[permaculture] Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safety
lbsaltzman at aol.com
lbsaltzman at aol.com
Mon Jul 13 13:49:01 EDT 2009
More proof that the entire industrial food chain will never get it right. Locally sourced food is the only answer. Even organic foodstore chains work through large distributors and ship food long distances.? Larger corporations always have lawyers, and lawyers will usually disregard reality and advice the corporations to do stupid things to reduce perceived liability.? This is a quest for reduced liability not a quest for food safety.
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From: Lawrence F. London, Jr. <lflj at intrex.net>
To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group <SANET-MG at LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>; permaculture <permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 10:31 am
Subject: [permaculture] Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safety
Crops, ponds destroyed in quest for food safety
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/13/MN0218DVJ8.DTL
"(07-13) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Dick Peixoto planted hedges of fennel and
flowering cilantro around his organic
vegetable fields in the Pajaro Valley near Watsonville to harbor beneficial
insects, an alternative to pesticides.
He has since ripped out such plants in the name of food safety, because his big
customers demand sterile buffers around
his crops. No vegetation. No water. No wildlife of any kind."
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