Food Unincorporated

My wife and I sat down last night and watched "Food Inc." for the first time. It had been on the to do list for over two years, but we don't watch much tv. In fact we had to download it online because we don't even own a television. I highly recommend the movie. I am quite aware of the agricultural and food problems in this country, but some of the things in the movie were enlightening even for us. It made me want to go get started raising grass-fed pork and beef so I could offer that to all of you as well. I'm sure we will do this in time, but right now we lack the land. We might raise a couple of hogs in our tree row this year though as an experiment. Small-scale, organic, local, are all words that are the opposite of modern food industry. Yet, I believe these are the words of the future of agriculture and the production of food. Large scale agriculture is very highly dependent on cheap oil, and as these prices continue to increase so will the cost of food production. For a while the farm bills will continue to subsidize those crops, but that can't last forever or even for long. It is funny that to enable a farmer to make a profit through large-scale conventional farming the government has to subsidize every acre of commodity crops. Yet, it's not the farmers making money, it's the huge agricultural monsters like Monsanto and IBP that are making all the money. Well, I'm making a living through food unincorporated. I'm growing food naturally, on a small scale, and offering it locally. This isn't a pie in the sky fantasy, rather it's the way of the future and a return to our agrarian roots. I'm very excited to be a part of this monumental movement, and I'm happy so many of you are joining us and supporting us. Peace, Kevin