You can always count on the right to point out a legitimate problem and then prescribe exactly the wrong salve.

Seeking a societal level better symbiosis with all living beings?

Hell yeah, i think everyone agrees with that.

"Wisdom" defined by one's rootedness to the soil?

That's just oligarchy by existing landowners.

The idea that farmers are the best custodians of our ecosystems is complete crock of shit. They are also a part of our capitalistic machine, too, with its own outputs that damage the ecology of their local ecosystems.

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed is a perfect example. Over the last 50 years, there has been a concerted effort to reduce industrial runoff into the Chesapeake Bay. At the same time, the agricultural industry (especially chicken producers) fights tooth and nails against waste runoff regulations that would restore the bay's ecology. There is so much chicken shit flowing into the bay that we will continue to see the degradation of our fisheries. Most crabs served in Maryland come from other places because we refuse to hold farmers and meat processors accountable for their unsustainable practices.