Good to get rain today after a fairly dry week. Not so good if you were counting on fair way for today's activity.
Elsewhere, rain and the lack of it are becoming even bigger issues, it seems. Floods in some parts, wild fires in others. World food prices are high and rising due to droughts last year, and increased demand. As people in China and India and elsewhere grow their incomes, they want to eat more protein, like we do. The demand for increased supplies water, potash, and land to produce more and more food is going to be a big challenge in the decades to come because we may be running out of one, two, or even all three of those inputs. And in our part of the world, we are still chewing up the world's best farmland at an increasing rate. Help!
It would be good to see Ontario thinking harder about food security for Ontarians, and also collaborating with other jurisdictions to figure out answers for everybody. Teamwork. Meanwhile we have hungry people in every community in the province, and also an epidemic of obesity with its attendant problems. In other words, we haven't adjusted well to all the changes of the last century or two in the western world.
I wish we saw more leadership from Ontario and Canadian decision makers and opinion leaders on this stuff. Answer? Elect more New Democrats and help the province start to get real about what is sustainable for people and the environment. Elect a New Democrat in Newmarket-Aurora as part of a province-wide shift in thinking.
And while I am not getting the lawn cut (with my push mower) today, the water barrel is filling up. I'm inside musing and putting down some thoughts here instead of chasing weeds and trimming that broken branch in the backyard.
Your thoughts?
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