Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>]

The correct reply to them would be like, of course you're not elitist, you're 
eating out of the garbage can, and if you cared about your children you'd do 
the research and find out the truth. You're poisoning your children.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

*********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********

On 2/4/2011 at 7:57 PM Liz wrote:

>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
>
>_______________________________________________
>Livingontheland mailing list
>Livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
>http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/livingontheland