Arkansas
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VanC":1g9d2d58 said:I don't see why a person couldn't grow all their own food if they had the land, the knowledge, and the time, but they'd have to go back to a very limited diet. It would be impossible to grow everything we've become used to eating and drinking without anything from the outside world.
As for being completely self sustainable, I suppose that's possible, too, but it would take a major catastrophe to force it on us, and even then very few people would be able to do it for more than a few weeks. Imagine living in a world where every moment of every day for your entire life was dedicated to nothing but surviving till tomorrow. Few, if any, people living in modern countries today would be able to survive that. We've become too dependent on others and we've had it too easy for too long.
As far as food safety goes, our food supply is safer today than at any point in history. As a percentage of the population, fewer people die from food borne illnesses now than before the days of refridgeration, pasteurization, preservatives, and, yes, even government oversight. That said, nothing will ever be 100% safe no matter how hard we try to get there. The anti-factory farm movement has more to do with politics than safety no matter how anyone tries to spin it.
But then again how can you say our food is so saff. If all leading thinkers and solvers of the world have come to all believe that diabetics and Obesity and Sugar problems and High Blood pressure and all kinds of other health problems have all been linked to side effects of the Medicines that they are pumping into livestock and chickens and things that are placed in tomatoes to grow bigger and faster.. ALL been a contributing factor to dieseses etc.. becomming all worse as we pump more and more pesticides and steriods into our food. But because there at such a low rate that the FDA allow it because the studies and deaths dont justifey loosing all this money they will and then the FDA will be out of a job just as well as the BIG FACTORYS around here.. Cuz without the BIG FACTORYS the FDA wouldnt be needed to keep the corporate guys in line ? So seems to me only reason people died in the old days was because of FLU and Becomming sick with things that can be fixed now days! So if we lived the same way as we did in the 1800's As far as eating wise and growing our own food and crops etc.. then we all would be doing fine and living longer..lol Right ? Sorry I know I cant spell..lol