<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for A knuckle-dragging senator teaches Vilsack that size matters]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by PermieWriter http://www.grist.org/article/Revenge-of-the-real-farmers/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:04:17 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Revenge-of-the-real-farmers/1 More on the real farmer

Don't forget that he's spending his days off the farm - as is his wife - working a factory job so that they can afford to keep the farm while dancing to ADM's tune.

Eat what you grow, grow what you eat

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Don't forget that he's spending his days off the farm - as is his wife - working a factory job so that they can afford to keep the farm while dancing to ADM's tune.

Eat what you grow, grow what you eat

]]> Comment #2 by Viking http://www.grist.org/article/Revenge-of-the-real-farmers/ Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:56:47 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Revenge-of-the-real-farmers/2 Important big farmers with big subsidies

Thank you for highlighting these quotes.  The societal benefits of a farm are inversely related to the size of the farm's subsidy.

Jerry Peckumn
Iowa Farmer

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Thank you for highlighting these quotes.  The societal benefits of a farm are inversely related to the size of the farm's subsidy.

Jerry Peckumn
Iowa Farmer

]]> Comment #3 by mwildfire http://www.grist.org/article/Revenge-of-the-real-farmers/ Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:26:15 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/Revenge-of-the-real-farmers/3 but don't you think

that sarcastic little rant was motivated by insecurity, by feeling like he represents a beleagered, belittled, old-fashioned group that's not at all hip and is in danger of extinction? The real danger comes from ADM and Cargill and Tyson and the control they have via people like him--but of course, he doesn't want to look at that. He'd rather focus on culture war memes.

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that sarcastic little rant was motivated by insecurity, by feeling like he represents a beleagered, belittled, old-fashioned group that's not at all hip and is in danger of extinction? The real danger comes from ADM and Cargill and Tyson and the control they have via people like him--but of course, he doesn't want to look at that. He'd rather focus on culture war memes.

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