On Sunday, January 6, 2002, at 10:42 PM, Anonymous wrote:
The agit/prop that we *need* herbicides to produce enough food is patently absurd. They didn't even exiest 50 years ago, and most farmers
50 years ago most farmers weren't getting anywhere near the crop yields they are today.
in the world still don't use them. Only the chemically dependant
Most farmers who don't use them are lucky to feed themselves and their families, much less whole other nations.
brainwashed, braindead amerikan farmer does, which is why he's quickly becoming extinct.
No, he's becoming extinct because (1) The federal government is more than willing to pay many of them not to grow food and (b) He's getting bought out by the corporate farm companies, which are far more efficient and use herbicides, pesticides, genetic manipulation, and fertilizer. -- "Those without creative minds and agile fingers are of course welcome to hurry up with my fries. And they'll probably use a GUI to take my order, too." - Tom Christiansen