Farm Crisis

I was just over visiting Kansas Milkmaid's blog, and she has begun a great series on the farm crisis. She begins by talking about America's descent into sickness: physically, culturally, spiritually, and intellectually. How has this happened? Here's what she says:

Americans have forgotten the God who made us, the God who brought us to greatness. God is out of the government, and man has become god. Our rebellion as a nation started with shaking our fist at work. God told us that we would work by the sweat of our brow until we returned to dust. God knew it was good for us. America’s hard working leaders have been replaced by corporate figureheads who profit off of swindling, extortion, and off of other people‘s hard work. Farmers, who work by the sweat of their brow, once comprised a majority of our nation. Now, less then two percent of Americans farm. Oh, I can hear some of you now. “Milkmaid, get a grip. This is progress.” If you think progress means higher crime rates, increased depression, increased suicide, increased abuse, increased disease, and new spinoffs of current diseases, then we are making progress.

I'm planning to follow her series closely as she writes it, and I'd encourage anyone else to do the same. This is a good synthesis of the philosophy of this Christian agrarian "back to the land" movement that at first glance sounds a little corny (maybe to some), but I have come to believe that it has very strong spiritual and moral underpinnings. So far she has written two parts: part one and part two.