Going Backwards

' In the verdant farmland surrounding Monterey Bay, a national marine sanctuary and one of the world's biological jewels, scorched-earth strategies are being imposed on hundreds of thousands of acres in the quest for an antiseptic field of greens. '

The question of food security arises in a myriad of forms. When I consider the issues, I not only look at the quantity, but also the quality. The referenced article describes a distinct move backwards, away from food quality based on the fear factor. The money that is going to rip the organic gardens off the landscape is money tossed to the mass flow of the hungry monetary system. We need to be building ponds and installing wetlands - providing a high nutrient environment.

If we were to take up this practice, we would not have a garden at all.