Comments on: Should Feeding the World Be a Campaign Issue? http://www.gardenhelp.org/food/should-feeding-the-world-be-a-campaign-issue/ Free Garden Help from Garden Coaches, Certified Arborists, Award-Winning Landscape Designers, and Other Renowned Gardening Experts Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:07:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: TC http://www.gardenhelp.org/food/should-feeding-the-world-be-a-campaign-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-7896 TC Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:44:26 +0000 http://www.gardenhelp.org/?p=422#comment-7896 Michael Pollan has also influenced this garden writer. Two others I highly recommend: Botany of Desire, and Second Nature: A Gardener's Education. Michael Pollan has also influenced this garden writer. Two others I highly recommend: Botany of Desire, and Second Nature: A Gardener’s Education.

]]> By: Anna http://www.gardenhelp.org/food/should-feeding-the-world-be-a-campaign-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-7875 Anna Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:51:57 +0000 http://www.gardenhelp.org/?p=422#comment-7875 It begs to ask the question---will everything you plant have regulations. You will be required to use a certain fertilizer, grow a certain food, and you will not get the income from your crop that you expect. It shouldn't be something the government tells us to do, it should be common sense. Crooks take advantage of such government run programs and my opinion is that they would cut corners and produce tasteless food. There are too many variables for a big organization to come in and set the rules. I live in NC and some of our farmers went out of business due to the government. It's funny--cause we are in a cycle. We use to be the largest producer of grapes and wine. Prohibition came along and ran the vineyards out of business. Well, guess what the government is doing today---subsidizing tobacco farms to convert to vineyards. For me, I would like less government and would like to see more people take it upon themselves to be self sufficient It begs to ask the question—will everything you plant have regulations. You will be required to use a certain fertilizer, grow a certain food, and you will not get the income from your crop that you expect.

It shouldn’t be something the government tells us to do, it should be common sense. Crooks take advantage of such government run programs and my opinion is that they would cut corners and produce tasteless food.

There are too many variables for a big organization to come in and set the rules. I live in NC and some of our farmers went out of business due to the government. It’s funny–cause we are in a cycle. We use to be the largest producer of grapes and wine. Prohibition came along and ran the vineyards out of business.

Well, guess what the government is doing today—subsidizing tobacco farms to convert to vineyards. For me, I would like less government and would like to see more people take it upon themselves to be self sufficient

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