Why doesn’t he visit the United States?

Yes, but mines ruin villages and their water supply; and if the villagers protest, then the company may kill them

I feel the need to clarify that these types of projects usually don’t bring “generational jobs and careers” but usually bring outside workforce who will leave when damage done.

garden plot corner

made a tiny berm out of all the leaves I raked and the grass I cut from the garden bed!

I was just talking about an alternative to those farmers. The whole thread was about those farmers, not the vote. If they want to restore the damaged landscapes, they could leave that to us as well, because we could cover the damaged landscapes with humanure compost that will break down most toxins. (Kitchen scraps also go into humanure compost.)

Also, besides mulch and native plants, we could grow drought-tolerant crops instead of irrigating, and to the degree that we can make gardener communities, we can scale up our gardens to farms.

We could garden and farm by ourselves and the communities we can make, staying as close to nature as possible, without tilling, irrigating, or using chemicals, and by using mulch and some native plants instead.

Privet also does just fine as a hedge, and people in the UK actually use it for this purpose. Ironically, that’s where I’ve seen privet growing—along borders, so people who hate privet might as well leave the stuff unless it’s in their way.