all the farms down my way are disappearing. they're being bought up and turned into dry cleaning businesses and nail salons. it's disturbing, but i'm a part of it i suppose because my house sits on what was once a cow pasture. for now, i will enjoy these cornfields and wonder what great recipe my friend tracy would have for this beautiful silver queen corn?
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It's my job to help developers turn corn fields into sub divisions. What do you think about that?
...And I thought I was going to save the planet! Turns out, there's very little profit in the planet saving business.
Sadly, a lot of the signs along the backroads near my dad's house that used to read "Sweet Corn for Sale!" or "Pick Your Own Blueberries!" with an arrow pointing down a tree-lined lane now read "Homesites starting in the low 90's!" or "Build to suit on your lot!" It's tempting to make declarations against ever subdividing our land, but I know things happen: things like insurmountable medical bills, outrageous property taxes and just living too dadgum far away to maintain it. But, I also know we have to be careful as a nation or we're going to wind up importing everything we eat in this country. I'm all for exotic eats, but I can't imagine sweet corn from Indonesia. No thanks.
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