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re: Many food and agricultural varieties going "extinct"?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:10 am to LSUfan20005
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:10 am to LSUfan20005
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Rant ended. TLDR.
Far from it. Rant at will. Excellent points, and I couldn't agree more. When we talk of the dependent classes, it's actually what America has become over the short years since this corporate mindset has taken over our food. I'm probably on the tail end of the years where gardening and buying local product was more the norm than the exception, so I understand how those in their 30's and under, or aren't involved in localized small sustainable farms and techniques as old as the hills themselves may have difficulty in relating to this, but what you're saying is fact. And, I can't help but be very uneasy in being so joined at the hip to outside sources that we put all our eggs in one basket and are a serious drought or disease away from being taken out..
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Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:43 am to Mike da Tigah
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And, I can't help but be very uneasy in being so joined at the hip to outside sources that we put all our eggs in one basket and are a serious drought or disease away from being taken out..
You keep saying this. So far it's the dumbest thing you've posted.
A worldwide drought would have to happen for us to be taken out.
And that's assuming that the drought-resistant wheat developed by the big, bad AG Corporations doesn't work.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 10:53 am to Mike da Tigah
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, I can't help but be very uneasy in being so joined at the hip to outside sources that we put all our eggs in one basket and are a serious drought or disease away from being taken out..
This statement is just a talking point for the anti-big AG crowd. There are universities world-wide who are dedicated to developing new varieties and researching agriculture practices to make sure we have a sustainable industry.
The funny thing is that the same anti-big ag people say what about a drought, but scoff at a GMO developed that could withstand a drought
Like it has been mentioned before there are huge genetic banks storing old varieties of plants and animal genetics. My buddy in grad school did his masters on using bull semen frozen from the 50's which was able to produce calves 60 years later.
The lack of variety in genetics is a myth.
This post was edited on 4/2/14 at 10:57 am
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