In article >,
notbob > wrote:

> "modom (palindrome guy)" > writes:
>
> > On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:49:32 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
> >>So, we should subsidize all agriculture, large and small? Sounds like
> >>corporate welfare.
>
> > Man you cropped the living shit out of my attempt to answer you. And
> > you've rebutted with a slogan. So:
>
> Well, there was a lot of "living sh*t" to crop.

> Amazing how you can decry all those agribizes receiving help, yet get
> right in line for your share.

I think that there's a difference between helping the rich get richer,
by producing vast quantities of mediocre food, some with poor
nutritional quality (I believe that HFCS has its place, but it isn't
exactly top of the line for health benefits); and helping people produce
quality food, without getting rich at it.

I think that the USDA should help *all* of agriculture, not just the
rich involved in monoculture.

I posted a quote from Earl Butz, Secretary of Agriculture from 1971 to
1976, which I believe is worth repeating, even though it was just
yesterday that I posted it last:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Butz

'His mantra to farmers was "get big or get out," and he urged farmers to
plant commodity crops like corn "from fencerow to fencerow."'

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA