What about putting a different spin on this statement? I would have to agree, at least in part, with those who say that some of the prosperity out in the rural areas is going to come from urban people who see a business opportunity by growing a crop/product or ecological good that is currently being developed. Think about growing pigs for organ transplants or growing crops that will be used to take harmful chemicals from the soil or crops that will be used to produce bio-fuels because the current starch products will not be able to meet the anticipated demand in a few years. These are but a few of the possibilities on the horizon.
Does this mean it is a bad thing? It is one way to keep rural communities going because certainly in the last few decades traditional commodity production has not kept people on the farm. In fact, it has done the opposite, people have left.
Does this mean it is a bad thing? It is one way to keep rural communities going because certainly in the last few decades traditional commodity production has not kept people on the farm. In fact, it has done the opposite, people have left.
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