I suppose by now that you are hoping I will leave off the rants for a while … and in a while I intend to do so.
What kind of gardener would I be if I was afraid to stir up a little dirt when the time comes?
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February 4, 2010
January 29, 2010
Just this month the front cover of Forbes called Monsanto “Seed Heroes”.
(hack, cough, cough) Balderdash.
I may buy a copy just so I can frame that cover as evidence that Forbes has abandoned even the pretext of journalistic integrity and cannot be trusted to be truthful in any matter whatsoever.
The linked video, about the effects of chemical farming in India, is instructive. I know that your time is valuable. I’m asking for 30 minutes of it with the promise that I will not waste even a single minute. Start by viewing the video for the first 26 minutes.
