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I don’t know anything about Doug Fine, and I’m not criticizing him in this post.  However, reading about him on BoingBoing called to mind all the stories I’ve read, recently and less recently, about people who give up city living, abandon modern technology, and experience life as it used to be.  I will acknowledge the edu-tainment value of such an endeavor.  But I will also say, perhaps as a “city” boy who mostly grew up in a region that thrived in large part because of area farmers, loggers, and ranchers, that I know the hardness of that life, and that the mystique of returning to the land in such an idyllic fashion carries with it very little luster.

Still, I am amazed at how far removed the average John Q  can be from the how and where of food source origins, and I applaud Doug’s efforts and his honesty; because really, who wants to give up mobile phones, computers, or the internet?