What can be done to preserve the place of the small farmer in America?
Urban and rural neighbors need to make a common cause of building or rebuilding local economies, starting with food and going on to other rural products such as fiber and timber. Such local economies would have the ability to preserve the beauty, health and productivity of the local countryside, as well as the livelihoods of local farmers. They would hold the promise of justice to consumers and producers alike. They would rest on the principle of neighborhood rather than competition. Tell us something of your farm and your involvement in working it. Our farm here is small, rough and steep, in several respects marginal. Most of the work is done with draft horses. We grow trees and grass and keep a small flock of Border Cheviot sheep. We produce as much as we can of our own food, and we warm ourselves mostly with firewood from our own trees. Which came first: your love of the land or your love of writing? Love of land. I knew a good deal about farming before I knew the alphabet. What fac
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