AngryAmish
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Sun Aug-27-06 06:48 PM
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| 39. This agricultural abuse is why life expectancy have nose-dived in America |
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in the last fifteen years. True or false?
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| -What's Wrong with American Agriculture |
nosmokes |
Aug-26-06 06:43 PM |
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Kind of scary huh? Especially considering what we mostly eat is |
FloridaPat |
Aug-26-06 07:00 PM |
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As Ralph Nader has so aptly pointed out, we have given them |
Quakerfriend |
Aug-26-06 08:18 PM |
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i agree, see no evil/eat no evil |
upi402 |
Aug-27-06 02:43 AM |
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we need a roundup and cattle drive.... |
pretzel4gore |
Aug-26-06 07:25 PM |
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I think this is what the Rapture is supposed look like |
Generic Other |
Aug-26-06 08:27 PM |
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according to a recent dept of health (?) study |
pretzel4gore |
Aug-26-06 08:41 PM |
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It's scary and makes no sense to experiment on our food! |
Generic Other |
Aug-26-06 08:56 PM |
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They don't eat the shit |
Elwood P Dowd |
Aug-26-06 09:07 PM |
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I drink glacial water too thanks to my municipal water company |
Generic Other |
Aug-26-06 09:32 PM |
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well then... |
druidity33 |
Aug-27-06 08:13 AM |
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So what's a safe brand of rice to buy? |
Elwood P Dowd |
Aug-27-06 11:44 AM |
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That's only the long-grain stuff, isn't it? |
Generic Other |
Aug-27-06 12:25 PM |
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veggie products and rice... |
druidity33 |
Aug-27-06 02:58 PM |
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Here's where I get my rice |
Generic Other |
Aug-27-06 04:24 PM |
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they look good... |
druidity33 |
Aug-27-06 06:42 PM |
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We give our silent approval when we buy their poisonous crap- |
fed-up |
Aug-26-06 08:06 PM |
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Jane Smiley is one of our very few writer-heroes. |
enough |
Aug-26-06 08:33 PM |
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Both of those books occupy a place on my shelves, |
LWolf |
Aug-26-06 09:11 PM |
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So what are we going to do about it? |
MadHound |
Aug-26-06 09:19 PM |
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this is one of those times I wish I could Recommend a single post |
AZDemDist6 |
Aug-26-06 09:38 PM |
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No problem, |
MadHound |
Aug-26-06 09:56 PM |
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my husband's family farms and there is no one in the younger |
AZDemDist6 |
Aug-26-06 10:04 PM |
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Good Post |
BronxBoy |
Aug-27-06 06:49 AM |
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i always start with this place - |
nosmokes |
Aug-27-06 01:28 AM |
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I've been trying to figure out how to raise most of my food for the last |
FloridaPat |
Aug-27-06 08:47 AM |
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For 10,000 years farmers shared knowledge freely.That changed 20 years ago |
oblivious |
Aug-26-06 09:51 PM |
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Is that why cropland prices have crashed? |
AngryAmish |
Aug-27-06 06:55 PM |
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Corn and wheat prices are up 25% so far this year. Sugar has doubled. |
oblivious |
Aug-27-06 07:32 PM |
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Debt. The bank only lends to USDA program growers........ |
Porcupine |
Aug-26-06 10:08 PM |
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The repukes will probably attempt to make organic farmers terrorists |
Elwood P Dowd |
Aug-26-06 10:28 PM |
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Done! Organic "certification" is now too costly for small growers. |
Porcupine |
Aug-27-06 01:40 AM |
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Yes, but we're fighting back |
MadHound |
Aug-27-06 09:30 AM |
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Thanks for the link. |
Gormy Cuss |
Aug-27-06 04:39 PM |
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Thanks for that link, It's my contention that corporate practises should |
cryingshame |
Aug-27-06 05:01 PM |
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"Deregulation has made this debacle" . . . indeed it has . . . |
OneBlueSky |
Aug-27-06 02:36 AM |
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If you want clean food for your family join a CSA |
SpiralHawk |
Aug-27-06 08:47 AM |
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"This is exactly analogous to an act of war against the natural ecosystem" |
bettyellen |
Aug-27-06 11:22 AM |
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corporations, deregulation, capitalism |
leftofthedial |
Aug-27-06 11:47 AM |
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We consumers have hit the trifecta - again. We sure have been |
FloridaPat |
Aug-27-06 01:55 PM |
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monoply and the economies of scale are a failure |
sweetheart |
Aug-27-06 04:44 PM |
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This agricultural abuse is why life expectancy have nose-dived in America |
AngryAmish |
Aug-27-06 06:48 PM |
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Look at a grocery store. 80% of the stuff in there is garbage. Look |
FloridaPat |
Aug-28-06 05:34 AM |
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This is why Americans are dying younger and younger? |
AngryAmish |
Aug-28-06 09:40 AM |
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This is why our health is so bad. As for the death statistics, I haven't |
FloridaPat |
Aug-28-06 06:15 PM |
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