24 Aug 2010
Small farms are the Vermont Way

says our friend Walter Jefferies of NoNAIS. They should be the Hoosier Way, too...

I believe in building small, scalable, sustainable systems that interlock to create a secure greater whole. This fractal approach is how nature gradually evolves robust, complex systems. It is a model from which we all can learn.

(link) [Burlington Free Press]

Update:See the comments for what the title should have been...

21:38 /Agriculture | 2 comments | permanent link

The State of the Free Market

These two tales highlight exactly how the State is the real controlling factor in the market, which isn't really free at all ...

Pay Up

Got a blog that makes no money? The city wants $300, thank you very much.

(link) [Philadelphia City paper]

Sour Taste

After a county inspector squeezed out a kid's lemonade business, so many Oregonians puckered up in disgust that the county chairman had to pour on a little sugar.

(link) [MSNBC]

21:34 /Politics | 2 comments | permanent link