Monthly Archives: April 2009

Farm Subsidy Cuts

Posted on 28 April 2009 by

Obama had the right idea on limiting the direct farm subsidy programs and it is sad that greed kept the limitation from passing through the process. Continue reading →

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Farrier Freedom

Posted on 12 April 2009 by

As an aside, the word farrier is in the spell checker I am now using and is recognized as an acceptable word. You realize I have been using that word in various documents since at least around 2000, maybe slightly … Continue reading →

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Slow Tomatos = NOT Salmonella

Posted on 11 April 2009 by

With the outbreaks of salmonella and all the complications and price increases with each person that handles your food when it comes from far away, why would anyone anything but as much as possible what is grown locally? Continue reading →

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Viva La France!

Posted on 10 April 2009 by

France gets it right with limits and restrictions on genetically modified corn and other similar products. If a country like France that is typically behind can this right why are we so confused on this? Continue reading →

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Farm Bill 2008

Posted on 8 April 2009 by

some of my typical complaint about the federal government spending way to much in subsidies and the like to the large industrial farms that really should not be in such need if the efficiencies they claim actually existed because of scale. Continue reading →

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