Re: FW: Organic Landscape (too much?)

Bargyla Rateaver (brateaver@earthlink.net)
Wed, 06 Oct 1999 22:31:38 -0700

Right about one thing. We grew up with the wonderfully tasting Red Rice, as we
all called it, because when pounded in a mortar, it left a red colored residue
in the bottom of the mortar---probably the main source of the vitamins and
minerals that gave the best flavor.
But a few years ago, my sister who went there said she could not find "red
rice" anywhere.

Sustainable Agriculture Network wrote:

> Forwarding from Martha (flyto@txcyber.com)
>
> From: flylo@txcyber.com
>
> To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
> Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 12:31:32 -0500
> Subject: Organic Landscape (too much?)
> Priority: normal
>
> I've been glazing over when I read some posts, and may have
> missed a huge part of this thread. If I've butted in where I'm
> obviously misinformed, forgive me.
> One thing I see that the folk who subscribe to the 'we have plenty'
> argument seem to miss is the quality of the food produced. If we
> (corporate America) can go to SE Asia and convince them to grow
> our rice because it produces 7x the quantity their traditional
> varieties do, we've done a good thing, right? What if that 7x
> requires at least 7x the available land and labor to produce it?
> What if, once it's produced, it TAKES that much to feed a family
> because the nutritive quality is diminished from what they used to
> eat?
>
> So, are we really producing too much food? or just too much of the
> wrong food? If the wheat we harvest and the corn we feed our (food
> producing) livestock lack the nutritional aspects too, what are we
> promoting? And, I confess I do promote it. We all do to some
> extent unless we're totally self sufficient. I still buy commercial
> grains for my dairy goats, and I use store bought flour to make my
> bread. (martha)
>
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