Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Liz" <liz@allslash.org>]

All good, except his belief that we're anywhere near a "tipping point." The 
only thing that will bring us there is for this to be repeated over and over 
and over on the mainstream news, morning and night, and we can all imagine 
how soon that's likely to happen.

Recently one of the meterologists on the Weather Channel asked people on her 
Facebook page to tell her what cereal they liked best. Out of the hundred 
and some responses, I think only two people mentioned oatmeal. For everyone 
else it was Captain Crunch, Count Chocula, Raisin Bran, Cheerios, etc., etc. 
These are relatively well-educated people, and they had no clue? Heaven help 
the rest of the general population.

Sigh, I feel so negative about this. But every time I ask someone, "Do you 
actually know what's in that?" I get answers like, "Oh, I'm not one of those 
elitist foodies! I eat what tastes good." Or "Maybe it's not perfect, but I 
can't afford organic." Or my all time favorite: "It must be okay or the 
government wouldn't let them sell it."

But keep posting quotes like this--makes me feel better to know that someone 
is paying attention.

Liz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:03 PM
Subject: [Livingontheland] 2050 in America, Food and Farms of the Future



Similar to Winona's lecture, Ikerd sums it all up for me. See his mountains 
of papers at the other link there.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net