Some of the modern agriculture is fine. Some is awful. Even if you don't have space for planting a garden, there are things you can do. Grow sprouts. It doesn't take any space. It only takes a few jars.
I am more concerned with the business models of big agriculture than their products. The incestuous nature of the regulation. The treatment of people they do business with. The amount of money that they pour into lobbying.
Yes, they have some products that are not healthy. Don't buy them. I don't worry about seed oils but you can walk right down the aisle and pick up a container of lard. Personally, I alternate. Some things are much better cooked in lard. I do a lot of cooking in a wok and the seed oils handle the heat better. I am against their overuse of hormones and antibiotics. I think that the glyco-phosphates and such are problematic but much less so than the products that they replaced.
There are also a lot of improvements in handling and sanitation. For instance, I can't remember the last time I came across a rotten egg. Outbreaks of salmonella, lysteria, and such are really rare.
I don't think that the answer is boutique farming in general. There is very little oversight and poor enforcement of labeling. If you happen to have sources that you trust, that's fine.
Some seed oils are better than others. Peanut, sunflower, etc is better than corn and rapeseed. Grapeseed oil can take high heat, and what the hell is the generic "vegetable oil" anyhow !
No body with any common sense or who does not live in a coastal bubble would believe a word from the N.Y. Times, the Washington Post or any of those lie factories. Our nation is in VERY BAD physical and psychological condition. Certainly the bad physical condition is directly related to our consumption of processed and fast foods which are highly addictive and difficult to stop. However the rapid rise in morbid obesity, diabetes, hypertension and many other chronic diseases necessitates that we must try to wean ourselves off these poisons. The psychological diseases we suffer from may also be somewhat diet related but I think are much more due to our strong love of all things sensual resulting in our swimming in a cesspool of moral depravity including pornography and rampant sexual promiscuity. This results in treating each other, especially women as commodities to be used and then tossed aside. If any children are created from these liaisons they are quickly dispatched in the pagan ritual of child sacrifice otherwise known as abortion. If they also happen to acquire a sexually transmitted infection which they may pass on to a spouse or even to a child in the womb, Oh well, that is easily taken care of with some antibiotics at least in most cases. There is no thought of the natural or Divine law. If any spirituality is considered it is of the demonic and NOT of the Divine. Lord have mercy on us!!
Mercy indeed, David, though I sometimes wonder whether we are worthy of God's mercy. But we will continue to try to be! You've summed it all up perfectly here in this comment. No more needs to be said!
How have we become a society so detached from nature and self competency in such a short amount of time? Less than 100 years ago nearly every family grew their own to food some extent. Every family had at least a small garden and a few chickens. Ever heard of the Victory Gardens? People have become so complacent in allowing government and corporations to look out for their interests that they have lost complete control of their lives. How about our taxes support handing out packets of seeds and hosting free clinics on growing food and composting? This isn’t about not having time or resources. It’s about priorities and the bottom line, money and control.
Anyone can grow their own food. Even in buckets on an apartment balcony. A solution to the busy single mom working extra jobs would be growing her own food which really takes minimal effort and collaboration with neighbors to share her crop in exchange for a less busy mom to can it for her. We can work together to create better lives and self sufficiency. Where there’s a will there’s a way. We have to bring back the desire for people to want better for themselves. Teaching ingenuity and bringing solutions to those seeking it who can’t seem to find a way.
We’ve been sold on “convenience” and “safety” and somehow fell for it hook, line, and sinker. As you say it wasn’t that long ago that we didn’t have these options and somehow survived without them!!
In a TED talk video that has been resurrected and posted on Substack, Bill Gates opined that vaccinations and improvements in medicine could reduce the human population by 10 to 15%. Couple that will the fact that he owns more US farmland than any other entity, the statistics that show that human fertility is declining, deaths that are happening in excess of mortality expectations, and you have fuel for endless conspiracy theories. For every such story, there is a "fact checked" story to prove it is false. At the same time, it is undeniable that health is declining, more from diet than the pandemic. Logically it doesn't make sense for a business to engage in practices that kill its customers, but factory farming seems to have exactly that goal. They make us sick, Big Pharma keeps us on life support, and the profits keep flowing. As we stumble along in the era of "Peak Everything", it's clear that the status quo cannot be sustained. No amount of cheerleading from the NYT and the other gaslighting soothsayers will change the reality that is coming at warp speed.
Amen - exactly. It's hard to square away the profit-at-all-costs agenda with the depopulation agenda, since obviously the latter means fewer paying customers. Anyway you slice it, the little guy loses.
Just so. A harsh reality of chaos as a mega industry loses trust and credibility, and interconnected systems break down. It's an unsustainable model of agriculture, destroying the soil, our health, and ultimately our future prosperity. But they won't change their ways until they have to, human nature being what it is.
New York Times. Those guys still in business????
