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I agree that governments are moving too slowly and could be doing a lot more. All levels of society -- farmers, consumers, institutions, business, nonprofits, government -- need to act. But in the meanwhile, lots is being done right now by inspired people who are buying local food (http://www.planetfriendly.net/organic.html#ecofoods), participating in Consumer Supported Agriculture (http://www.planetfriendly.net/organic.html#csa), seeking out sustainable food jobs (http://www.Planetfriendly.net/gw.php?theme=food) and even creating their own food jobs and businesses (http://GoodWorkCanada.ca/createyourowngreenjob). If governments are dragging their feet, let's do it ourselves! I've often wondered, though, whether social attitudes are blocking us from moving faster. For example, perceptions that agriculture is boring, stupid work -- when in most cases quite the opposite is true. When many urbanites hear the word "farm" they think of what they see from their car at 100 kph on the highway. They feel superior to the life on the land beyond which we've supposedly evolved, even if they've never experienced it. And since most of are urbanites, this creates a political problem. How do we overcome this and get more people interested and involved?