Wednesday, April 15, 2009

There has to be something to this crazy dream...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kerry-trueman/young-agrarians-digging-t_b_186734.html

The second coming of the brief "back to the land" movement of the 60's or a return to a better way of life?

And wadayaknow, GMO doesn't really improve crop yeilds.

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/04/14-6

And finally

Pro-Pesticide Group Criticizes First Lady’s Organic Garden

And First Lady Michelle Obama is coming under criticism from a pro-pesticide industry group for deciding to plant an organic garden at the White House. The Mid America CropLife Association recently wrote to the First Lady to urge her to consider using pesticides, or what they call "crop protection products.” One official with the pro-pesticide group said, “While a garden is a great idea, the thought of it being organic made [us] shudder.” Mid America CropLife represents agribusinesses like Monsanto, Dow AgroSciences and DuPont.

the thought of what your products do to the groundwater makes me shudder.


1 comment:

ChristyACB said...

And big surprise big ag doesn't like their choice of organic gardening methods.