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<blockquote data-quote="VanC" data-source="post: 882806" data-attributes="member: 3355"><p>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. </p><p></p><p>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.</p><p></p><p>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.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VanC, post: 882806, member: 3355"] 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. [/QUOTE]
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