Posted on 10/28/2002 11:47:15 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
Edited on 05/07/2004 8:00:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
ITHACA -- Richard Sabol's customers come to the Ithaca Farmers' Market to buy his potatoes and garlic because his produce is tasty and local, and because they like the farming methods he uses.
Sabol's customers know that he doesn't use any synthetic pesticides, genetically modified seeds or sewage sludge as fertilizer. His methods don't pose a threat to the environment, and compared to much larger operations, he farms lightly on the land.
(Excerpt) Read more at theithacajournal.com ...
I get it.
Overly burdensome government regulations were fine for other small businesses. However, as soon as they inconvenience a business that caters to liberals, it's time to "get the government off their backs."
More liberal hypocrisy from "Ithaca, the City of Evil."
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Perfect. It will never occur to these people that when it comes to an issue like this they are their own worst enemy.
Irony is a funny thing, huh?
Wow. Ten years worth of bureaucratic standards! I hope those Ithica-ites appreciate the effort that the government has gone to to protect them from being ripped off by fake "organic foods" producers. Fortunately, it looks like the taxpayers who will pay for this folly are actually the liberals who support such regulations; the rest of us eat ordinary food.
ONLY in the City of Evil.
Heres part of what a Canadian researcher had to say about "organic" food.
A comprehensive report published earlier this year in the the journal, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition by researchers at Otago University in New Zealand concluded there is no convincing evidence to back claims that organically grown foods were healthier or tastier than those grown using chemicals. The nutritional value of food was influenced by the time of harvest, freshness, storage, and weather, but many studies claiming organic food had more vitamins and minerals did not take proper account of these factors.One year ago, the U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld four complaints against claims in a Soil Association leaflet entitled, Five Reasons To Eat Organic, similar to the 10 Reasons to Eat Organic being flogged by Whole Foods. The ASA ruled there was no evidence, contrary to the assertions of the Soil Association, that consumers could taste the difference, organic was healthy, it was better for the environment, and organic meant healthy, happy animals. On one claim, the Soil Association responded that 53 per cent of people buying organic produce did so because they thought it was healthy. The ASA rightly ruled this did not constitute any sort of clinical or scientific evidence. The New Zealand reviewers and others have concluded there were environmental benefits from growing organically and that organic products had lower residues of synthetic pesticides. And many consumers believe that organic is a more sustainable way of farming.
Yet contrary to public opinion, organic produce does contain natural pesticides; in fact, there is a whole list of naturally-occurring chemicals that are regularly used in organic production.
Further, organic often has lower yields, which means that more land is required to provide the same amount of food. Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was recently quoted as saying, "Growing more crops and tree per acre leaves more land for Nature.
Without higher yields, peasant farmers will destroy the wildlands and species to keep their children from starving. Sustainably higher yields of crops and trees are the only visible way to save both. Right now, too many environmental groups are pushing low-yielding, low-input systems -- such as organic farming -- in the belief that environmental purity is the primary goal. But what good is pure farming if it takes over all of the planet's land area? We need a balance of responsible, high-yielding technologies on our farms so we can produce the food we need and leave more of the natural landscape for wildlife."
Like most of Liberalism, "orgainic" food is just about what feels better, not about what actually is better.
And someone out there needs to write a lengthy article to ISIS about this as well.
Gosh, I hate to break it to you....but there are plenty of right wingers of all stripes who prefer food that sports the natural and organic labels. I even know small farmers who realized they could actually earn a living growing what used to be considered "boutique food" who are right wingers.
In actuality, farmers who sell their own produce or ship only to local markets have always used little or no chemicals...its quite unnecessary since the time between pic and sell is so short.
Gosh, I hate to break it to you....but there are plenty of right wingers of all stripes who prefer food that sports the natural and organic labels.
Thats not the point. The point is that in Ithaca, The City of Evil, Government is king! The government can do no wrong, and the government is not big enough, intrusive enough, nor spending enough. But now that the largesse that they approve of, support, and demand is starting to encroach on them its another story.
Good call, Phantom Lord.
And not just in Ithaca, either...all over America, liberals don't give two whits about how burdensome excessive government regulations are on small business...until that small business is one they find "politically incorrect." Then, SUDDENLY, they start whining about how we need to get the government off the backs of business.
I look forward to your letter to the Ithaca Journal about this. Thanks.
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