| Happy SlavesThe lowly earthworm, slaughtered by | | | | attempts to create top down change.The homestead |
| the trillions or zillions by chemical, corporate, money | | | | revolutionary is free to pursue a quiet life of solitude in |
| lover agriculture, is worth many times the pennies it | | | | total independence from others. Yet, most will work |
| costs to buy your starter stock, if they are not readily | | | | toward improving social contracts at the local level and |
| available for free. The profitable organic food producer | | | | choose interdependence. We can more readily |
| raises them in controlled conditions to increase their | | | | depend on others when we know it is our choice to |
| rates of reproduction, foil predators and to prevent | | | | do so and we are in a position to end that |
| their escape. Worms are the cheapest labor you can | | | | dependence any time. It is the best of all worlds in my |
| get for your food crops. They work night and day tilling | | | | opinion. Food production in a responsible manner, |
| soil for food, which you provide them. They like | | | | increases our connectedness to each other, wildlife |
| decaying plant material to eat and they especially like | | | | and the natural world. We become less interested in |
| to eat compost. The castings, or worm manure is | | | | what is in it for us and more interested in how we can |
| superior to fresh compost as plant food. As your | | | | help - the comparative values and attitudes of the old |
| worm farm - ranch grows in size, you have more and | | | | order and its new replacement. As we gain |
| more to add to new garden beds and tree holes. Plant | | | | independence in our basic life needs, we gain spiritual |
| quality and crop volumes sky rockets, requiring | | | | enlightenment we can share with others, near and far. |
| mechanical supports.There is money being made in | | | | We become enabled, then empowered, no longer at |
| raising worms for sale and if I have my way, there will | | | | the mercy of money lovers.The Homestead |
| be a lot more to be made in the future. However, I find | | | | Revolution changes the global value system. People, |
| them far more valuable than their market price as | | | | labor and spirit become the new money, the new |
| personal assistants and manufacturers of organic, | | | | capital. Partnerships become the measure of wealth, |
| super potting soil. My focus will be on finding space for | | | | not bank accounts. Locally invested profits insulate the |
| them and feeding them well. There are two types of | | | | local community from global crisis and money lover |
| worms of interest to the gardener. Common | | | | economics. We know people often profit from crisis. |
| earthworms as you may have in your yard, make | | | | Maybe it is our turn to be the ones to profit, at the |
| permanent tunnels and go as deep as two feet. We | | | | same time we reduce the consequences of corporate |
| definitely want lots of them around our plants. | | | | dominion throughout the world. The corporate world |
| Redworms do not make permanent tunnels, like living in | | | | needs the crises it creates to maintain power. The |
| rotting manure and garbage beds and stay within | | | | corporate world will drive people into the Homestead |
| about six inches of the surface if it is not too hot, cold | | | | Revolution, once it is up and running. When your enemy |
| or dry. They will eat vegetarian manures and just | | | | increases your numbers, it is so much easier to love |
| about any plant materials. They reproduce faster than | | | | your enemy.Just as terrorists use the Western money |
| common earthworms and can be raised indoors for | | | | lover establishment to their own advantage, the non |
| purposes of experiments and breeding. These are the | | | | violent revolutionary can do quite the same. As we |
| ones that will produce more rich potting soil, dollar for | | | | decrease demand for corporate product, that which |
| dollar. Feed, water, protect from natural predators and | | | | we want temporarily becomes cheaper for everyone. |
| they will help you grow superior plants of every | | | | The corporate world, for all its money, military and |
| description. Eat the fruit of these plants and you will be | | | | political puppets, cannot compete with a superior |
| superior too. And you will know the difference.The | | | | economic value system - it can only compete with |
| products and knowledge exist that allow us to grow | | | | those embracing the same value system. Why don't |
| the best food ever grown in the history of mankind, | | | | we put ourselves to work creating a superior value |
| nearly anywhere we choose to grow it. The best food | | | | system? Learn the true and potential value of slaves |
| ever grown will have no shortage of customers for it, | | | | and souls and suddenly no one on earth is expendable |
| good times or bad. In a few years, supermarket | | | | or disposable. We can have it, if we want it. When |
| produce sections will be pointless. Superfood will have | | | | enough of us have had our fill of restriction, repression |
| the markets sewed up. Corporate farmers throw in | | | | and corporate fantasy, we will create a very different |
| the towel or specialize in non food crops. Old, depleted | | | | world. Or, maybe we'll just leave it to the survivors of |
| land comes onto the market for real people to | | | | the Old World Order. The non violent Homestead |
| regenerate and restore, at prices real people can | | | | Revolution is my alternative to terrorism. In fact, it |
| afford. We are not going to replace the rainforests in a | | | | shares the same goal as the terrorists - destroy an |
| hurry but why can't we cover the world in orchards, | | | | unjust value system. We don't need the violence and |
| gardens and vineyards? Wouldn't this help reduce | | | | we have a practical alternative. What is your |
| carbon dioxide levels and reduce the greenhouse | | | | alternative? "Come out of her, my people, that you do |
| effect? It starts in my yard and yours, spreads from | | | | not partake of her plagues." Though today we partake |
| there as we choose to expand our own operations | | | | of her plagues and pretend the benefits are worth all |
| and encourage the involvement of others. We think | | | | the suffering, we know in our hearts there has to be a |
| about costs and how we can do more at lower cost. | | | | better way. It has long been my desire to share the |
| This creates models for the rest of the world. In my | | | | one I could see best and now I have.Here is to liberty |
| vision, poverty is a personal choice, not a fact of life - | | | | and survival, comfort and personal security for the |
| everywhere.Quiet RevolutionThe Homestead | | | | few who see the writing on the wall. We have an |
| Revolution does not violently overthrow the status quo | | | | opportunity to change an ancient, corrupt value system |
| and corporate, money lover world. It builds a coexisting | | | | and benefit everyone on earth. We will never see a |
| alternative to accommodate those who want out of | | | | better offer. Before you take up arms against your |
| the status quo.The greater the accommodation, the | | | | money loving oppressors, please remember you once |
| more people will opt out.The more people opt out, the | | | | had a non violent alternative. What did you do with it? |
| less control and manipulation the corporate world | | | | Let us daily increase in wisdom, love, gratitude, |
| wields over its remaining supporters and | | | | reverence, healing, peace, joy, happiness, laughter and |
| revolutionaries. This revolution is not subject to | | | | prosperity.Ed Howes sought and found, knocked and |
| legislation and military force. Grassroots political | | | | entered. Now he sees things differently. To see more |
| structures can be easily created to gain control of | | | | of what he sees, please visit or do an author search |
| county governments, state governments and lastly, the | | | | here at Ezine Articles. |
| national government, instead of the usually futile | | | | |