[Market-farming] Denver Post Op-ed

STEVE GILMAN stevegilman at verizon.net
Thu Aug 2 21:58:03 EDT 2007


FYI -- A bit of a conflict of interest here, behind the scenes. It  
turns out the Op Ed writer, Jackie Avner, runs a biotech company with  
her husband called "Transgenic Pets" working to genetically alter  
animals to be non-allergenic. No word on the success rate of this  
enterprise, but in the brave new world of genetically engineered farm  
animals -- 997 out of every 1,000 experimental animals die gruesomely  
at some stage of development or another. Meanwhile, the FDA hasn't  
ruled on legalizing the process yet.

And Jackie wasn't even very original in her diatribe -- it's pretty  
much out of the Alex Avery playbook, employee like his Dad, Dennis,  
at the far right Hudson Institute. He maintains milk is milk, while,  
in reality -- Avery is Avery, bucks are bucks, and propaganda is  
propaganda. Most likely this is part of a series of planted anti- 
organic hatchet jobs. Kind of sad, really...

Steve
Ruckytucks Farm
On Aug 2, 2007, at 9:01 PM, market-farming-request at lists.ibiblio.org  
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> Robin asked:
> What do you agree with?
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>> Reasons you should buy regular goods
>> By Jackie Avner
>> Article Last Updated: 07/27/2007 10:40:10 PM MDT
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>> I don't like to buy organic food products, and avoid them at all  
>> cost. It
>> is a principled decision reached through careful consideration of  
>> effects
>> of organic production practices on animal welfare and the  
>> environment. I
>> buy regular food, rather than organic, for the benefit of my family.
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Thats what we have done as a family for 40+ years, and for different
> reasons, if I wanted to go organic I could not, as many of the  
> foods that
> interest me are not available. In the process of raising 3  
> youngsters in one
> of the 3 or 4 poorist counties east of the mississippi (Robin gets  
> to be in
> #1) price was everything, and sometimes still is.
> +++




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