A REAL Different view on farming.......

[davaroo]

Then the Scotch and Irish figured out how to distill whiskey and the rest is history.

And God Bless 'em

 

[wifezilla]

Aww pssshaw! It was the Vikings and their creation of mead. Now I am Irish too, but got to give credit where credit is due!

It's interesting that when the skeletons of Hunter/gatherers are compared to farming societies in the same geographical areas the hunter/gatherers are invariably found to be larger, stronger and in better physical health than their farming neighbors.

Excellent comparison of hunter/gatherer vs agriculture here...
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/...lth-in-agriculturalists-and-hunter-gatherers/
"The anthropological record of early man clearly shows health took a nosedive when populations made the switch from hunting and gathering to agriculture. It takes a physical anthropologist about two seconds to look at a skeleton unearthed from an archeological site to tell if the owner of that skeleton was a hunter-gatherer or an agriculturist.

Unlike the Egyptian mummy data, there is usually no soft tissue material left when remains of early man are found. But the skeletal remains of hunter-gatherers show them to be much healthier than agriculturalists. Hunter-gatherers had better bones, had no signs of iron-deficiency anemia, no signs of infection, few (if any) dental cavities, fewer signs of arthritis and were in general larger and more robust than their agriculture-following contemporaries"

 

[elf]

Maybe this will make me get the nerve to go kill... I mean cull, the excess hen- torturing roosters pooping up the carport. My husband bought straight run XYZ@%#

 

[davaroo]

But the skeletal remains of hunter-gatherers show them to be much healthier than agriculturalists. Hunter-gatherers had better bones, had no signs of iron-deficiency anemia, no signs of . , few (if any) dental cavities, fewer signs of arthritis and were in general larger and more robust than their agriculture-following contemporaries"

The ones that survive, that is. Stands to reason that survival of the fittest extends to the human animal as well. No great surprise.

What agriculture allows is for weaker members and Liberals within the society to stay alive. This is the root of great thinking, great ideas, and ultimately, great change within human societies.

After all, philosophy finds no home in an empty stomach.

 

[davaroo]

Maybe this will make me get the nerve to go kill... I mean cull, the excess hen- torturing roosters pooping up the carport. My husband bought straight run XYZ@%#

Either word works. Welcome to your grannys world!

 

[ducks4you]

And no beer. I shudder to think....

boggybranch, you and I should start a reading club--this stuff is just down my alley--I'm the ONLY one in my family of readers to prefer non-fiction, analytical, thought-pondering, scientific...stuff!! :bee

 

[boggybranch]

And no beer. I shudder to think....

boggybranch, you and I should start a reading club--this stuff is just down my alley--I'm the ONLY one in my family of readers to prefer non-fiction, analytical, thought-pondering, scientific...stuff!! :bee

I have AlWAYS been a reader and "researcher". From the time that I was old enough to read (now, don't laugh), I would spend HOURS sitting "on the throne", going through one of our World Book Encyclopedias. So, it's no wonder that that I log "bookoo" frequent flyer miles on World Wide Internet Airlines in the search for knowledge. If we had had the internet in the 50's and early 60's........I, probably, would never have come out of the bathroom.