Comments on: Farmland Fever http://www.getreallist.com/farmland-fever.html Deal With Reality or It Will Deal With You Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:09:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob L http://www.getreallist.com/farmland-fever.html/comment-page-1#comment-1792 Rob L Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:32:49 +0000 http://www.getreallist.com/?p=1227#comment-1792 Great insight into the real future. As a small certified organic farmer in California, I can already see the demand at a small level and without question. I started five years ago and am moving into a diversified, sustainable, farm that will only be sold in the local market, and at a true cost. There will be some problems along the way and water being the main issue (own your water rights). But water, food, and shelter are the basic needs of everyone. This is a very early call as food to most people is like breathing, but as you have said, in time, the cost of the energy to bring the corporate farm products to market will have to increase and that is a cost that will someday be completely out of control, thus increasing food prices. (a $10 Big Mac) Great insight into the real future. As a small certified organic farmer in California, I can already see the demand at a small level and without question. I started five years ago and am moving into a diversified, sustainable, farm that will only be sold in the local market, and at a true cost. There will be some problems along the way and water being the main issue (own your water rights). But water, food, and shelter are the basic needs of everyone. This is a very early call as food to most people is like breathing, but as you have said, in time, the cost of the energy to bring the corporate farm products to market will have to increase and that is a cost that will someday be completely out of control, thus increasing food prices. (a $10 Big Mac)

]]> By: Gildas http://www.getreallist.com/farmland-fever.html/comment-page-1#comment-1188 Gildas Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:42:38 +0000 http://www.getreallist.com/?p=1227#comment-1188 I am a day trader recently come out of retirement and horrified by the state of the stock market. I cashed out years ago, bought property in Argentina and have largely converted to a nearly self-sufficient lifestyle; the day trading adds a few dollars here and there. It is my hope to develop a networked community, an FFA (Future Farmers of Argentina) down here: small, sustainable farming, not corporate farming, and I am starting to see results and growing interest. The comment above reflects my views and the "pipes" idea is a good one indeed. I also favor investments in "low-tech," and am trying to put together a small machine shop to serve local needs. I am a day trader recently come out of retirement and horrified by the state of the stock market. I cashed out years ago, bought property in Argentina and have largely converted to a nearly self-sufficient lifestyle; the day trading adds a few dollars here and there. It is my hope to develop a networked community, an FFA (Future Farmers of Argentina) down here: small, sustainable farming, not corporate farming, and I am starting to see results and growing interest.

The comment above reflects my views and the “pipes” idea is a good one indeed. I also favor investments in “low-tech,” and am trying to put together a small machine shop to serve local needs.

]]> By: Ross G http://www.getreallist.com/farmland-fever.html/comment-page-1#comment-1185 Ross G Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:33:19 +0000 http://www.getreallist.com/?p=1227#comment-1185 You have it spot on. Basic foodstuff demand is inelastic. I am concerned for my own future food safety/affordability so I am learning to farm and seeking out farmland. The integrity of paper assets and the ability to fairly value them in a free market have been compromised indefinitely. Makes sense that the big boys have taken their ball and gone home. To be hyperbolic, I think the other "trade of the century" is the "pipes." Transmission lines (power and gas), water & sanitation utilities, inter-state roadways and rail lines. You have it spot on. Basic foodstuff demand is inelastic. I am concerned for my own future food safety/affordability so I am learning to farm and seeking out farmland.

The integrity of paper assets and the ability to fairly value them in a free market have been compromised indefinitely. Makes sense that the big boys have taken their ball and gone home.

To be hyperbolic, I think the other “trade of the century” is the “pipes.” Transmission lines (power and gas), water & sanitation utilities, inter-state roadways and rail lines.

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