Chapter 4 and conclusion

 

I found reading about rotational swidden agriculture very intriguing. I had never even heard of this before, so it seemed very resourceful and useful. Seeing that it used crop rotation, all the families would work together to harvest the crops as they became ready. Then see that when they came to America they were meet with hardship and disagreements about their generations long way of farming seem like a story on repeat with the reading we have had so many came to America expecting to have better lives but still be able to continue their traditions of farming only to be met with hostility and disapproval from other farmers and governing agencies that refused to work with them on following their traditions. Within her conclusion she talks about how it about building an ecosystem. Through out the book she has seen how natives had farms that did just that but when taken to the United States they were forced to end those was or risk poverty or return to the family farm that they had left to make more money to support. To me this shows that corporations have monopolized farming in America and that if you do not follow their ways, you are either forced to follow or driven out of business forced to find work elsewhere possibly even in a completely different field that you have no experience in.