Rural Values

Today, industrial food production is rampant with unsanitary conditions, deadly disease outbreaks, toxic poisoning of land, rivers, lakes, sea and air, inhumane meat-production concentration camps which not only torture animals but also spread more disease to humans, reckless and failed scientific experiments that threaten the biodiversity and genetic integrity of all life, and financial & political larceny. 

The days of small family farmers have all but disappeared and in their place is Factory Farming, dominated by a tiny handful of giant multi-national corporations that owe allegiance to no one, certainly not to you or me, not to the United States of America, and not to anyone else on the planet. 

To the giant multi-nationals, we are debt-slaves to be abused with impunity, now that  government of/by the people has been brought to heel, reduced in power, and de-regulation is the religion of the day.  

It refers to the poorest but largest percentage of any nation, including our own (the poor did not used to be our largest percentage, but the corporations only need a few more years to finish gutting the middle class). The endlessly greedy giant corporate conglomerates have turned their eyes to the Third World and to our own BOP, too -- the largest and least-educated percentage of population that is always ripe for picking. The latest gimmick used to channel more money into the corporate coffers is Genetically Engineered (GE) crops, also known as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO's). 

Never mind that:

• GMO's are the product of a scientific theory that has been proven to have failed its original premise. 
• GMO's were released on the world with NO independent testing.
• GMO's require MORE pesticides and herbicides, not less.
• GMO's are destroying world biodiversity and replacing tens of thousands of hardy, locally bred seeds with one-size-fits-all corporate seeds, each genetically imprinted with a marker that allows the manufacturer to track down and prosecute any farmer who has not paid the outrageously increased costs.
• GMO's threaten to contaminate and destroy organic farming.
• Multiple diseases have since been proven to be linked to GMO consumption.
• Chronic illness and allergic reactions have doubled in the United States since GMO's were introduced into our food supply.
  
• Never mind the costs to the environment, to the people, to the planet.

Today, both in protest of the poisoning of our food supply and out of concern for protecting their own health and the health of their loved ones, more and more people are joining the

53%  grow vegetables in their gardens
90%  plan to eat the produce fresh
66%  will share with friends
36%  will can or preserve produce
4 %  will donate food to others

58 %  desire better tasting food
54 %  want to save money on food bills
51 %  want better quality food
48 %  want to grow food they know is safe

If we were not already making a difference, Industrial Food Inc. would not be striking back so ferociously against organic and sustainable farming advocates.

Read more "Author Michael Pollan explains the war on food movement"  HERE