Reply #102: A farmer I know had a good quote

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His name's Joel Salatin (he's the guy whose farm is in "Omnivore's Dilemma"). When he was in high school, his guidance counselor asked him what he wanted to do for a living. He said he wanted to be a farmer. She was appalled and pointed out that he was really smart and that she couldn't imagine him "wasting his life" growing food.

When we start valuing our food supply again, people will start returning to it. We could go back to cities surrounded by farmland (with no miles of suburban sprawl separating them) and more or less wilderness between the population centers. I think it's a beautiful idea.