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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Food Security Starts at Home
  • Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 13:37:26 -0500

On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 11:25:23 -0700, you wrote:

>
>Of course the clueless Tommy Thompson didn't realize that there just haven't
>been any attacks on anything here since 9/11, and it's not because they've
>foiled them either. They haven't arrested and convicted a single so-called
>"terrorist". Not one.
>
>But the article is on target, not because of "terrorism" but because the
>cost of fuel and food will keep rising. Since 90% of the cost of supermarket
>food is in fossil fuel costs, locally grown, naturally grown foods will soon
>become the only affordable food around. I think some on this list are well
>aware of the fertilizer and pesticide prices these days, not to mention gas
>for machinery and transport. All fossil fuel.
>

Right. I agree.

Also, foot-and-mouth disease, for instance, does not require
terrorism. There are other possible major disruptions of
our food supply that do not require terrorism.

Pat
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