeffrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06873138122305060834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-78533329064776729512012-08-22T21:06:42.592-05:002012-08-22T21:06:42.592-05:00That million dollar combine thing got my goat too....That million dollar combine thing got my goat too. Let's send him out with scissors and a bucket and let him look at a grain field and see what he thinks about harvest methodsthreecolliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811004278088768813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961111.post-72786904365502019162012-08-22T20:58:43.621-05:002012-08-22T20:58:43.621-05:00He's spent a little to much time sampling his ...He's spent a little to much time sampling his herbs in the back row of the garden.Road Pignoreply@blogger.com