podunklander

thanks cuz for posting this! Seems like farm aid is a thing of the past now? Many of the larger farms are gone here in CT now. There had been a dwindling in numbers for the smaller...but a little resurgence here. Mainly of those who have left corporate America with considerable savings to try their hand in small farming and hope for more peaceful, simpler way of life. A little different from subsistence farming. But I do see that people are finding ways to make it work like by forming strong co-ops and sharing resources.

Because it's no longer at the forefront of the news...I am really clueless about what our government is doing (or not). Out in the mid-west it's more of an issue than back east here.

Always appreciate the efforts of performers like Mellancamp! Being that I'm from a small town (and I lived in a 'pink' house) -cows in the backyard and the occassional horse popping it's head in the kitchen window...we always supported our local subisistence farmers.

More recently CT's Christopher Dodd was chided in an article in time magazine, for his support of locally grown and raised produce and products. The writer had to twist Dodd's words in order to make a point about how we simply can't eat a meal without using a product(s) from elsewhere...and how that would hurt other producers if we did.