Doesn't sound any different than the US.
Chuck Norcutt
Chris Barker wrote:
> I imagine, Chuck, that they were small farms and small farms go out of
> business pretty easily. They operate at the whim of the subsidy
> machine, called the Common Agricultural Policy in the EU, and if you
> can't grow what's being subsidised today you are out of luck. The
> subsidy machine seems to favour large farms operated purely as
> businesses and able to benefit from economies of scale. Subsidies
> don't operate on economies of scale so you increase your profits
> proportionately with size ...
>
> ... but do remember that I'm a military pilot, not an expert :-).
>
> Chris
>
> On 17 Feb 2008, at 12:57, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> I finally decided to look you up on a map since I'm totally unfamiliar
>> with Spain. Looks like a pretty drive. Do you know why the farm
>> houses
>> are abandoned?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>>> Last week was a bit thin in terms of photography output. Thankfully,
>>> we had a couple of days with bad weather which ironically was good
>>> from a photography point of view and gave me some PAW material. There
>>> are also a couple of pictures from my drive from the south of France
>>> to Alicante last Sunday. It's all here:
>>>
>>> http://www.fotocycle.dk:80/paws/?page_id=128
>
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