tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post4407470730818498827..comments2024-02-04T22:48:07.662-08:00Comments on FOLKWAYS NOTEBOOK: ROBBING OUR BREAD BASKETFolkways Note Bookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-5962398892786619152010-07-22T08:23:35.360-07:002010-07-22T08:23:35.360-07:00barefootheart -- Sad to hear about the Toronto are...barefootheart -- Sad to hear about the Toronto area. I have not been there in decades -- I am sure I would not recognize it now. The saddest thing I saw was housing developers skimming off the land's rich topsoil to sell before the houses were built -- this was in Illinois. --- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-67737722695814492562010-07-22T06:38:28.824-07:002010-07-22T06:38:28.824-07:00It's happening everywhere, it seems. In the T...It's happening everywhere, it seems. In the Toronto area, development has sprawled all along the edge of Lake Ontario for miles and miles, displacing some of the province's very best farmland and orchards. Insane.barefoothearthttp://willowhousechronicles.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-63775963954302745012010-07-21T07:00:44.904-07:002010-07-21T07:00:44.904-07:00Jayne -- It does sound like madness. Many governme...Jayne -- It does sound like madness. Many governments play Russian Roulette with their natural resources (U.S. included). Thanks for the informative comment -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-31800355044591340772010-07-21T06:57:08.748-07:002010-07-21T06:57:08.748-07:00Vicki -- I don't think it will ever get to tha...Vicki -- I don't think it will ever get to that point. Not enough water in the southwest -- unless they take it from the Great Lakes or similar rich bodies of water. thanks for the comment -- barbaraFolkways Note Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07168881905408345126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-51069478088036128972010-07-20T18:00:21.739-07:002010-07-20T18:00:21.739-07:00We've had a similar thing happen here with the...We've had a similar thing happen here with the <a href="http://www.greenlivingpedia.org/North_South_pipeline" rel="nofollow">North-South Pipeline</a> taking water <i>away</i> from the drought-effected Victoria's Foodbowl just so we can flush toilets here in Melbourne.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851305238478213940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4872424549721246994.post-17399342996495974482010-07-20T17:55:54.364-07:002010-07-20T17:55:54.364-07:00A frightening thing to imagine a coast to coast st...A frightening thing to imagine a coast to coast stretch of developments.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.com