N2ndlife @Nettie
@Nettie2
27 November, 11:02
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J.J. Jameson
@jjj
28 November, 05:39
In response N2ndlife @Nettie to her Publication
Some apple varieties, right off the tree, last months if stored correctly. Some hardly last a day.
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N2ndlife @Nettie
@Nettie2
28 November, 11:30
In response J.J. Jameson to his Publication
It used to be like that, but somehow that has changed. If I buy a net with 5 kilos today, there is always a rotten apple after a short time. The same is true with potatoes. In my childhood, a farmer always came with a horse and cart and brought a load, which was then stored in our cellar, enough for the whole winter.
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J.J. Jameson
@jjj
28 November, 01:48
In response N2ndlife @Nettie to her Publication
Yes, because the varieties you get at the grocery store are varieties that are optimized for profit. That means fast growing and sturdy enough to withstand the insane logistics of modern supply chains. Taste, shelf life and nutrition all come later. Buying veggies that aren't grown in greenhouses year-round off-season also means that by the time you pick it up at the store, it might have been in storage for months already.
Try getting in-season heirloom varieties at a local farmer's market. The result will be very different. Sometimes the prices won't even be that different, since a lot of middlemen are cut out.
As a little bonus, you help your local economy, and the person selling to you will be able to tell you what it is you're getting your hands on.
Try getting in-season heirloom varieties at a local farmer's market. The result will be very different. Sometimes the prices won't even be that different, since a lot of middlemen are cut out.
As a little bonus, you help your local economy, and the person selling to you will be able to tell you what it is you're getting your hands on.
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N2ndlife @Nettie
@Nettie2
28 November, 02:08
In response J.J. Jameson to his Publication
Yes. Actually, we have a lot of fruit and nut trees in the garden ourselves, but this year there was no good harvest, probably because it was too cold for the fruit blossom and hardly any bees flew. Only mirabelles we had plenty, so that we could make jam out of them. I hope that things will get better next year. 🙏🧚
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Yup, this year wasn't great. Too little rain here, as well. The people who rely on crops for their income very likely aren't going to have a great time moving forward. With insect populations dwindling from chemical pollution, soil depletion and more chaotic weather patterns from rising emissions, there will be a lot of challenges in the coming years. Any community being at least somewhat self reliant will have a big advantage.
05:05 PM - Nov 28, 2023
In response N2ndlife @Nettie to her Publication
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N2ndlife @Nettie
@Nettie2
28 November, 08:48
In response J.J. Jameson to his Publication
It's so absurd. it is forbidden to collect seeds for cultivation for the coming year. You have to buy them every year from the " mafia ". Anyone who acts against it will be punished, in the worst case they will take away your fields and expropriate you ( as happened in the Netherlands )
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J.J. Jameson
@jjj
29 November, 06:01
In response N2ndlife @Nettie to her Publication
It's illegal to collect seeds? Would love to know more on that. It's the first I'm hearing of it.
I don't have a complete picture of the situation in the Netherlands, but my understanding is that part of the reason for the protests, and the expropriation was from raising the distance agricultural land has to be from rivers, to reduce chemical runoff. I honestly don't know what the right solution to that is. Protecting the environment, especially rivers, is incredibly important and way overdue.
Yet, taking away the land that earns farmers and their families their livelihood seems extreme, and punishes the wrong people. You would think that the government, whose sole purpose it is to solve this kind of stuff, would put more thought into finding solutions that work for the people most affected.
I don't have a complete picture of the situation in the Netherlands, but my understanding is that part of the reason for the protests, and the expropriation was from raising the distance agricultural land has to be from rivers, to reduce chemical runoff. I honestly don't know what the right solution to that is. Protecting the environment, especially rivers, is incredibly important and way overdue.
Yet, taking away the land that earns farmers and their families their livelihood seems extreme, and punishes the wrong people. You would think that the government, whose sole purpose it is to solve this kind of stuff, would put more thought into finding solutions that work for the people most affected.
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