Some of the modern agriculture is fine. Some is awful. Even if you don't have space for planting a garden, there are things you can do. Grow sprouts. It doesn't take any space. It only takes a few jars.
I am more concerned with the business models of big agriculture than their products. The incestuous nature of the regulation. The treatment of people they do business with. The amount of money that they pour into lobbying.
Yes, they have some products that are not healthy. Don't buy them. I don't worry about seed oils but you can walk right down the aisle and pick up a container of lard. Personally, I alternate. Some things are much better cooked in lard. I do a lot of cooking in a wok and the seed oils handle the heat better. I am against their overuse of hormones and antibiotics. I think that the glyco-phosphates and such are problematic but much less so than the products that they replaced.
There are also a lot of improvements in handling and sanitation. For instance, I can't remember the last time I came across a rotten egg. Outbreaks of salmonella, lysteria, and such are really rare.
I don't think that the answer is boutique farming in general. There is very little oversight and poor enforcement of labeling. If you happen to have sources that you trust, that's fine.
Some seed oils are better than others. Peanut, sunflower, etc is better than corn and rapeseed. Grapeseed oil can take high heat, and what the hell is the generic "vegetable oil" anyhow !
No body with any common sense or who does not live in a coastal bubble would believe a word from the N.Y. Times, the Washington Post or any of those lie factories. Our nation is in VERY BAD physical and psychological condition. Certainly the bad physical condition is directly related to our consumption of processed and fast foods which are highly addictive and difficult to stop. However the rapid rise in morbid obesity, diabetes, hypertension and many other chronic diseases necessitates that we must try to wean ourselves off these poisons. The psychological diseases we suffer from may also be somewhat diet related but I think are much more due to our strong love of all things sensual resulting in our swimming in a cesspool of moral depravity including pornography and rampant sexual promiscuity. This results in treating each other, especially women as commodities to be used and then tossed aside. If any children are created from these liaisons they are quickly dispatched in the pagan ritual of child sacrifice otherwise known as abortion. If they also happen to acquire a sexually transmitted infection which they may pass on to a spouse or even to a child in the womb, Oh well, that is easily taken care of with some antibiotics at least in most cases. There is no thought of the natural or Divine law. If any spirituality is considered it is of the demonic and NOT of the Divine. Lord have mercy on us!!
Mercy indeed, David, though I sometimes wonder whether we are worthy of God's mercy. But we will continue to try to be! You've summed it all up perfectly here in this comment. No more needs to be said!
It’s the same story every time any billion dollar corporate elite opens his yap. More dollars in fewer hands. Plus ça change…
How have we become a society so detached from nature and self competency in such a short amount of time? Less than 100 years ago nearly every family grew their own to food some extent. Every family had at least a small garden and a few chickens. Ever heard of the Victory Gardens? People have become so complacent in allowing government and corporations to look out for their interests that they have lost complete control of their lives. How about our taxes support handing out packets of seeds and hosting free clinics on growing food and composting? This isn’t about not having time or resources. It’s about priorities and the bottom line, money and control.
Anyone can grow their own food. Even in buckets on an apartment balcony. A solution to the busy single mom working extra jobs would be growing her own food which really takes minimal effort and collaboration with neighbors to share her crop in exchange for a less busy mom to can it for her. We can work together to create better lives and self sufficiency. Where there’s a will there’s a way. We have to bring back the desire for people to want better for themselves. Teaching ingenuity and bringing solutions to those seeking it who can’t seem to find a way.
We’ve been sold on “convenience” and “safety” and somehow fell for it hook, line, and sinker. As you say it wasn’t that long ago that we didn’t have these options and somehow survived without them!!
In a TED talk video that has been resurrected and posted on Substack, Bill Gates opined that vaccinations and improvements in medicine could reduce the human population by 10 to 15%. Couple that will the fact that he owns more US farmland than any other entity, the statistics that show that human fertility is declining, deaths that are happening in excess of mortality expectations, and you have fuel for endless conspiracy theories. For every such story, there is a "fact checked" story to prove it is false. At the same time, it is undeniable that health is declining, more from diet than the pandemic. Logically it doesn't make sense for a business to engage in practices that kill its customers, but factory farming seems to have exactly that goal. They make us sick, Big Pharma keeps us on life support, and the profits keep flowing. As we stumble along in the era of "Peak Everything", it's clear that the status quo cannot be sustained. No amount of cheerleading from the NYT and the other gaslighting soothsayers will change the reality that is coming at warp speed.
Amen - exactly. It's hard to square away the profit-at-all-costs agenda with the depopulation agenda, since obviously the latter means fewer paying customers. Anyway you slice it, the little guy loses.
Just so. A harsh reality of chaos as a mega industry loses trust and credibility, and interconnected systems break down. It's an unsustainable model of agriculture, destroying the soil, our health, and ultimately our future prosperity. But they won't change their ways until they have to, human nature being what it is.