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[–] 56 points 2 years ago (17 children)

If corporations can convince people that Coke is better than Pepsi ... or vice versa ... then it will just take time to make people forget about all this. They can market and promote any idea .... just some ideas are more expensive to promote than others ... and it will take them a lot of time and effort to spin this story in their favour .... but eventually, they always do.

I don't like to admit that people are complacent .... but hell, we've all got a great track record for it ... I hope not this time, but I've been disappointed far too many times before.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (16 children)

    Everyday we all get up and make capitalism happen. It's up to us to stop making it.

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    I do my best and buy about half my food from local farmers (and that isn't easy in northern Ontario, especially during winter) ... a bit expensive, but so is buying from the grocery store too, so it works out.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Very true. You can also decide not to pay for IP which is a lie anyway and freely watch and listen to and read whatever you like, play all the games that are not gambling dens in a box and use libre software whenever you can and most importantly tell all your friends about it.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Every year I grow more food than the previous year. Someday I'm hoping to grow most of my non-meat items and then fork over the money for local organic meat and freeze it.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    I'm no good with crops, but our salad/salsa garden is successful.

    If you're allowed them, laying hens are stupid easy to keep. I don't do roasters because we have a 5 bird limit in our suburb and honestly harvesting chickens is messy and time consuming.

    E: oh, and free range eggs will absolutely ruin you for regular eggs. It's like the difference in one of your tomatoes and the ones from the grocery.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I've had multiple unsuccessful attempts at a garden but two successful attempts with livestock: Pigs and chickens. It's helpful that they make noise when there's something wrong.

    +1 for free range eggs. Plus there's no bugs in your yard. Where I live now I can't keep chickens but I'm allowed to have ducks, so I think I'll do that in the spring.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Gardening isn't all that complicated. Plants need water, nutrients and sun. The chicken manure you have is great for a garden. If you have clean wood ashes, scatter them around. Timing when you plant is also important - too early, when the soil is cold may prevent germination, while planting too late may put plants into a dry spell. Above all, visit your garden for a few minutes each day to see if it needs some action like watering, weeding or bug remediation. Finally, keep your soil loose. Don't over-till though.
    BTW, I do not plow, till or do much weeding because I use a sand and mulch approach. It can sometimes be tricky.

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