<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Agrichemical industry steps up pressure on White House organic garden]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/ Wed, 20 May 2009 19:40:18 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/1 Does it make sense to use the deroguatory term "Mafia" when most of these organizations are run by blue bloods?

Or is this the new Grist where you "strongarm the science" and call people names?

 

 

 

]]> Does it make sense to use the deroguatory term "Mafia" when most of these organizations are run by blue bloods?

Or is this the new Grist where you "strongarm the science" and call people names?

 

 

 

]]> Comment #2 by dtrom4 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/ Thu, 21 May 2009 06:34:24 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/2 Yeah, I've got to say, this post is kind of a stretch.  It's amusing (and kind of ridiculous) for the agrichem industry to take offense to organic home gardens, but I wouldn't call it sinister. 

Hopefully this is mostly a joke, but sometimes it's hard to tell dry humor from bad commentary.

]]> Yeah, I've got to say, this post is kind of a stretch.  It's amusing (and kind of ridiculous) for the agrichem industry to take offense to organic home gardens, but I wouldn't call it sinister. 

Hopefully this is mostly a joke, but sometimes it's hard to tell dry humor from bad commentary.

]]> Comment #3 by PermieWriter http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/ Thu, 21 May 2009 12:11:01 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/3 Croplife bugging Mrs. Obama about her garden is their equivilant of anti-abortion nutjobs heckling President Obama at Notre Dame. Both are clearly the dying gasps of bad ideas heaving their last. I hope.

The real question is: If Mrs. Obama doesn't cave and buy the Round Up, is she going to wake up next to a snail head? I wouldn't put it past the M -- I mean, Croplife.

]]> Croplife bugging Mrs. Obama about her garden is their equivilant of anti-abortion nutjobs heckling President Obama at Notre Dame. Both are clearly the dying gasps of bad ideas heaving their last. I hope.

The real question is: If Mrs. Obama doesn't cave and buy the Round Up, is she going to wake up next to a snail head? I wouldn't put it past the M -- I mean, Croplife.

]]> Comment #4 by Jim Goodman http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/ Thu, 21 May 2009 20:07:23 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/4 In my experience, most farmers are not opposed to organic farming, they just can't believe it can work. They cannot believe one can farm without using Roundup. Seriously, they really cannot grasp it, They think Roundup must be allowed under organic standards because how could you farm without it?

 

As to the mafia, I think it is an appropriate comparison. You must work with the Mafia, pay the protection money, or sign the garbage collection contract. Chemical companies seem to reguard all of agriculture as theirs. Any holdout is a threat. If you allow a chink in the armor, you are in trouble.

 

In the case of the White House garden, it is so high profile, it is a big chink.

]]> In my experience, most farmers are not opposed to organic farming, they just can't believe it can work. They cannot believe one can farm without using Roundup. Seriously, they really cannot grasp it, They think Roundup must be allowed under organic standards because how could you farm without it?

 

As to the mafia, I think it is an appropriate comparison. You must work with the Mafia, pay the protection money, or sign the garbage collection contract. Chemical companies seem to reguard all of agriculture as theirs. Any holdout is a threat. If you allow a chink in the armor, you are in trouble.

 

In the case of the White House garden, it is so high profile, it is a big chink.

]]> Comment #5 by tanabutler http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:20:46 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/5 A friend has a brother-in-law who works for Monsanto. She tells me that you are NOT allowed to speak of organic ANYTHING in his presence. They are dead serious, those folks.

@CO2 Sharkey: "Blue bloods"?! Chemical warfare on food that goes into the bodies of innocent children somehow creates "royalty"?

I think I'll send you my medical bill: my jaw broke when it hit the floor.

Keep hitting them out of the park, Tom. You clearly have your eye on the ball.

]]> A friend has a brother-in-law who works for Monsanto. She tells me that you are NOT allowed to speak of organic ANYTHING in his presence. They are dead serious, those folks.

@CO2 Sharkey: "Blue bloods"?! Chemical warfare on food that goes into the bodies of innocent children somehow creates "royalty"?

I think I'll send you my medical bill: my jaw broke when it hit the floor.

Keep hitting them out of the park, Tom. You clearly have your eye on the ball.

]]> Comment #6 by Jim Goodman http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/ Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:56:53 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-20-agrichem-organic-garden/6 The truth hurts, but the truth shall make you free.

]]> The truth hurts, but the truth shall make you free.

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