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"Sometimes it seems that while some folks are busy
picking the ecological 'cause of the day' and aligning themselves with
their chosen rhetoric, it is the independant farmer and fisherman who
are among those who actually put conservation into practice."
"I think independant full time fishermen and farmers are cut from
the same cloth. Both are at the mercy of nature, which ultimately dictates
their success or failure from year to year.
They must, therefore, accept a certain amount of risk from potentially
devastating factors that are beyond their control. To me this takes a
certain kind of courage.
Both work long hours almost everyday, in all kinds of weather, at hazardous
jobs (accidents involving farm machinery are frequent, almost always cause
severe mutilation, and often are fatal). Moreover, the responsible ones
always seem to have in the back of their mind the notion of giving something
back after the harvest....a sense of conservation to help ensure that
the cycle continues.
I think this is based on more than just trying to ensure a good harvest
in the following year but also, and more importantly, it is based on a
respect for the land (or sea) and that which is taken from it.
Sometimes it seems that while some folks are busy picking the ecological
'cause of the day' and aligning themselves with their chosen rhetoric,
it is the independant farmer and fisherman who are among those who actually
put conservation into practice.
In the wee hours of the morning while we sleep, they are quietly, without
media coverage, and sometimes without funding (or legislation telling
them to do it), either planning or perpetrating acts of conservation".
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