In the comments section of the note on Detroit below, the idea of ruralization of Detroit was mentioned. I thought it was an eminently grantable concept, and proposed - among others - to grow cassava in the new farms being prepared in Detroit's former downtown. As always, what appears to me as brilliant and original ideas, are later revealed to be old ideas of someone else. That is exactly the case with Detroit ruralization: there are many ideas floating around and the Capuchins already have been implementing it. In the pic a Detroit farm producing red currants for making jam. The good Capuchins brothers may have advanced too fast: According to the Doctrine of Sustainable Development, it is unwise to jump steps, and it would be appropriate to first learn subsistance gardening, then advance to market agriculture and only then, to complex semicommercial agroindustries like jam making.
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Thank heavens America is advancing rapidly into the 21st Century.
Now we can all sleep more soundly in our beds.
Anon.
Dear Anon,
You sound unhappy. What is it? Dont you like red currant jam?
j
It's too high-tech.
I prefer simpler fare such as -er-chips and wafers.
Anon.
Detroit is too far north for any substantial amount of farming, especially for Blacks.
A relocation to Mississippi might be in order since the climate there is much warmer and the growing season twice as long.
If settled farming is difficult in Detroit's ecoclimate, then some kind of nomadic cattle raising economy could be developed. The Masai for example have a green economy based on cattle raising on the high mountains.
Maybe buffalo hunting could be reintroduced.
If you look at google maps satellite view you'll see that maybe 40 km outside of Detroit (well within the same climate zone) the suburbs run out and farm fields begin. From what I could tell these were mostly wheat fields - wheat was the replacement for the tall grass prairie that existed here in the days of the buffalo. Wheat (and even more so rye) can grow in northerly climates. However, even at subsistence level, it is unlikely that more than a small % of the current (already reduced) population could sustain itself on wheat.
I continue to recommend potatoes as a subsistence crop. If you look at the explosion of the Jewish population in E. Europe starting in the 17th century, it largely coincided with the introduction of the potato to that area. Potatoes yield more calories/ sq. m. than any other northern crop.
K
OK! You are decided to have your potato chips! Shall we raze Detroit and divide the land into potato plots?
Apparently the best suited crops to Detroit are Maize (Zea mays), potatoes (Solanum tuberosum), beans (phaseolus), squash (Cucurbita) and the sunflower (Helianthus annus). But I insist that the buffalo hunting (with bows) alternative should be examined.
No need to raze it - that's largely taken care of already.
K
Surely Koko should be consulted on the re-wilding of Detroit?
Anon.
Nice word - rewilding!
I already included her as a team member in charge of anti-specieism. For rewilding we may have to hire a person with experience in Detroit's ongoing rewilding, a native with local contacts and who speaks the lingo.
Koko say: "It is very difficult, if not impossible, to safely text, or use a handgun while brachiating through the undergrowth. This should be illegal in the new Detroit. CCTV cameras should be widely installed to keep our youngsters safe while they contact their dealers or eliminate the opposition!"
Anon.
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