the beginning of the end.

[bigpaul]

couldn't agree more TH. the collapse will at least give us a chance to return to a more natural form of farming and growing, the start of all this chemical use has its base in WW2 when the farmers were commanded by the ministry to use it .

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even as late as the 1960s and early 70s the average farm(at least in Devon) was only about 100 acres and were general referred to as "family" farms, non of these "agro-businesses"(mono cropping and very heavy on chemicals) these didn't arrive until much later, most of north Devon isn't suitable for this kind of operation-still- due to the hilly nature of the ground.