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  • You're right, Mr. Goodman. Conventional farmers are getting screwed every day by agribusiness, but they refuse to challenge their own thinking. Livestock farmers learn the ways of the herd. However, they allow themselves to be herded by the big guys and rarely break out of group-think. So sad.On Why are (some) farmers afraid of Michael Pollan? posted 2 months ago 26 Responses

  • Too-fast food...

    Not only are school kitchens set up for low-cost rapid-fire prepartion of chicken nugget-type industrial foods, students in larger schoools are often forced to gulp down this junk in 10-15 minutes to make way for the next wave to eat. Industrial food on the assembly line: What a deal!On Two visions of school lunch square off in the political playground posted 9 months, 1 week ago 4 Responses

  • Yes, yes, and...

    Let's not forget the manufacturers and dealers of those behemoths that spread the chemicals, till the soil, plant the GM seeds and harvest the crops - all the while burning more fossil fuel, adding a prodigious amount of CO2 to the atmosphere.

    Let the good times roll.

     On All hail the biofuel boom posted 2 years, 1 month ago 9 Responses

  • A taste for ethanol?

    Dan Barber's observations are right on target. Our huge interrelated food, fiber and transportation systems have evolved to fill the feed troughs of the "captains of industry." Their insatiable appetite for profits, fueled by the productive capacity of subsidized agriculture, knows no bounds of taste. To these folks, and to fat-cat and corporate "farmers" who supply the raw materials for the commodity pipeline, good taste is irrelevant.

    Now, with the push for corn-based ethanol production to fuel automobiles, will the same subsidies and "disaster" payments that distort food production in so many ways be extended to non-food agriculture? Will Congress continue to be complicit in this low-visibility transfer of wealth? I fear it will unless the public understands what's truly at stake.On An NY chef's searing op-ed on the Farm Bill posted 2 years, 10 months ago 1 Response