The future of Food production

[Dolphin]

http://www.truthout.org/112708Y



Can American Farmers continue to feed the World

[DMS]

...Pollan is hopeful that Obama will take advantage of his oratorical skills...

Does that mean that he can talk real purtty?

[Dolphin]

Pollin, Carter, ???? No Food, No Gas !!! The People will and can not Live and prosper ON , Ideals alone

[$parechange]

HOW BIG IS WAL-MART?
> >
> > 1 . At Wal-Mart, Americans spend $36,000,000 every hour
> > of every day.
> >
> > 2 . This works out to $20,928 profit Every minute!
> >
> > 3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St.
> > Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
> >
> > 4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger +
> > Target + Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
> >
> > 5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people and is the
> > largest private employer. And most can't speak English
> >
> > 6. Wal-Mart is the largest company In the history of
> > the World.
> >
> > 7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger & Safeway
> > combined, And keep in mind they did this in only 15 years.
> >
> > 8. During this same period, 31 Supermarket chains
> > sought bankruptcy (including Winn-Dixie).
> >
> > 9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store
> > in the world.
> >
> > 10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of
> > which 1,906 are SuperCenters; This is 1,000 more than it had 5 years
> > ago.
> >
> > 11. This year, 7.2 billion different purchasing
> > experiences will occur at a Wal-Mart store. (Earth's population is
> > approximately 6.5 billion.)
> >
> > 12. 90% of all Americans live within 15 miles of a
> > Wal-Mart
> >
> > 13 Maybe we should let Wal Mart bail out Wall Street.
> >
> >

[KYCanuck]

Things like this are a vicious circle, you convince people to stop eating meat one day a week, what happens to all the farmers that raise cows, the meat packing plants the people who work the meat counters at the supermarkets! Sure these are wonderful idea's and they serve some long term purpose but do we ever stop to think about the trickle down affect of our actions or do we just see what is on the imediate horizon.

Don't get me wrong, the guy probably understands what he is saying but does he really understand....or maybe the correct term is 'care'......what the results of his actions are. Everything we do along these lines has an affect on someone down the line and we need people that can not only provide the facts but also be able to provide alternatives or idea's that will not cripple someone else.

Crap, there I go again!

btw, I have no connection (directly) the meat industry.