Author decries food industry

JakeKnight

posted: 2/29/2008 at 5:09 PM

Quote from Trent on 2/29/2008 at 4:53 PM:

Nothin' more needed sayin'.

Whew. I was down in the basement with a flashlight and an industrial size jar of mayonnaise. Just in case this was the apocalypse. Good to see the world's back as it should be. And that's a yes on the k-cubed. Let's do it. Slowly.

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AA717driver

posted: 3/7/2008 at 2:29 PM

I get really pi$$ed at the fact that we get 'hothouse' tomatoes IN THE MIDWEST--EVEN DURING GROWING SEASON! Can we not get fresh, outdoor-grown vegetables in the middle of the friggin' farm belt? Well, maybe not. I'm guessing they converted every square inch of farmland to grow corn for ethanol. (Never mind the fact that it takes nearly one gallon of petroleum to produce one gallon of corn ethanol. AND, corn ethanol is about the least energy-laden variant of ethanol. AND, the REAL reason Congress is pushing it is to generate MORE agricultural subsidies, ensuring more votes from the heartland.) Now, what were we talking about...? Wink

TC

"I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead..."
J. Buffett

There are two rules in life:
1.) Don't sweat the small stuff
2.) It's ALL small stuff

r2farm

flatland mountaineer

posted: 3/8/2008 at 9:17 AM
modified: 3/8/2008 at 10:20 AM

Contary to popular belief there are less than 200,000 active full time farmers which mean much as far as political power is concerned. http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=631063822

The whole world said I shoulda used red but it looked good to Charlene in John Deere Green!!

Support Ethanol, drink the best, burn the rest.

Run for fun? What the hell kind of recreation is that? quote from Back to the Fut III

AA717driver

posted: 3/8/2008 at 9:42 PM

r2farm--Farm communities elect a large number of Congressmen in the Midwest. Even though the majority of the voters in those communities are not engaged in farming, they are associated with and influenced by farm issues. Nothing against the farmers, though. This whole ethanol thing isn't their idea. I'm guessing it was drummed up by the commodities traders. TC

"I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead..."
J. Buffett

There are two rules in life:
1.) Don't sweat the small stuff
2.) It's ALL small stuff

r2farm

flatland mountaineer

posted: 3/8/2008 at 11:41 PM

Quote from AA717driver on 3/8/2008 at 9:42 PM:

r2farm--Farm communities elect a large number of Congressmen in the Midwest. Even though the majority of the voters in those communities are not engaged in farming, they are associated with and influenced by farm issues. Nothing against the farmers, though. This whole ethanol thing isn't their idea. I'm guessing it was drummed up by the commodities traders. TC

Although some in Chicago might be sympathetic to grain production ag most would not. Out of approximately 12.8 million people in Illinois 7.8 million of them are in the Illinois portion of the Chicago metro area, add the other metro areas in Illinois and I would guess the number of folks in grain farming areas would be pretty insignificant. In Nebraska we have three house members, my third district covers 2/3 of the land area and most of the ag area and we get one house member. The out migration from my area of the third district is staggering. When I graduated high school in 1977 we had three high schools in my county, now we have one that is smaller in enrollment than my school in 1977. Did you watch the vid?

The whole world said I shoulda used red but it looked good to Charlene in John Deere Green!!

Support Ethanol, drink the best, burn the rest.

Run for fun? What the hell kind of recreation is that? quote from Back to the Fut III

NaderAlfie

posted: 3/8/2010 at 7:58 PM

Quote from JakeKnight on 2/29/2008 at 5:09 PM:

Whew. I was down in the basement with a flashlight and an industrial size jar of mayonnaise. Just in case this was the apocalypse. Good to see the world's back as it should be. And that's a yes on the k-cubed. Let's do it. Slowly.

What kind of mayonnaise?

Dragon76