Sustainable Agriculture | September 21, 2009 | 17 comments

Venture money moves to organic local food

source: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-smallbiz22-2009sep22,0,1903967.story

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Green venture capitalists are steering funds to organic farmers, independent food merchants, farmers markets and restaurateurs that will pay off in improved supplies of affordable, healthy food.
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    Sustainable Agriculture,   FOODIES: UNITE,   Organic,   Top10
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    Food,  Money,  Organic Food,  Venture Capital
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17 comments // Venture money moves to organic local food

  • CarolynGillis
  • emilio
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      emilio  

    • This isn't just about organic. It's also about the environmental benefits of eating what is nearest you i.e. not importing out of season fruit from South America just because we're used to eating it. Anyone who has healed their own bodies from chronic illness or any type of cancer (like my step mother has) with SOLELY organic foods and not Monsanto monster products can tell you that the difference is life or death. Not only can our bodies not handle these pesticides--our earth can't either. Deciding to eat organic is a political stance and a spiritual investment.

    • 2 years ago
  • stunner21
  • emilio
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      emilio  
    • emilio:

      I'm not talking about what the USDA considers organic. I'm talking about dirt and water. There are also plant based insect repellents that do not requier the synthetic components to be successful. Such as neem oil.

    • 2 years ago
  • RicothePenguin
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      RicothePenguin  

    • So about what time are we going to have evidence that organic food is healthier?

      Basically every study I've seen (largely done by students getting their degrees and not massive agricultural companies) have said that there are no notable benefits from organic farming.

      As far as I've seen there are no positives to it at all. However the pesticides used in it far more potent and harmful than synthetic ones (and there are, if you think ANYTHING we eat is grown without pesticides you might want to get sterilized).

    • 2 years ago
  • sktoday
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      sktoday  

    • Love the Healthy Hot dog, someday in the future we will need to jackhammer all the pavement that has gone over some of the best farmland in the world to make way for development. When it is not cheap to import 3rd world exports that will help this movement.

    • 2 years ago
  • tommic
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      tommic  

    • The age of the local farm is returning, people are looking for locally grown foods all over the country.
      Educated people are recognizing that food proccessers include akk sorts of additives and preservatives that are bad for your health. The concept of local food also cuts down on the amount of fuels used to produce and transport product to market. This will be one of the highest growth industries in the coming years.
      tom mcmahon
      tommic

    • 2 years ago
  • bryterjonas
  • pjacobs51
  • bryterjonas
  • emilio
  • sidedish
  • luthreads
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      luthreads  
    • bryterjonas:

      i only watched about a minute on the video, and i do agree that most of the time the taste difference between organic food and non-organic food is undecipherable. However, do you think that maybe most people picked the non-organic tomatoes because it was on a blue plate and not the red? When people see red, they automatically think no or wrong. I also think that organic foods are there for those concerned about what chemicals they put in their body, chemicals from the plants that grow into the fruit, that are often undetectable by taste.

    • 2 years ago
  • stunner21
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      stunner21  
    • bryterjonas:

      I completely agree with this, yes to local farms by all means, that is definately a step in the right direction but in all honesty organic farming is a complete load of bollocks. I have farmer friends & I live in a farming community, they all agree on this one that organic farming is more of a marketing gimmick than any substantially decent method of growing food!!

    • 2 years ago
  • bill1think2012
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      bill1think2012  
    • bryterjonas:

      There’s nothing about organic, that makes it better. They all grow the same. I like this video. And it’s real. And comical. And what there saying is true. ”I would rather have a 5lb. Tomato genetically altered to grow and feed the people. Than have a organic one 1 tenth the size because some ones idealistic hippy movement. And bullshit dose run up hill. There’s nothing different in side the two tomatoes or corn or cucumber ext.( P.S. I consider my self a hippy with common sense ) Like I always say give the farmer anything they need or want with in reason in exchange for there food. And the need to attract buyers). Again you see the use of fear to promote a desired end.

    • 2 years ago
  • thecoyote23
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      thecoyote23  
    • bryterjonas:

      Penn and Teller are BS. We could feed the entire population of the world if we were to switch to permaculture and sustainable methods. Here in Illinois we have corn growing from one horizon to another but you can't eat any of it because it is engineered for cattle feed and high fructose corn syrup. If we were using the land to grow real food crops we could not only employ a ridiculous amount of people but be healthier in the long run. Also, we could supplement our diet with more hemp seed, which is a complete protein and full of goodness.

    • 2 years ago
  • RicothePenguin
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      RicothePenguin  
    • bryterjonas:

      I like how Penn and Teller actually back up their data with researchers and studies and the last person in this set of responses just uses a half assed observation about how a single state has a ton of corn.

      Yes...

      I bet that corn isn't Organic either.

    • 2 years ago
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