Guest: Lexy Edelman
Title: Space
Guest: Lexy Edelman
Music: Karen Elson – “The Ghost Who Walks”
Topics ranged around space – personal, outer and agriculture. We also discussed relationships, Buzz Aldrin socking a dude, online dating and much too much on reality TV.
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Video Link: Buzz Aldrin Punch
Book: Christian Perenti – “The Tropic Of Chaos“
To say that Afghanistan cannot produce other crops besides opium is simply not true. The problem is that the farmers are trying to make a buck instead of trying to feed the people. As you mentioned the root cause of most of the problems with farming is the money side of the business.
Also, there are lots of ways to grow food crops in a desert. Opium isn’t the only thing that they can grow
Check out this series “Greening the desert” on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uenCXLSWJ30
http://www.youtube.com/user/PermacultureForest