A bag of carrots from Tesco costs the equivilant of 3 minutes work at the minimum wage. Retarding the efficiency of the system to restore authenticity sounds good but would reduce living standards to real poverty level, for working class people. It would only work if every person were given a house and a large garden to grow things in!
It's true and this is why our current system is broken. Since WW2 we've chosen quantity over quality in so many areas of our lives with the inevitable consequences. Poor housing, food, etc. If we want good quality, fresh food we need to show we value it by paying producers a fair wage. That means buying from small scale, local growers rather than supermarkets. We all vote for what we want to see in the world through our choices and spending. And a permaculture livelihood doesn't mean we have to be teachers or growers, there's so many more skills needed in a sustainable future...
Access to land is also crucial and how the current system imprisons so many of us while giving the impression of freedom. I'm not sure what you mean by 'retarding the efficiency of the system' - who's system? Resilience is just as important a factor as efficiency. Efficiency says 'get rid of back ups because they cost money'. Cheap food isn't much good if one day there's no food. We're already starting to see some of these things happening to our 'efficient' supply lines. If an approach doesn't make things better for living things, including humans, then it's NOT permaculture.
@@LearnPermaculture I'm not sure if raising the price of food would create a choke point at the poorer end of society, it's difficult for me to tell. Personally I would like to see a return to localism in all categories. I think we're facing spiritual crisis that will come to a head at some point.
This is a brilliant video! I hope RUclips circulates it a lot more. There's so much wisdom and precious knowledge in here.
Thank you. :)
A bag of carrots from Tesco costs the equivilant of 3 minutes work at the minimum wage. Retarding the efficiency of the system to restore authenticity sounds good but would reduce living standards to real poverty level, for working class people. It would only work if every person were given a house and a large garden to grow things in!
It's true and this is why our current system is broken. Since WW2 we've chosen quantity over quality in so many areas of our lives with the inevitable consequences. Poor housing, food, etc. If we want good quality, fresh food we need to show we value it by paying producers a fair wage. That means buying from small scale, local growers rather than supermarkets. We all vote for what we want to see in the world through our choices and spending.
And a permaculture livelihood doesn't mean we have to be teachers or growers, there's so many more skills needed in a sustainable future...
Access to land is also crucial and how the current system imprisons so many of us while giving the impression of freedom. I'm not sure what you mean by 'retarding the efficiency of the system' - who's system? Resilience is just as important a factor as efficiency. Efficiency says 'get rid of back ups because they cost money'. Cheap food isn't much good if one day there's no food. We're already starting to see some of these things happening to our 'efficient' supply lines.
If an approach doesn't make things better for living things, including humans, then it's NOT permaculture.
@@LearnPermaculture I'm not sure if raising the price of food would create a choke point at the poorer end of society, it's difficult for me to tell. Personally I would like to see a return to localism in all categories. I think we're facing spiritual crisis that will come to a head at some point.