In this month's New Agriculturist . . .

There is a tale told to children in Britain reminiscent of one of Aesop's fables - and similar tales may be told elsewhere - that has a resonance in this edition of New Agriculturist. In the story, the Little Red Hen (LRH) asks each of the other animals on the farm to help her first prepare the soil, sow the seed, weed the growing corn, and finally to harvest the ripe grain. To each of these requests the universal response is, "No! We're not interested." But, when asked if they wish to help LRH eat the corn, all the other animals suddenly develop a consuming interest. But, this being a morality tale, all are denied the opportunity to feast on the labours of the industrious Little Red Hen.

Food production is no more than a convenient example with which to illustrate the moral of this tale. But, as you Focus on crop processing, open Developments on agro tourism or consider Points of view on sustainable livelihoods, spare a thought for the LRH and what she could or should be doing to persuade the other farm animals to take an intelligent self-interest in how their food is produced.

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