When
the fighting of World War II ended, so too did the government's call for
people to produce their own food. It was a policy that was dropped, in
the opinion of some magazine editors of the time, too quickly. Since
many people did not plant a Victory Garden in the spring of 1946, and the
agriculture industry had not yet come back up to full production, there were
food shortages that summer.
Agriculture
quickly changed. Small farm operations began to give way to large
corporate farms. Mechanization and petrochemicals replaced time proven
tillage methods. This led to crop standardization and eventually
genetic engineering of plants. This has since been the face of
"modern" agriculture.
There
are fundamental changes occurring in agriculture today. More people
are taking an active interest in the quality of the food that they take into
their bodies. More people are producing a portion of their food for
fun and sustenance. And there is a rise in the number of small farms
answering the call to produce high quality, organically produced food
products. (Visit
our Information Page for links to other
resources on these subjects)
No
matter how you think the future will unfold, it is certain that it will
include change. If times stay good, that is great. That is what
we are all praying for. If times get tough, a little insurance is
always nice. A form of insurance is the ability to provide for
yourself and your family -- having the knowledge to produce and
preserve your own food is an investment vehicle in its purest form.
"No unemployment insurance can be compared
to an alliance between man and a plot of land."
Henry Ford
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