Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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

No, seriously, long as they don't care if they poison their kids and the 
corporations promote it and the law allows it, I can't stop them and won't 
try. But if someone shows an interest in the problem I like to encourage them 
to learn more. Today we conversed with other customers in the Vitamin Cottage 
and I had a good exchange with a lady at AAA auto ins.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 2/4/2011 at 7:00 PM Tradingpost wrote:

>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
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>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
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