What is to be grown? (Agribusiness, Organic, Local Farming Discussion)

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H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

CommieGIR posted:

Organic is a buzzword and you're buying into pseudoscience and marketing gimmicks.

And organic is incredibly destructive and encourages excessive land use for decreased yield, and utilizes substances that are more toxic than Round Up for herbicides and Insecticides that are more toxic.

my favorite thing about the organic label was that the FDA had studied the idea of implementing it years ago and found that consumers would tend to attribute all kinds of wildly false things to food with the label, particularly additional/superior nutrition and positive health impacts, so they disallowed it for a long time until marketing finally won out (under bush the elder)

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H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

CommieGIR posted:

Most diesel can be retrofitted to run an abundance of alternative fuels, most road going diesels can burn veggie/waste oil or a variety of canola/cooking oils.

a popular vegetable oil conversion are diesel mercedes from the 70s and 80s since they're a really cheap way to get a nice luxury french fry car

# ¿ Jun 14, 2016 18:27

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