Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
The Real Reason for the Egg Shortage
Nature Abhors a Monoculture
The chickens are coming home to roost, and most of them have bird flu.
With the Spring Evenday coming up, it looks as if we may well be paying a dollar apiece for our Ostara eggs this year. Don't blame the avian flu, though.
Blame battery farming.
I heard an interview this morning with an egg farmer who was anguishing over the emotional toll of having to cull three million birds.
While I empathize with his pain, I really have to ask: when we raise poultry in flocks of a million-plus birds, why in the world would we be surprised that, when systemic failure strikes, it should strike on any but a massive scale?
The vast majority of American eggs and chicken are industrially-raised on an industrial scale. Short-term cheap food, maybe, but sustainable?
Talk about a disaster just pleading to happen.
Some things that every pagan knows: generally speaking, Small is better than Large, Local is better than Global, Particular is better than General.
As recent experience all too readily demonstrates, nature abhors a monoculture.
The Mother is speaking here, folks.
Will we be wise enough to listen?
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