Comments on: Could These Bills Ban Organic Farming or Farmers’ Markets? http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/ A Journal of the Irrepressible Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:05:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Justin L http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-1905 Justin L Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:45:07 +0000 http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/#comment-1905 medical care is so costly in the US that the money saved with pesticides and chemical fertilizers is certainly nowhere near the money spent on treatment of resulting cancer and other diseases, so yeah, mandating organic farming makes sense, but that's not going to happen also, america happily swallows cheese-ruining mandatory pasteurization for the sake of avoiding the occasional bout of diarrhea, i doubt you'll see much sympathy over a ban on unsanitary practices that contribute nothing to food quality and that can be life threatening medical care is so costly in the US that the money saved with pesticides and chemical fertilizers is certainly nowhere near the money spent on treatment of resulting cancer and other diseases, so yeah, mandating organic farming makes sense, but that’s not going to happen

also, america happily swallows cheese-ruining mandatory pasteurization for the sake of avoiding the occasional bout of diarrhea, i doubt you’ll see much sympathy over a ban on unsanitary practices that contribute nothing to food quality and that can be life threatening

]]> By: detoxdietlady http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 detoxdietlady Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:29:27 +0000 http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/#comment-1388 every food that we eat should come from Organic Farming. i really get scared about those toxins coming from chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides. I only eat foods which are certified that they are organically grown every food that we eat should come from Organic Farming. i really get scared about those toxins coming from chemical fertilizers and chemical pesticides. I only eat foods which are certified that they are organically grown

]]> By: Brian http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-1281 Brian Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:08:16 +0000 http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/#comment-1281 As ever, Hempster's holier that thou comments are always appreciated. For the past 25 years, Hempster's been telling me, "We've got, at most, a couple years to hunker down before the apocalypse hits and the whole system falls apart." Hempster discounts the laziness of the human organism, not to mention the inertia of the system. We've had capitalism for something like 100,000 years; nothing short of a comet impact and the extinction of the human species is going to destroy the system. As ever, Hempster’s holier that thou comments are always appreciated. For the past 25 years, Hempster’s been telling me, “We’ve got, at most, a couple years to hunker down before the apocalypse hits and the whole system falls apart.” Hempster discounts the laziness of the human organism, not to mention the inertia of the system. We’ve had capitalism for something like 100,000 years; nothing short of a comet impact and the extinction of the human species is going to destroy the system.

]]> By: Puck » Food Bills Coming Due http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-1280 Puck » Food Bills Coming Due Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:04:42 +0000 http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/#comment-1280 [...] that folks were getting up in arms about, saying they would “ban organic farming.” As I pointed out, the bloggers writing about the bills were, at best, misreading and perhaps deliberately using [...] [...] that folks were getting up in arms about, saying they would “ban organic farming.” As I pointed out, the bloggers writing about the bills were, at best, misreading and perhaps deliberately using [...]

]]> By: Hempster http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 Hempster Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:18:14 +0000 http://www.briancharlesclark.com/could-these-bills-ban-organic-farming-or-farmers-markets/#comment-1274 merely a facet of Codex Alimentarius, you're only seeing the polished and gold plated tip of an ugly iceberg this is how Codex Alimentarius is being implimented domestically, slick PR and propaganda job what? you thought they were doing it for your sake? LMAO merely a facet of Codex Alimentarius, you’re only seeing the polished and gold plated tip of an ugly iceberg

this is how Codex Alimentarius is being implimented domestically, slick PR and propaganda job

what? you thought they were doing it for your sake? LMAO

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