Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Barbara Fischer" <cen12205@centurytel.net>]

"Local" isn't necessiarily the opposite of "corporate".....depends on where
you live.

Barbara
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To: "Healthy soil and sustainable growing"
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Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Pastoral ideals are getting trampled


> At 10:38 AM -0600 10/8/06, TradingPostPaul wrote:
> >That piece I sent on from Business Week turns out to be a not-so-subtle
> >slap at organic or sustainable growing. Why am I not surprised?....
>
> >"While Americans may love the idea of natural food, they have come to
rely
> >on the perks of agribusiness. Since the widespread use of synthetic
> >pesticides began, around the time of World War II, food producers have
> >reaped remarkable gains. Apples stay red and juicy for weeks...."
>
> Nor does the article mention that "organic" foods are becoming more
> popular because corporate-produced foods are tasteless. Those shiny
> red unblemished apples are not worth eating. I don't eat tomatoes or
> apples out of season, because I've tasted the real thing (ugly
> Ashmead's Kernel apples from the farmers' market! heirloom tomatoes
> from my garden!), and I don't eat any animal products, so I guess I'm
> not benefiting from "the perks of agribusiness."
>
> I think the most important food trend of the last 20 years is
> farmers' markets and the recognition that buying locally often yields
> the best quality. Of course, BW ignores that trend and tries to paint
> "organic" as the opposite of "corporate," rather than "local" as the
> opposite of "corporate."
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