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Entries from June 2008

Food Musing

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments · just musings

I have never felt that the Corporate pushers of GMOs were looking out for anything other than their own profits. That has led me to look on their actions in an unfavorable light. While this has always been a personal “feeling”, I find my concerns expressed very well by this interview with Claire Hope Cummings
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A New Website…At Least For Me

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments · just musings

I have subscribed to Michael Pollan’s website to be sent updates to what’s happening in his world. I received a notice that led me to a new environmental website…If you haven’t seen it before, go check it out.
Yale Environment 360: Michael Pollan on What’s Wrong with Environmentalism
There are basically two food chains that we have [...]

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End of the Month, End of the Week Muse

June 27th, 2008 · No Comments · just musings

One of  the email missives I look forward to comes in on it’s own schedule each month. It is from Andy Griffin of Mariquita Farm called “The Ladybug Letter”. Andy tells tales of his life in agriculture on the west coast…Funny stories, ironic stories…Stories of life…Great stories…
The Ladybug Letter
As a modern farmer I’m hardly alone [...]

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Musing on the Fairness of the Vote…

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments · just musings

David Broder has a column today that touches on a subject that has bothered me for a good while…
After watching the effects of the Delay led gerrymander in Texas a few years ago I have felt that it is time for us to do something to end the safe district gerrymandering and just draw districts [...]

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