In Balance With Nature

By Rich Kozlovich

This piece was sent to me in 2009 by my friend Terry Witt, who was one of my regular readers at Oregonians for Food & Shelter (OFS), who passed in 2012.   I've published this twice before, but it's been hit lately and given the insanity going on about global warming and other fraudulent green initiatives I thought it worth repeating.  

Originally this was published in verse in 1970 by the late Dr. John Carew, former head of the Horticulture Department at Michigan State University, painting a scary picture of where all these misfits in the green movement and their enablers in government, if permitted, would take humanity.   Now, 54 years later, we're seeing the same kind of demands being made.  We really need to understand, the left/green movement is like rust.  It never sleeps.  But there's a resistance developing around the world because the consequences of their actions are started to be felt in many areas, including the ability to produce food.  These nitwits are in violation of Juvenal's "bread and circuses" dictum, and more and more people are going to be in revolt.

This version was updated with 2008 statistics.  Also, I've taken the liberty of changing this from verse to prose, and I hope you will find it worth your time. 

In Balance with Nature, By John Carew 

In the beginning, there was Earth, beautiful and wild, and then man came to dwell. At first, he lived in caves like other animals, feeding himself on creatures and plants around him. And this was called "In Balance With Nature". 

Soon man multiplied. He grew tired of ceaseless hunting for food, he built homes and villages. Wild plants and animals were domesticated. Some men became farmers so that others might become industrialists, artists, or doctors. And this was called "Society".

Man and Society progressed, and with his God-given ingenuity, man learned to feed, clothe, protect, and transport himself more efficiently so he might enjoy Life. He built cars, houses on top of each other, and nylon. And life became more enjoyable.

The men called farmers became efficient. A single farmer grew food for 143 industrialists, artists and actors, writers, engineers, and teachers as well. To protect his crops and animals, the farmer produced substances to repel or destroy insects, diseases, and weeds. These were called "pesticides".  Similar human substances were made by Doctors to protect humans. These were called "medicine".

The Age of Science had arrived and with it came better diet and longer, happier lives for most members of society.  Soon it came to pass, that certain well-fed members of society disapproved of the farmer using science. They spoke harshly of his techniques for feeding, protecting, and preserving plants and animals. They deplored his upsetting the “Balance of Nature.” They longed for the simplistic life referred to by some as the “Good Old Days.” And this had emotional appeal to the rest of society.  By this time farmers had become so efficient, society gave them a new title: "Unimportant Minority". 

Because the well-fed society could never imagine a shortage of food, laws were passed abolishing pesticides, fertilizers, and food preservatives. Insects, diseases, and weeds flourished. Crops and animals died. Food became scarce.  To survive, industrialists, artists, and doctors were forced to grow their own food. But they were terribly inefficient providers. Parks, golf courses and wilderness had to be converted to growing food. Soon people and governments fought wars to gain more agricultural land. Millions of people were exterminated. Those who survived, faced plagues and famine.

In the end, only a few remained. They lived in caves like animals, feeding themselves on creatures and plants around them. And this was called, "In Balance With Nature".