Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Phil Bunch" <pbunch@cox.net>]

The people growing the stuff don’t make much money. Their economic advantage comes from its small bulk/relatively high value. Since many areas don’t have adequate roads to transport standard crops it can be brought to market in concentrated form infrequently. Where there are roads there is also a police presence and the crop is not grown unless the area is controlled by the rebels or paramilitaries.  It just is not worthwhile to grow normal crops since they can’t get them to market. If there were adequate roads most those folks would not take the risks required to grow the illegal crops. They have families and the “bankers” they deal with make ours look like pussy cats. Their delinquency notes are printed on lead.

 

It’s the bastards who finish the processing and do the international transporting that make all the money. They exploit two cycles of poverty, the primary producers and ultimate consumers. All driven by a set of laws originally meant to protect people. Go figure.

 

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From: livingontheland-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:livingontheland-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ken Hargesheimer
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 6:14 PM
To: Healthy soil and sustainable growing
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Ethanol from Coffee

 

The reason the farmers in South America grow cocaine is because that is the most profitable crops to grow.  The USA supplies the market and they supply the cocaine.  That is truly free trade.

 

If the US would get its rear out of there with its guns and posion spraying on people and regular crops, they would not hate us so.  Use those billions of dollars here in the USA to get people off drugs which would dry up the market.  So simple.

 

Ken Hargesheimer

 

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