Re:So you want to buy a farm?
by unnouinceput on Thursday November 05, 2020 @08:15AM
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You're asking the wrong crowd. Go talk to an Amish about this, you'll get a lot better answers.
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You might get better answers but probably not optimal ones? I imagine the avoidance of technology leads to inefficiencies that most people would want to avoid.
Maybe the permaculture people, or intentional communities that seek to be self-sufficient (as a community); perhaps kibbutzim hold useful knowledge here?
Re:So you want to buy a farm?
by unnouinceput on Friday November 06, 2020 @01:03AM
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Amish do not avoid tech, they test it and see pro/cons and then they take a decision if it will get adopted or not. They have a lot of tech enthusiast that will try new tech and then the elders will decide to keep it or not. And they strive for self-sufficiency 100%.
Re:So you want to buy a farm?
by AnimalMuppet on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:47PM
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Depends on which inefficiency you want to avoid. Do you want to not use modern machinery, or do you want to pay for modern machinery? Each approach has a cost, in different ways.