Comments on: The Trouble with Globalism http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/28/the-trouble-with-globalism/ Christian Agrarian Counterculture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:58:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: abigail http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/28/the-trouble-with-globalism/#comment-206 abigail Fri, 29 Apr 2005 02:06:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/28/the-trouble-with-globalism/#comment-206 Hey, Scott, It's late, and I confess I just skimmed your post so that I could understand John's comment. (Tomorrow I'll memorize the entire essay by Berry and recite it on your answering machine...oh, wait, you don't have one yet.) I just wanted to ask you if you've read any of Berry's poetry. I first heard it in college. One girl John and I knew could be counted on to read at least one poem by his at each open-mic coffeehouse night. (What I've heard and read, I like, and I think you might, too.) That's all! Sleep well and rise better. Hey, Scott,

It’s late, and I confess I just skimmed your post so that I could understand John’s comment. (Tomorrow I’ll memorize the entire essay by Berry and recite it on your answering machine…oh, wait, you don’t have one yet.)

I just wanted to ask you if you’ve read any of Berry’s poetry. I first heard it in college. One girl John and I knew could be counted on to read at least one poem by his at each open-mic coffeehouse night. (What I’ve heard and read, I like, and I think you might, too.)

That’s all!

Sleep well and rise better.

]]> By: trawlerman http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/28/the-trouble-with-globalism/#comment-205 trawlerman Fri, 29 Apr 2005 01:34:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/28/the-trouble-with-globalism/#comment-205 aha, a quest! To find the misplaced warehouse of cheese! Oh, heaven on earth for us cheesy mortals. Oh, wait. It's Kraft cheese. Let's start a movement to misplace them all and replace them with something substantial. P.S. Have you read the latest Credenda/Agenda devoted to cheese? It's wonderful, especially the N. Wilson article about how eggs are primarily a vehicle for cheese consumption. I agree with him wholeheartedly except for when eggs are hardboiled. Then they should be sliced and used as bacon bit trays. aha, a quest!

To find the misplaced warehouse of cheese! Oh, heaven on earth for us cheesy mortals.

Oh, wait. It’s Kraft cheese. Let’s start a movement to misplace them all and replace them with something substantial.

P.S. Have you read the latest Credenda/Agenda devoted to cheese? It’s wonderful, especially the N. Wilson article about how eggs are primarily a vehicle for cheese consumption. I agree with him wholeheartedly except for when eggs are hardboiled. Then they should be sliced and used as bacon bit trays.

]]> By: reformed farmer http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/28/the-trouble-with-globalism/#comment-204 reformed farmer Thu, 28 Apr 2005 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.homesteaderlife.christianagrarian.com/2005/04/28/the-trouble-with-globalism/#comment-204 I was just thinking of a couple stories on this topic. For several years we dairymen were paid less than the cost of production. We were told by the experts it was becouse of "overproduction". The same experts told us the answer was to make more milk! At the same time the processors were crying that they were hurting becouse they didn't have enough milk to be competive. This is the condition of my beloved agriculture. I also remember once the price of milk was going up. We were finaly making a little money. Next day it drops like a rock. Why? Kraft announced they "misplaced" a warehouse full of cheese. How the blank do you misplace a warehouse. What they do is fudge the inventory numbers to raise cheese prices. When milk starts to catch up they change the numbers and then buy the milk at record low prices only to change the numbers again to sell the cheese at high prices. Scott I was just thinking of a couple stories on this topic. For several years we dairymen were paid less than the cost of production. We were told by the experts it was becouse of “overproduction”. The same experts told us the answer was to make more milk! At the same time the processors were crying that they were hurting becouse they didn’t have enough milk to be competive. This is the condition of my beloved agriculture.

I also remember once the price of milk was going up. We were finaly making a little money. Next day it drops like a rock. Why? Kraft announced they “misplaced” a warehouse full of cheese. How the blank do you misplace a warehouse. What they do is fudge the inventory numbers to raise cheese prices. When milk starts to catch up they change the numbers and then buy the milk at record low prices only to change the numbers again to sell the cheese at high prices.

Scott

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