From dough@tau-ceti.isc-br.com Sat Jun 4 13:34:49 1994 Date: Fri, 3 Jun 1994 21:39:35 GMT From: Doug Hockin To: sustag-public@twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu Subject: Re: Ethics in Agriculture (fwd)...Drucker (fwd) In article london@SunSITE.Unc.EDU (Larry London) writes: >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Fri, 3 Jun 1994 09:36:56 CST >From: Greg McIsaac >To: "Tom Hodges (moderated newsgroup)" , > nmodena@unity.ncsu.edu >Subject: Re: Ethics in Agriculture (fwd)...Drucker (fwd) > >On Friday, June 3, Steve Modena wrote: > >> Due to the magnitude of today's world population, ag production can >> *only* be industrial in construction; > >In the most populous contries, most of ag production is not >industrial in consturction. It is most industrial in construction in >one of the least densely populated nations (USA). > In their book "Food First" Frances Moore Lapea (sp?) and Joseph Collins discuss the myth that industrial agriculture is more productive than "primitive" agriculture -- it's not, it's just more profitable for a few people. They argue that it is "scientific", export based agriculture that has caused starvation around the world. See also Vandana Shiva's book: "The Violence of the Green Revolution". -- Doug Hockin Internet: Doug.Hockin@mail.spk.olivetti.com Olivetti North America UUCP: oliveb!isc-br!Doug.Hockin 22425 East Appleway Phone: 509 927 5477 Liberty Lake WA 99019-9534 USA Fax: 509 927 5612