Re: [FairfieldLife] Organic Farming trade-off: who decides which 2 billion die?

2006-05-22 Thread MDixon6569
In a message dated 5/22/06 2:14:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: According to a more recent estimate, if synthetic fertilizers suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth, about two billion people would perish." Throw out the preservatives and we might lose

[FairfieldLife] Organic Farming trade-off: who decides which 2 billion die?

2006-05-22 Thread shempmcgurk
The following is from the article "Paradise sold" in the May 15, 2006 edition of "The New Yorker".  It is a review of three books on the phenomenon of the growth of the organic foods industry in the U.S.: "Pollan (one of the authors of one of the books reviewed) seems aware of the contradic