Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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Unfortunately increased gasoline prices are likely going to result in the 
LOSS of farmland with respect to it producing food :-(

Small farmers will shift over to ethanol/biofuel crops only to ultimately be 
bought up by the big agri-fuel businesses.  Result?  Loss of food crops 
(which would take years to reestablish in the wake of fuel crop production) 
and the loss of local control of "farmland" (now in the hands of absentee 
owners.

We've got to stress the need to reject the consumption of food that's shipped 
from far away (which is heavily subsidized).  Only then will the value of 
local food achieve levels necessary to maintain farmland for food production 
rather than fuel production.

Kill ALL existing subsidies, NOW!


-Mark Nagel
Everett, WA


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Paul, I wonder what happened? (regarding the NMSU extension agent).  I 
wonder if we could bottle it and pass it around?  Your comments make me wish 
I was back in Doña Ana.

    The only thing that will save farmland here is $5 a gallon gasoline. 
Then urban blight will stop and people will have the sense to fix up some of 
the older and frankly prettier homes near Birmingham and stay away from our 
rural area.