And the farms with cattle, sheep, goats will become the new hunting ground for the starving folks with rifles.
How can a farmer deal with this?
Just a thought. Let all neighbors know that you will be slaughtering and butcher an animal once every ___ weeks and will sell to neighbors at a discount. Some kind of barter arrangement. And that you will gift meat to those who truly cannot pay.
The goal here is to 1) help your neighbors in distress, 2) recruit your neighbors as a part of your farm’s defenses, 3) and to help everyone be comfortable with YOU continuing to be the farm’s owner.
We will have to change our sense of what the rules are and should be in the light of the new situations.
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