-Caveat Lector-
This would allow US restricted/banned pesticides to be used on foods without
restraint. Individual educated farmers with knowledge of the mineral balances
of soils and the ability to produce a healthful crop would not even be in the
picture, but instead relatively cheap third world labor, hired only to follow
orders, would be exploited by profit-driven corporations. Economically the
corporations would do well, producing cheaper food and bigger profits, but the
consumer would probably see a rise in food costs while transport corporations
would flourish with the increased business. Eventually they will dictate to us
what is available and what we can eat.
Of course, due to the extra time for transport, the ripening schedule and
fragility of the produce would be altered by genetic engineering and have a
greater chance, with additional storing and handling, of becoming contaminated
with pathogens giving more 'reason' to irradiate the hell out of these foods,
which would change the chemicals in the cells of the food into something else
entirely � which apparently no one in the FDA or USDA knows or cares to find
out. Then there is the increased danger of a shipment of food being spiked with
biowarfare, considering all the enemies this government makes.
Our food would not be grown and handled by any but underpaid and overworked
people with no pride or personal investment in their product. Although this
takes place today to some extent, it is not always the standard. But it is one
of the reasons why I buy locally grown organic foods.
Not only would pesticide poisoned, artificial and souless foods contribute to
greater health liability of the individual, giving the medical/pharmaceutical
industry more patients, it would further undermine local economies and
communities while increasing our dependence on big brother, the corporate
government who would completely control the costs and quality of food just as
they do the price of oil. And then with a little time natural crops and seeds
may all be cross-pollinated with GE pollen, leaving no natural seeds at all, or
ability to grow them without contamination.
One more thought here � fruits and vegetables are now being bioengineered to
deliver 'medicines' and vaccines. If food is grown 'over there' as the
corporate interests would like, we might be getting bioengineered ourselves.
If we lose control of our food supply to the corporations, we lose everything!
As I see it, the best thing to do is support local businesses, keep money out of
the corporate order and create autonomous intersupportive communities. Food and
farming, trade and barter, are the best place to begin. We don't need
corporations, they need us. They plan to have us, too, for we are the
commodities. And we need each other to escape their clutches.
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Amelia wrote:
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> The agricultural system in this country is the best in the world. With a
> tiny persentage of the population acting as farmers, we have not only fed
> ourselves but much of the world. Food can only be grown "cheaper" elsewhere
> using slave labor and with no EPA nor other health standards. This is one
> of the most frightening of the plans of the liberal Democrats. If you think
> an oil shortage is bad, wait until it is your food!
> Amelia
>
> President Bill Clinton Advocates End of Farming in U.S.
> By Al Columbo - Posted: 12.19.00
> President Clinton, as a far-left liberal, apparently believes that the
> United States should be entirely dependent on other countries for essential
> commodities, such as food. He has worked furiously over the past 8 years to
> make Americans more dependent on other countries in an assortment of ways.
> In this Washington Post article, if accurate, he clearly believes that
> American farmers do not matter, that we should buy our food from farmers who
> live in other countries (see quote).
>
> --------------------------------
> Quote: Yesterday, [President Bill Clinton] said a U.S. role was just as
> necessary in the area of "development," the diplomats' term for aid to poor
> nations. He called for an "accelerated campaign against global poverty" and
> said the rich nations must spend more toward that goal. Among much else, he
> said "the wealthiest countries should end our agricultural subsidies" and
> buy food instead from Third World farmers who can produce it "more cheaply
> than we." (Clinton Offers Bit of Advice, T.R. Reid, Washington Post,
> 12/15/00)
> --------------------------------
>
> Clinton also said, according to the Washington Post article, that Third
> World farmers can make it cheaper than we can, which I sincerely question.
> Not only do I question this statement, but I have serious doubts that Third
> World farmers could produce enough food to feed both their people and ours!
>
> Something smells and I doubt that it's vegetation.
>
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