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timdog44

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11. I would like to see support of world starvation also.

Sun Aug 31, 2014, 10:04 AM

Aug 2014

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40% of corn production in the US goes to ethanol. A third is used to feed livestock. Only 13% is exported. The rest is used to make the unhealthy corn syrup and even worse, high fructose corn syrup. The myth that we feed the world is perpetuated by the large corporate farms. They get subsidies for their crop prices. They buy crop insurance which is subsidized by us and so end up planting substandard ground in crops. And the ethanol industry is mandated and subsidized. So I too would like to see real farmers/farming again. More and healthier food.

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This Is What a Farmer Looks Like [View all] ismnotwasm Aug 2014 OP

I wish all farms looked like those farms, rather than like factory farms. merrily Aug 2014 #1

All about how it looks, right? Too bad it would mean mass starvation world wide. n/t Joe Magarac Aug 2014 #2

Of course it is not all about how it looks. Healthier food comes out of farms that look like that. merrily Aug 2014 #3

Can you support that? nt freedom fighter jh Aug 2014 #4

I would like to see support of world starvation also. timdog44 Aug 2014 #11

It's how we grow that makes the most difference to this world. WCLinolVir Aug 2014 #5

I totally agree with you. timdog44 Aug 2014 #12

you're buying into the Monsanto lies. They_Live Aug 2014 #6

I'm old enough to remember Willie Nelson and Farm Aid.... Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2014 #7

So right. efhmc Aug 2014 #9

What would it means is actually having people who care about the land efhmc Aug 2014 #8

I am old enough to remember when there was no mass farming and a lot less chemicals. Farms jwirr Aug 2014 #10

These are fascinating responses ismnotwasm Aug 2014 #13

Sorry about that. timdog44 Aug 2014 #14

Not a problem ismnotwasm Aug 2014 #16

:-) MuseRider Aug 2014 #15

That would be awesome! ismnotwasm Aug 2014 #17

I adore it. MuseRider Aug 2014 #19

+2000!!! raven mad Sep 2014 #20

I love this Thread !! Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #18

Thought I might link this. It came well recommended GeoWilliam750 Sep 2014 #21