Basin Bullet 2007-04

As I See It

Getting over the hump sometimes takes some doing.

We’re all products of our heritage. And while we adapt to the influences of our times, what we inherit from our forbears forms the foundation on which our lives are built.

Our political and legal systems were built on our Anglo-Saxon foundations, and we are still adapting the English and European food production methods brought to this continent more than 200 years ago.

In a predominantly arid and semi-arid climate we still husband species adapted to more genteel climes. However, there are some among us who are pushing at the boundaries, testing traditional mindsets, and opening new frontiers.

Can camels be productively farmed in the country with the world’s only wild population now numbering around one million?

Can we see past our long-standing and hereditary attachment to our hard-hoofed sheep and cattle to a gawky Middle Eastern immigrant that pads with soft feet on fragile soil?

What’s a hump or two between friends?

Shaped by the past and present, we have opportunities to lay the foundation stones for the future. Should this stone be set in place?

The Editor

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