EP122 Ashley Colby on Subsistence Agriculture
April 19, 2021
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Episode 122 · April 19, 2021
EP122 Ashley Colby on Subsistence Agriculture
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The Jim Rutt Show Episodes Around April 19, 2021
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Summary
Ashley Colby & Jim start this episode by talking about her book, Subsistence Agriculture in the US: Reconnecting to Work, Nature and Community. They cover Gemeinschaft vs Gesellschaft, Dual Process Theory, bottom-up change, arriving at paradox & the purist failure, creating social capital, food producer demographics & insights, modern industrial alienation, the value of shadow structures, the urban chicken movement, subsistence agriculture motivations, practical environmentalism, & doomer optimism. They finish the episode by talking about how & why Ashley started the Rizoma Field School, moving to Uruguay, and her plans for a future online marketplace to help the subsistence agriculture movement.
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