Healthy soil and sustainable growing

[Mark Nagel <activism98201@verizon.net>]

But Barbara, this is a new phenomena.  Unless the profit levels go up on 
foods farmers will start jumping on the biofuels bandwagon.

Here in Snohomish County the politicians are touting how great biofuels will 
be for farmers.  Farmers will be enticed by greater profit margins, ending up 
switching over to biofuel crops (just like is done in all those other 
countries).  And once things are switched the big AG/Oil companies will put 
them out of business, buying up the land lock-stock and barrel: the small 
farmers won't be able to out-competed the big boys.  The end result is that 
the farm land will no longer be locally owned.

I look around in my county and see that there's no way that the available 
crop land can sustain the [huge] local population.  This won't improve with 
the push toward biofuels.


-Mark Nagel
Everett, WA
 
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From: Barbara Fischer <cen12205@centurytel.net>

I can't say that I agree with many of you.  I do own one of those farms in 
central Illinois that grow corn and soybeans.  We have been doing that for 
150 years.  I don't see things have changed much.  Land prices are higher and 
the houses from the city are enqoaching, but not yet near me.  Most of ouir 
produce goes to companies who grow food products.  Biggest change is we have 
gone to no-till. Barbara