Maintenance and renovation work are the order of the day right now here on the eco organic micro-holding (small smallholding) in the UK midlands, both of which can give their own brands of satisfaction. Clearing end of season produce and plants such as apples and runner beans away, often onto the compost heap, is another current 'labour of love' - no such thing as 'waste' in a biologically-based 'permaculture' (self-sustaining soil fertility) system.
With 'size nearly meaning everything' these days, does it mean smaller operations and entities (eg. such as individuals), get by default 'shorter shrift' - could hard-won individual human rights even be under a level of threat, with the government here in the UK apparently planning to offer employees inducements to part with some rights, and some larger firms being charged with aggressive mis-selling to people - ?
A level of individual independence is still likely to be of importance to some - freerangers? -and people can make their own decisions and take their own actions, as a 'freeranger' case-study illustrates.
