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UpInArms

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2. Living in the middle of a "farming" community

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:54 AM

May 2020

Has shown me how mindlessly farmers have become a part of a monoculture.

They are not being good stewards of the land ... the amounts of chemicals applied are appalling, the endless fields of corn and soybeans are horrifying

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"Only when the tide goes out," Warren Buffett observed, "do you discover who's been swimming naked." [View all] kpete May 2020 OP

One of my all time favorite quotes... Hugin May 2020 #1

Living in the middle of a "farming" community UpInArms May 2020 #2

NYRB again. Sharply on target. Better than the many who have written on this. empedocles May 2020 #3