Comments mtuckr has made

  • the market

    I agree entirely.  I fell in love with the farmer's market last year, and within that I have already devoted my last semester in college to study sustainable agriculture.  In addition, with my bachellor's degree in business I am going to work on a farm as my first job.  

    I really like your notion that we are not materialists.  That applies perfectly to the food sector. On Farmers markets posted 3 years, 7 months ago 8 Responses

  • Petrocollapse

    http://petrocollapse.org

    A conference about peak oil in Washington D.C. May 6.

    There will be a video on Cuba and most importantly, Joel Salatin, a "beyond organic" poultry and livestock farmer. On Conference bleg posted 3 years, 7 months ago 8 Responses

  • Subsidies

    Subsidies help no one, even when in the good sectors. The market should work itself out and if we want the market to sell local food, we have to market local as being better. On My problem with David Kamp's NYT review of Michael Pollan's new book posted 3 years, 7 months ago 21 Responses

  • Small Marketing

    I agree with you that America must restructure its food system. I say the same thing in my independent study (to be released on my website in May). However, to create local food-production networks, consumers tastes would need to change. Marketing local food will be more important. Michale Pollan speaks of this change in tastes in an interview on Beyond Organic. Pollan states that we need to make people have a perceived taste that a Big Mac is not as good as local food. Even with a local or regional food system people would still demand packaged and processed foods. Maybe your argument fits well with a partial local food supply, but not enough consumers care about eating local right now.
    On My problem with David Kamp's NYT review of Michael Pollan's new book posted 3 years, 7 months ago 21 Responses

  • Ethanol and alternate fuels

    Your view on consveratives finding their "solutions" through subsidies is prefectly opinionated and correct.  Subsidies help no one in any industry and the push for ethanol was not a majority until conservatives brought their economic plans to the sector.  Already, subsidies are in place for ethanol, and of course, agirbusinesses receive the most help.  I wrote a short piece on this topic here:
    http://posthastetaste.com/archives/128#commentsOn An emerging environmental majority? posted 3 years, 7 months ago 11 Responses