Independent verification: I was talking to a man recently who knew about the world of farming first hand. Unsolicited, he mentioned that he would never eat free range chicken. I asked him why. He replied, "Because I know what they eat."

The guy who was interviewed still demonstrates his gaia like attitude towards food, which I don't argue with. Actually he's very reasonable, at least he isn't saying "DON'T EAT ANYTHING BUT. . . . " but his praise goes to a gaia like rotational farming aspect, which, while ecologicaly ideal, would lead to more global famines in terms of food availability.

I just understand why rotation agriculture can't be a shared effort, which it is. This guy grows corn for feed, sends the corn to the chickens, the left over feed and bonemeal end up with cows, and the dooks and meals of both end up in the corn fields. It's just that the corn, grass, chickens and cows are in completely different places. It's one of the advantages of technical world.

Still a good article, and it does expose the fact the "all organic" fascists, generaly don't know what they are talking about, the interviewee was pretty straight forwardish about that.

Good point, Wickedpinto, more and more my impression is the chattering classes really have no idea what they're talking about. I've been following the Green craze for a few years, and I notice that whenever you start hearing terms like "green", "sustainable", "eco-friendly", or "organic", you find the people using such catch-phrases don't have a clue how the modern world really works. We now live in a world with a lot of armchair farmers and industrialists who don't have any direct experience, training, or knowledge on the subjects on which they seek to "educate" those who do.

"The main difference from their earlier ruler-worker state is that while the Morlocks continue to support the world's infrastructure and serve the Eloi, the Eloi have undergone significant physical and mental deterioration. Having solved all problems which required strength, intelligence or virtue, they have slowly become dissolute, frail idiots."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloi

WP- the guy does have a tiny whiff of patchouli about him, but yes, he is reasonable. I love the comparison to our prehistoric ancestors, trying to figure out what's food.

There're are a couple of free-range products in my own fridge. Mr. Cracker loves his Whole Foods.

Mr. Cracker loves his Whole Foods.

OH! NO ARGUMENT!!!

I like getting (at a time) my "half cow" meat from a near local farmer, and the meat was always so tender!!!!!

But I think as for the "organofascists" it's a different thing.

I bought my half cow from a farmer I knew, just as the interviewee suggested, but I don't care if I get other foods from a supermarket, and think that "corn based foods" are not a bad thing.

I was just creating a cross conflict of the absolutism of organofascists.

a FOOD discussion !!! On Sunday !!!! wheeeeeeeeee!!

She IS a Cracker !!! A REAL one !!!

Whole Foods... ??? I noticed a HUGE softshell turtle crossing the road when I was around 20. My riding partner, Bruno (silver shepherd) got all excited when I threw the old girl in the back of the truck..hee hee.

I took it to show my Dad, who promptly produced a .22 Ruger. I got the invite for turtle stew a couple days later. Is that free-range enough ?

Poor turtle. We used to do turtle patrol on Alligator Alley whenever we crossed it. Always on the lookout for a little fella that needed help across the road.

I understand your point, WP. After all the political propaganda from ideologues I run into, it was pleasant to read something intelligent and interesting on this topic.