So, my mom has recently decided she will only buy locally produced meat from now on, after watching “Food Inc”. I was amazed by this announcement, since the parents have always seen my ‘food activism’ as some kind of passing fad.
And now, I see Time magazine talking about sustainability and industrial agriculture.
What the hell is going on? Are we making headway in the ‘average consumer’? Or is this just part of the co-option of the movement?
Some Americans are heeding such warnings and working to transform the way the country eats — ranchers and farmers who are raising sustainable food in ways that don’t bankrupt the earth. Documentaries like the scathing Food Inc. and the work of investigative journalists like Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan are reprising Sinclair’s work, awakening a sleeping public to the uncomfortable realities of how we eat. Change is also coming from the very top. First Lady Michelle Obama’s White House garden has so far yielded more than 225 lb. of organic produce — and tons of powerful symbolism. But hers is still a losing battle. Despite increasing public awareness, sustainable agriculture, while the fastest-growing sector of the food industry, remains a tiny enterprise: according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), less than 1% of American cropland is farmed organically. Sustainable food is also pricier than conventional food and harder to find. And while large companies like General Mills have opened organic divisions, purists worry that the very definition of sustainability will be co-opted as a result.
Bre Bro being an elitist imp is one of his most endearing qualities..imp on..Bre Bro..
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I’m staying on topic…Plastic can make your food taste weird..and make you lips and upper palette itch..I’m not sure which plastics aren’t bad for you but it’s hard to find plastic cups,bottles or glasses that aren’t shit..I hate the greedy bastards that expose us to bad food and toxic packaging…kInda on topic? You really should fix your heading..the folks at home will think you’re a retard..and I already have that market cornered..
I’m staying on topic…Plastic can make your food taste weird..and make you lips and upper palette itch..I’m not sure which plastics aren’t bad for you but it’s hard to find plastic cups,bottles or glasses that aren’t shit..I hate the greedy bastards that expose us to bad food and toxic packaging…kInda on topic? You really should fix your heading..the folks at home will think you’re a retard..and I already have that market cornered..
Richey, I’ll try to help you here. Go back to brebo’s post which is #5 on this thread. (Replies to a thread are numbered just to the left of the date and time of the post. This info is located just above the avatar and such). Your reply #3 on this thread correctly pointed out that Piffy made a typographical error in the title of this thread. The thing is, when you called Piffy “grammer boy,” you misspelled ‘grammar.’ That is why Reply #5 and #6 were funny when paired together. It also made Reply #7 a bit senseless. Your Reply #7 also initiated the reference back to a previous thread in which you did not realize that you had misspelled a word after several attempts to alert you to the error (babtist vs baptist). Also, subtly referencing the ‘Greedy Bastards’ thread is whoring to some extent. The number of views on a thread is not going to boost your popularity, but further alienate you from other boarders. Focus on quality, not quantity.
(Edited: 04 September 2009 08:19 AM by Steamboater)
And now, I see Time magazine talking about sustainability and industrial agriculture.
I read that last week. Great article. “Sustainable” is a buzz word that, for me, invokes visions of electric cars that run off coal fired power plants, but in the case of food it actually fits.
yeah. i keep getting that from people- the whole ‘sustainability’ as a greenwash word. i guess i havent experienced it like that yet. To me it means what it means; ‘something that can be continued indefinitely’... pretty simple concept, but i get that it scares people who think we can always find new inputs to supercharge our lives.
obviously, there is nothing sustainable about a prius.
Your Reply #7 also initiated the reference back to a previous thread in which you did not realize that you had misspelled a word after several attempts to alert you to the error (babtist vs baptist).
I got the joke and continued to make fun of those who have spelling OCD..a very common illness amongst forum posters..
Also, subtly referencing the ‘Greedy Bastards’ thread is whoring to some extent.
I truly have no idea what you are talking about..
The number of views on a thread is not going to boost your popularity
I am interested in making a few points here and there.. being popular would be great! but boosting my popularity does not consume much of my thought..
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but further alienate you from other boarders.
Ya know some folks like you.. some folks don’t…One of the immutable laws of marketing is “Once people make their mind up about you or a product” You might as well live with it cause people don’t like to change their mind…Most folks are not thinkers..they are busy trying to make up their mind about the universe so they can feel safe…Another law of marketing..“Who ever gets to the Market place first has a tendency to secure 50 percent of the market share” regardless of the quality of the product…that may have nothing to do with anything..but i thought it was interesting..
Focus on quality, not quantity.
Hard to tell sometimes…
About making sense…The human mind is busy trying to make sense of things..One element of that matrix is the fact that many things are chaotic and do not make sense.This ussually drives the making sense machine crazy..
.Many of my associations are loose..granted..and it’s true sometimes I am the only one laughing…I am not going to pretend to be so hip and insightful that I am smarter than you.
But sometimes things seem preposterous to me…If 50 people start to agree with the way I see things..I have a church..10,000 I have a town…10 million a country…
But if it’s just me…I’m just the crazy guy on the MX forum..
it’s like explaining math to a 2 year old, boater. They just babble back nodding acting like they understand what you’re saying, all the while scribbling on the wall and pooping their pants.
Growing food sustainably is a new idea for the vast majority of people simply because they do not give any thought to where their food comes from beyond the drive thru and grocery store. Those of us who might be a little more informed will just have to put up with the rest of the folks catching up. I see from the snippet of the Time article that sustainable and organic are being used interchangeably and that is not correct necessarily.
A lot of things are contributing to this. All the recent tainted food recalls, peanuts were the last one I remember, have made people think about imported food and factory processed food where tainted stuff can flood the market before anyone notices. The epidemic of obesity is bound to have a few folks questioning what and how they eat. The economic downturn has more people attempting to grow some of their own food and to their amazement they discover it requires a knowledge base.
Here in NC you are required to be licensed to spray pesticides and herbicides even if you are a private farmer. At the very least the ongoing education classes make people think about what they are doing.
I’ll also add that I take exception to the term of “conventional agriculture” to describe industrial agriculture. The rise of chemically dependent, mechanized agriculture is only as recent as post WWII. Agriculture has a 10,000 year history. There is nothing conventional about industrialized agriculture and it should be called what it is.
