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Welcome to the party, brother.

Yummy snow maters.Most people that want to go back to the good old day's never lived in the good old day's. I grew up on a farm and we were damned poor and grew, raised or shot just about everything we ate. It sure the hell wasn't the kind of lifestyle most people are accustomed or capable of.

Because our technologically advanced society couldn't possibly find a middle ground between jerky and GMO....cynics for the sake of being cynics.

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Another unpopular (but realistic) statement about overpopulation. Decrease breeding? I'm with you on that.

I find most peoples response to concerns about overpopulation to be comparable to asking libertarians to explain exactly how in detail they would dismantle the government. Lots of idealism and rhetoric but not much practical guidance.

China managed to put the population in check, but not before they got to the point where they would need 6 more planet earths to bring their people up to a Westernized standard of living. Just not enough kool aid to go around. Mother Nature, I am sure, has a few tricks up her sleeves not yet revealed to address the issue.

All that took was mandatory abortions and displacing a few dozen indigenous populations.

Let's see..... I am reminded of that old song "Friends of the Fetus." advocates "right up to the moment of birth." Shall we just go forth and populate???? Then watch folks starve to death? Or maybe Soilent Green. We certainly don't want to displace indigenous people except in Iraq when they are squatting on our oil. And we only displaced the ones we didn't kill so we could happily drive around about to church on Sunday in our freshly washed gas guzzling Suburban Assault Vehicles. All thing are connected, brother. Or as my Indian great grandfather used to say "Stupid fucking white people." My Islamic friends say, "There is no God but God."

I watched soilent green the other day while slaving on the treadmill. the scene where his friend goes to die while they show him video of what the world used to look light is still heavy.

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You've got 30 pages at this link to give you the information. And organic does give better yields over time as opposed to industrial agriculture that yields less or equal to organic over time due to soil nutrient depletion and overuse of nitrogen fertilizers that also cause dead zones due to run off. GMOS also promote monoculture and the killing of biodiversity. And pesticides are not beneficial to agriculture, only to the chemical companies making them. They are toxic and a threat to our water quality and health. Agroecology, biodynamics, integrated pest management, and sustainable agriculture are already being used in more than just backyards and gardens, and the benefits to the environment and health are substantial.This is not just about getting the quick fix, this is about employing agricultural methods that will take the future into account. Fossil fuel intensive industrial agriculture that only concentrates on mass production of monocultures for profit cannot sustain this planet's people.

It's a good question. As I understand it, GMO is not unhealthy necessarily by itself. It's more to do with Monsanto's more than questionable practices.

On the organic produce thing, there is a model call biodynamic farming that incorporates diversity, seasonal variety, soil nutrition, organic fertilizer and a whole host of other elements, that can be very efficient and healthy.

When big businesses are allowed to dominate though, these other more intelligent options are left behind. It is left to us to create community groups that can ensure ethical practices and fairness to farmers as well.

As consumers we need to be prepared to pay a little more as well as demanding morally sound sources for our food.

This is a conversation worth having and one to share with friends too.

i think you got your thinking a little back asswards.

Yeah, but after a few months reading his negative comments you find out what you're made of => brick or straw, so he has his uses. He's very negative about engines being able to run off a mixed fuel of steam-catalyst-explosion of compressed air as if it's rocket science or something. Hates gravity wheels and advanced waterwheels that substitute solenoid-propelled metal balls for round H2O molecules. Just ignore him and he won't go away but he doesn't need encouragement he just keeps writing on & on & on [his free public keyboard].

Me thinks you must go back and do a little research. Check out how well GMO's have done in India for a start. Non organic is a matter of cheap production and diminished quality. But america has always been attracted to tasteless. Then there are all those lovely hormones and antibiotics they pump into the meat......Yummy. But we do get little 8 year old girls developing breasts and growing up to be 6'5" women. Just eating better, I guess. The little girl breast thing keeps Calvin Klein happy as he pimps pedophilia to America.

I've heard that an eatable weed called Purslane is extremely healthful. It's supposed to be the 8th most plentiful weed in the world. So many people eats it it's called different names in many countries but I've seen it sold as purslane.

Maybe we can survive by eating weeds Monsanto doesn't want.

Guess I have to switch to Glenfiddich!

OK? Where's my automatic vote up [for saving U from waterboarding]?

Simple truths, simply said +1^, brother.

No, Moninsaneto, is just going to sue those animals that shit out the whole seeds and there by plant them without paying royalties. Apparently if the wind can cause patent infringement, so can shit. (in the most extreme cases, this kind of infringement could also be perpetrated by an errant farmer, taking a dump in the fields not having fully digested........well, you get the point)

To quote one corporate spokesperson, "See you in court, you little fury or feathered patent infringing vermin. You think you can hide from our corporate insanity backed by our carefully appointed officials and judicial thugs. If we can outwit the American public, what makes you think with your pea sized brains that you can out wit us? God bless Al Gore's support and investments in our company. And thank God, Obama keeps appointing our former executives to government positions." He then fell onto the floor in convulsions later to be determined to have been caused by a overdose combination of GMO Oxycontin and Ibogaine. Bon Voyage.

or we could all just die, that seems more likely

We been eating shit for so long that it is starting to taste pretty good. Sorta like how we watch TV and vote.