Friday 14 September 2012

Re: {PBJFlorida} Digest for pbjflorida@googlegroups.com - 3 Messages in 3 Topics

I'm always glad to read Sister Amira's ideas. She expresses my thoughts exactly.
I lived on farms both in  midwest Illinois and in the Andes in Colombia. Of course in small farms, there are no hours on or off. We always had a certain control over our actions. But in agribusiness it's all business, confusing and cynical.
I am a vegetarian and I don't want animals to be slaughtered for me. But I know that animals breed-- what to do with the many many new chickens and pigs and cows? I try to fit my understanding of the natural world into this shrinking planet and my desire not to add to the torturous lives (and deaths) of the creatures.
What do you think?
Pace e bene, Penny

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Marilyn J. Amira Taylor <pippinwithjob28@earthlink.net> wrote:
AA brothers and sisters for peace and community - my apologies not making it Saturday, my other half has to be out of his house this weekend and we are no where close. I read the info on the farm workers, though, and pray Brown signs it. Even if they do not get all the inspections they want, it is a step in the right direction. I grew up during the days of Caesar Chavez and truly respected him, we had migrant workers that always worked our orchards during harvest, and my parents always paid them well and fixed them meals and we could not have survived without them, they were respected members of our farm.  It is appalling in this day and age that workers can not even get water in over 100 degree temps.

I can tell you from growing up farming that the 8 hour rule will never pass.  That is not the schedule farming works on, especially field crops. They do need to do something fairer than what is done, however, that is not disputable, but trying to put farming into a cubie schedule is not realistic.  Calves do not wait til the next shift to be born and neither does ripening produce.  Increasing piece work minimums, etc. would be greatly helpful, and BANNING child labor, period, and mandating child care and head start, etc. in those situations needs to be done!

Also, Jim, loved the comments yesterday or day before (I have gone back to work and 17-18 hr days this week are killing me already...)about community. I grew up in an old world community, and while certainly not perfect, it was closer than anything I have seen elsewhere in the US to what you talked about. My other half is from the high Atlas in Morocco, and he still is very much "village" mentality in many things, and my, are there differences. We truly could learn a lot from a "village".

Sr.Amira
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    Michael Rodriguez <fireryphoenix@hotmail.com> Sep 12 11:56AM -0400  

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