An interesting story came up today as one of the New York Times “most e-mailed” articles. It’s a piece about raw milk, and the lengths that people are going to to get it, despite government intervention to limit access to it or stop its consumption altogether.
In Virginia, the only way to get your hands on [...]
Archive for the ‘The Rural Solution’ Category
American Jurisprudence: Abortion? Legal. Raw Milk…?
Posted in Common Sense, The Rural Solution on August 8, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Can’t Hurt to Ask, Right?
Posted in The Rural Solution on June 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
If you or someone you know has land, a home, or copious amounts of funding you’d like to donate to a Catholic family desirous of living at least a quasi-subsistence agrarian lifestyle, please let me know.
We’re trying to find our homestead (hopefully in, of all places, Northern Virginia) and having just completed a 54-day family [...]
Crunchy Conservatism
Posted in Common Sense, Culture, Distributism, Restoration, The Rural Solution on June 1, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Speaking of Rod Dreher, I picked up his Crunchy Cons from the library yesterday. I’ve been meaning to read it for a while. Rod and I exchanged a couple of e-mails about it before it was published, so despite the fact that it was prior to my sudden agrarian epiphany I had some interest going [...]
Having Roots
Posted in Family, History, The Rural Solution, Tradition on May 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I’ve moved around a lot in my life. I was born in Johnson City, New York, but soon moved. My father was in retail management, and he was transferred often. We relocated about every six months or so until I was age five. We lived all over New York and Pennsylvania until my dad found [...]
More on St. Isidore
Posted in Catholic, The Rural Solution on May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I see that traditionally his feast was on the 15th of May. That may explain why he’s popping up everywhere. Still, the timing is perfect.
The Yeoman Farmer
Posted in Food, The Rural Solution on May 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m enjoying getting up to speed on his blog. I’ve added a link to the sidebar, hat tip to Jeff.
An Ode to Sullystone
Posted in Family, The Rural Solution on May 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Several years ago, my wife and I came up with the idea of starting a vineyard and winery. We were trying to find a way to make a living that was tied to the land, and our love of wine was at that time blossoming and growing faster than we could seem to contain it. [...]
Some Words of Advice (and Some Questions)
Posted in Distributism, Food, Practical Steps, The Rural Solution on May 12, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Jeff Culbreath, the practical counterpart to my idealism, has a post today about how to get started on rural living. He begins by addressing the notion of self-sufficiency:
A note on “self-sufficiency”. Much of the literature seems to emphasize “self-sufficiency” and economic independence – especially “food independence” – to an extent that is, in my opinion, [...]
Practical Steps
Posted in Practical Steps, The Rural Solution on May 9, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Since I’m particularly given to long, ponderous posts heavy on concepts and light on application, I’ve been meaning for a while to dedicate some space to the practical steps that can be taken to move toward restoration and/or the rural solution. I’m a natural problem finder but not necessarily a natural problem solver. Because of [...]
The Usefulness of Children
Posted in Restoration, The Rural Solution on May 8, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Regular commenter Rob Paxton points out another problem I haven’t given enough thought to lately:
I think one major problem, related to the “job scourge” but distinct, is the way families no longer function as a working unit.
On the farm, this was simple and natural. All worked, young and old, to survive, and all were a valuable [...]
