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  • From: Marty Hanks <marty AT justbeenc.com>
  • To: Alwyn Smith <alwyn.smith AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: OCBA Listserv <ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [ocba] YEA!....oh wait
  • Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 09:26:42 -0400

Very interesting that no one here seems to care enough about where or "who" is making our food. Hummm

For those who do care, but are to intimidated to write here (and many are by the PM i get) here ya go. A well structured chart of "who" makes our food. 


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Anyone else notice a conflict of interest here??

Notice how 5 of the 8 Global seed co's are or owned by the top 5 chemical co's? This global market share is "who" dictates the food conversation and especially here in the US. 

But anyone who understands or works in the food industry know 40-45% of our "grown" food goes to waste every year. Same area per year of waste split between grocery & restaurants! 

IF we follow the rhetoric from the big ag co's....aka these chemical co's then we have to keep planting more of their seeds...and varroa are all that is wrong with bees!! 

Sadly MATH is not on their side! 
-Our honeybees started declining in late 50's...that was over 40 years BEFORE varroa  even showed up here! 
-with all the rhetoric about plant baby plant we as a country throw almost 50% of our food into landfill creating even more methane gas. 55% of grown food sustains this nation! 

So YES organic farming is 100% viable and hell no we do not need sprayed or treated food to grow & throw away. Period!

Its just math...and common sense. Screw their billion dollar quarterly profits...im on the side of common sense & evolution...not greed. Its how we all got here anyway! 

Best of luck to ya 
Mh

On Mar 14, 2016, at 11:20 PM, Marty Hanks <marty AT justbeenc.com> wrote:

Without trying to create a stir...lets flip the coin on that "conspiracy" part of the question. 

Can ya'll name the top 5 seed co's here in the US? 

Proceed.

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 14, 2016, at 11:00 PM, Alwyn Smith <alwyn.smith AT gmail.com> wrote:

Marty, are you suggesting that the varroa mite is not a problem? That there's some conspiracy at work?

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 10:34 PM, Marty Hanks <marty AT justbeenc.com> wrote:
This is what understanding our "food system" looks like!!





http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/honey-nut-cheerios-mascot-goes-missing-brand-addresses-declining-bee-populations-170199


Way to go General Mills for doing this...but wait....Americans don't eat Honey Nut Cheerios?? Only Canadians?

Or are ONLY Canadian honeybees dying at unsustainable rates?? NO?.....then it must be something else at play then that would stop a USA company from NOT doing this brilliant campaign here at home. Wonder what that is???

But sure....keep talking about varroas....

FOOD for thought,
Just Bee supports Big Think


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