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KurtNYC

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15. why worry about the words?

Reply to HuckleB (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 12:36 PM

Nov 2013

Farming has been romanticized in recent years. The reality is that it is tough as ever to make a good living farming.

Locally, some big problems are labor and imported apples. People worrying about certain words being over-used aren't looking at the real problems facing American agriculture. American consumers DEMAND the cheapest food on the planet and then complain about the methods that make it cheap enough for them. Chipotle is simply telling them what they want to hear.

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Top 10 Annoying Words About Agriculture by "The Foodie Farmer" [View all] HuckleB Nov 2013 OP

Sounds like a big ag corporate shill NoOneMan Nov 2013 #1

. HuckleB Nov 2013 #2

Look, I'm half joking using words from that list NoOneMan Nov 2013 #3

Got it. I'm slow, sometimes. -- Also, many farmers are now writing. HuckleB Nov 2013 #4

Because they are just weaving stupid arguments that don't even help themselves. NoOneMan Nov 2013 #5

They don't have a right to speak their minds? HuckleB Nov 2013 #6

They are telling us what other people (evil activists) think in the use of a straw man NoOneMan Nov 2013 #7

Sorry, but I wasn't born yesterday. HuckleB Nov 2013 #8

The first sentence is moronic. Its a strawman. Part of meaningless junk NoOneMan Nov 2013 #9

I get it. You don't like it. HuckleB Nov 2013 #10

I've been farming for the last 10 years and I don't find those words annoying at all. fasttense Nov 2013 #11

Well, I know plenty of farmers who disagree with your stance. HuckleB Nov 2013 #12

Emotion based marketing? or real food chemical, antibiotic and hormone free fasttense Nov 2013 #13

Thank you for confirming my point. HuckleB Nov 2013 #14

why worry about the words? KurtNYC Nov 2013 #15

I generally agree. HuckleB Nov 2013 #16

Farmers are starting to get some of the crap that teachers have had to listen to for years: KurtNYC Nov 2013 #17

True. HuckleB Nov 2013 #18