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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@gilanet.com>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] the making of a disaster
  • Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 08:50:15 -0700


My guess is consumer demand is probably all that's going to decide the future
of food. My own focus is not trying to reform the corporate chemical factory
farms but promoting public preference for family farm organics and the
companion movement of local production for local consumption. A partial
listing on my page http://globalcircle.net/localfocus.htm . My research
shows local organic food is not only better but cheaper, and for millions of
people the economics of eating is the bottom line. Everybody can't drive some
distance for organic food which may travel a thousand miles to the organic
store.

The floor is open ;-)

paul tradingpost@gilanet.com

Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.
--Henry David Thoreau

That is well said, replied Candide, but we must cultivate our garden.
--Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet] Candide

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On 12/1/2003 at 10:23 AM Michele May wrote:

>http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1123-05.htm
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>Ozone Layer 'Sacrificed'...
>
>In reading the article it appears much responsibility is directed at the
>"farmers," what is the direct link here? Are farmers responsible
>because they knowingly or worse yet, unknowingly, as in refuse to
>acknowledge, the detrimental effects of these chemicals;...are the
>"farmers" mentioned in the article actually referencing corporate
>agribusiness farmers, maybe?
>
>I wonder what can be done to clarify this in the eyes of everyday
>people? It seems farmers in general are losing ground in the eyes of
>the public, all of whom of course need to know what farms these
>strawberries and tomatoes in Florida and California uses the poison in
>order to refuse to buy from them. If our government won't ban its use,
>can't we act to preserve our ozone as citizens?
>
>I still think the chemical companies providing this pesticide ought to
>be held accountable for the damage of the product they produce. They
>wanted "personhood" to access the rule of law, our constitution, and yet
>they are also given anonymity and immunity from the same laws that
>impact everyday people.
>
>Does anyone have information on tracking what "farms" are using these
>chemicals or are lobbying against the Ozone protections?
>
>Thanks:
>
>Michele
>
>
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