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Re:So you want to buy a farm? by pbhjpbhj on Thursday November 05, 2020 @09:27AM (#24998505)
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?

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Re:So you want to buy a farm? by unnouinceput on Friday November 06, 2020 @01:03AM (#25005325)
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%.
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Re:So you want to buy a farm? by AnimalMuppet on Thursday November 05, 2020 @02:47PM (#25001288)
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.
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