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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] Organics Tirade
  • Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 16:43:20 -0400

On Thu, 20 Oct 2005 09:15:20 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:

>I'm sorta wondering if they deserve a response from some of us. I've never
>heard of the Hudson group until yesterday (that's probably a good thing).
>Is this group influencial to policy makers at the USDA? If we were to write
>an article refuting their claims and send it to them, would anyone listen?
>Is it worth the effort or should I keep my attention on growing veggies? A
>two-tiered approach might be best. Grow and write.
>
>I mean, even what's been written here could be put together into a pretty
>nice article.

My opinion: It's wilful, deliberate - not ignorance. It's
a 'think tank' (read: propaganda-pushers).

It's not like you are going to write to them and they're
going to see the error of their ways. There's just no
possibility of that happening, IMHO.

I'd save my time and energy for more productive uses.

Pat

-- northern Pennsylvania
"Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of
supply and demand. It is the privilege of human beings to
live under the laws of justice and mercy." - Wendell Berry




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