The Destruction of the Organic Farmers' Market
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4 years ago in #ecotrain by artemislives (69)
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In community run situations like the smaller farmers market and the larger Eco-village the importance of having agreed values and good communication can't be stressed enough plus the ability to work together.
With the coin if the confidence can be built in the coin I think it is a good idea to have your own means of an exchange mechanism because of the falling confidence in other fiat currencies.
I think the lesson here is to start small and grow only as you are able - I don't believe in going into debt and it has served me well my whole life.
Everything starts -and ends- with core values & communication. WE are the system we love & want to hate.
I just love how you wove this into a tale!
Like many things, centralisation has good and bad sides, but too often things end up getting manipulated for the benefit of the few. Balance is imperative, but not always easy to maintain.
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I wanted to find a way to show that WE are 'the system' that we all love to hate & blame, & that it's mostly a lack of agreed values & difficulty communicating at the beginning (when all is excitement) that is the seed of destruction.
A great way to get your point across. Lack of agreement and cooperation do lead to a fall.
We often don't want to see the divergence or contrasts in core values at the excitement-create phase.... makes for a bumpier ride later. Not unlike falling into - and out of - love.
Yes, true
I'm not sure if a few farmers getting together in a market is centralisation. If they all sold wholesale their goods to a shop, that would be it.
Of course the shop will get a cut but it'll work every day for 10 hours while the market will be for a couple of hours in a single day. Also that frees plenty of time for the farmers. Not to talk about the fact many farmers are introvert and have a hard time marketing their crops
So in your story, each and every one of the farmers failed in different way. The administrator did not. The village people were failed by the farmers.
A fail is not something inherently bad. Maybe the farmers will learn a lesson and start over once they can manage it.
So centralisation is also something not inherently bad. What must be kept in mind is the actual scale of things and the limits of the possible in the context of permaculture ethics.
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Working together has always proven to be the most successful way of achieving goals. Service to a greater cause other than yourself has proven to be the most effective and rewarding service. When people work as a team, they win as a team. The centralization did a lot for the farmers but because they put greed over need, they began to fail.
They will soon realize within a short period of time how much they have lost as a result of their greed and the downfall of the centralization. The way you narrated the story was really sweet @artemislives.
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open and honest communication is really important and so is the ability to help and support those who need to be supported. It would have been great if they thought of everyone rather then just their own individual stalls, if one falls behind help them back up, we are after all, here to help lift others, Community should really not let anyone suffer, but instead find a way to work together so that everyone benefits. Great take on the question xxx
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I personally feel for any community to survive the agreed values are the most important and then an transparent communication, if these 2 are lacked it can crumble down very easily. In their case even the nature played some role. From a thriving community to a struggling one there are a lot of misses and lessons to learn