http://www.soilassociation.org/blogs/la ... s-farmland
To envisage that all Britain’s farmland should be held in trust, dedicated in perpetuity to Enlightened Agriculture – farming that is expressly designed to provide everyone with food of the highest quality without wrecking the rest of the world?
A peoples buy-out of Britains farmland
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I think it's a wonderful idea but.
Imagine, Britain divided up, one parcel per person, the land shared exactly equally. No-one left out but no spare land either, meaning you can't come in without someone leaving. That should cheer the racists up!
Imagine, Britain divided up, one parcel per person, the land shared exactly equally. No-one left out but no spare land either, meaning you can't come in without someone leaving. That should cheer the racists up!
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I think the intention is more in keeping with a sense of 'the commons' and good stewardship rather than an individualistic type approach.emordnilap wrote:I think it's a wonderful idea but.
Imagine, Britain divided up, one parcel per person, the land shared exactly equally. No-one left out but no spare land either, meaning you can't come in without someone leaving. That should cheer the racists up!
Racists...pfft!!!
"Now we have the opportunity to carry out a resolute offensive against the kulaks, break their resistance, eliminate them as a class and replace their production with the production of kolkhozes and sovkhozes."
Every time you spend money,you're casting a vote for the kind of world you want.
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich" -Napoleon Bonaparte
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich" -Napoleon Bonaparte
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I never knew the notion of crofting carried such heavy connotations.lurker wrote:"Now we have the opportunity to carry out a resolute offensive against the kulaks, break their resistance, eliminate them as a class and replace their production with the production of kolkhozes and sovkhozes."
To paraphrase Mr Tudge.....
'It seems to me that if one talks about the need for small-mixed-farms, it's very easy to be accussed of being......well the worst thing to be is a hippie, and the next worst thing is a greeny, and the next worst thing is a commie, and if you advocate small-mixed-farms...you are all three'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzBbHrHGwok
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http://ecologicalland.coop/projects-small-successfulCatweazle wrote:I think this would naturally happen ( to a certain extent ) if it wasn't for restrictive planning laws. Nobody wants to farm an acre if they can't live on it.
True, planning needs addressed.
http://ecologicalland.coop/greenham-rea ... l-holdings
The official reasons for refusal, drafted over a tea break, reflected the principal concern about our application:
“If granted, based upon the supporting information submitted, the proposal would set a precedent for further dwellings, in association with permaculture and agroforestry proposals, in the countryside which the Local Planning Authority would find hard to resist.”