In the powerfully honest movie, "Life And Debt," life in Jamaica under WTO debt is documented. One of the horrors is that organic dairy farmers are dumping literally thousands of gallons of good organic milk away every week. Why? Because in the depressed economy, and under WTO debt rules, Jamaica must by U.S. powdered milk. Jamaicans in general cannot afford the fresh organic milk, so buy the powdered. Without customers, the organic farmers must pour their natural, nutritious milk away, and the Jamaicans drink the, most-likely, inferior product.
There are similar stories about vegetable farmers unable to sell what they grow. www.lifeanddebt.org Paco Verin Citywide Project Coordinator - Philadelphia Green The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 100 N. 20th St. Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-988-8885 http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: https://secure.mallorn.com/mailman/listinfo/community_garden
