FARMING MATTERS

摘要

When people take part in the seasonal and cyclical activities of growth they are more able to put things into perspective - to make decisions that are governed by life-sustaining principles over and above financial incentive. Often, on a Saturday morning, my nine-year-old son is up before seven o'clock, eager to go and help on the family farm before breakfast, He goes whatever the weather, This is voluntary. He is neither expected nor paid to help. He loves it Isaac believes in farming. He has little concept of the complexities of global markets, agribusiness, politics or subsidies. However, there is no question in his mind that the land and the animals need to be tended in all weathers, and that farm produce feeds the community.