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Globalist are championing your good intentions but expecting them to stop at what you believe is good is nieve, I do appreciate your motivation and want your ideas to prevail without promoting this global communism riding in your wake.
I enjoyed this episode so much because I have lived all over northern Italy for a couple of years... and all the regions of France too, where foods are also “protected” and named for the place of origin. Today in Dijon, France I had a petit pain (small bread) of figs and curcuma that I ate like a muffin. At home I have loaves of pain chataigne (chestnut) and pain mais (corn) that I can eat without accompaniment. Two weeks ago I bought 200 grams of Salers raw milk cheese that is still not gone from my fridge because it has so much flavor that I can’t over eat it… as Mark said about dark chocolate. In Parma, Italy I would have a transparently thin slice of Parma ham all by itself on a slice of bread. Food and eating are more meaningful in these places, and I have been fortunate to live in 20 countries and 100 cities in Europe for almost 10 years now. I am not going back to the US. 😎
It was NO COINCIDENCE that the 1930's were "Climatically" Catastrophic. We'd Oxidezed most of the Mountains of Soil Carbon & Released most of the Soil Water Content (from a big reduction of soil aggregation). And the 1930 decade was only half way to where SOIL DE-GENERATION has now progressed. For DOZENS of critical reasons (Food Poisoning, Ocean Dead Zones, Aquifer Depletion, Low Nutrition, Flooding, CO2 Sequestration, Rising Costs of Ag Fuel & Ag Inputs, etc.) ... Soil Regeneration must be widely adopted. The ~$250 Billion already WASTED on Mechanical/Chemical Means of CO2 Sequestration.... could have Coaxed (Bought &/or Payed) Almost all our Farmers to adopt Soil Regen Practices on most of our Croplands.
I am very excited to be taking agroecology this fall! I already started reading the text by Gliessman, Mendez, Izzo, and Engles and I'm pumped to get into this one.
Many States won't let farmers sell their product. Help us figure out how to NOT use Walmart??? American food system SUCKS...Why is it the only store for miles? Because they need us sick. Period.
My father would not buy organic because of the cost but spent a fortune on vitamin and mineral and herbal supplements. He intuitively knew something was lacking in the food and actually inspired me to continue eating organic foods.
When I had a physical problem in 1984 I intuitively sought out organic foods because I felt extra nutrients would be beneficial. It only made sense that paying attention to the soil’s nutrient content was beneficial. It wasn’t until 1994 when I exclusively started purchasing organic meat and I noticed the difference in my health even more that organic, biodynamic (not sure about regenerative or what that really means) was the way to go. Adequate nutrient distribution throughout the body was the way to keep the body healthy and organic has been my mantra since. I have my own garden and purchase meats and eggs through local organic farmers. I’ve been in the “healthcare” (Pharmacist) business for 48years and have seen what low nutrient quality food does to the human (and animal) body. Not enough emphasis has been placed on the subtleties of diet and nutrient distribution in the body to provide homeostasis. I would say that not enough emphasis has been on the relationship between soil health, and health in general, in a way that sticks in people’s minds. There’s more to be said, especially about nutrient distribution in the body and how drugs are a reflection of poor soil and food quality but my IPad finger is getting tired and I hope you get my point. As your guest is alluding to change takes time and awareness helps to provide change. I like your videos and in time your views will be more widely accepted.
The speaker mentions the UN Sustainable Development Goals--if you read them, you will learn about the authoritarian plans that will hurt everyone but the people who think they own everything.
I shop at Walmart, I love Walmart, because I don’t feel like my money is being used against me in the form of social engineering. Here is how we win at what we do. My 16 year old produced measurable results that would have cost me $70k in wages to hire someone. My 14 year old boy…. buckle your seat belt, provided $470k in value, he is solely our cover crop seed producer. He has gone beyond my level. On down the line, but I do give them “time off” until they are 5. 😇 Most farms don’t produce farm kids anymore, but that is the answer. The farmer who helped me get started, his kid was in the house, when I was out working with his dad. But that kid did grow up to start a law firm, he is no slouch. It’s not always bad if the kids don’t want to get out there, as long as they are applying themselves towards constructive things. In a way, you can be a farm kid, without farming, if you are focused on problem solving, and gaining knowledge / developing skills. I digress, we need the norm to be 6-8 productive kids who are assets, not liabilities.
Thank you for acknowledging that local regional cooperative agricultural systems are the only ones that can really express healthy food system. It begs the question when you describe efficiency what do you really mean? Is efficiency the ability to better exploit natural resources and human capital such that the segment of the population that controls Financial wealth has a greater ability to have more leisure and consolidate wealth further? Or do you rather choose to define efficiency as community which has the capacity for social, mental, psychological and community well-being now and into the future. Perhaps we’re fooling ourselves when we think Walmart is more efficient because the economics involved don’t count for any of the externalities Now or into the future which degrade not only the environment, but communities and individual psychological well-being. If all of the externalities are taken into account, the food system, and Walmart doesn’t exist and the industrial food which is poisoning our population doesn’t exist if we really want to look into the future and overlay a real economic system we have to account for all the externalities both good and bad. What is the cost of an apple in my neighbors backyard that’s grown organically to myself, my relationship with my neighbor to the environment versus one that I purchased in Walmart that was picked last year grown with poison degraded the environment exploited the workforce has a huge carbon footprint for growing transporting, packaging and selling the apple in Walmart even though it might be 1/10 the price is a much more expensive item especially when one considers the nutritionalvalue of that and how it will affect me and my ability to function healthy and into the future
I buy organic produce there and it always has this scent of the store on it. Especially the organic kiwi have a smell like detergent, airfreshener or dryer sheets. It should nolonger be organic at that point.
I spoke with a Walmart manage one time about a product I could not find. He explained that they could no longer get the item at the warehouse. I gave him a questioning look and he explained. A vendor has to be able to provide enough product to keep 250 stores supplied through that one warehouse. They (the vendor) have to deliver on demand to the warehouse. Basically, it's get big or get out.
@@pastisetcassoulet JM Fortier from the Market Garden Institute and regular guest on this show being bankrolled by Andreas Desmarais owner of $B company Power Corporation it would be good to get his perspective on the topic of Oligarch Philanthropy and the Modern Organic movement since he funds JMs projects and it was an interesting topic they brought up on this episode about Walmart funding Organic projects
@@justinarnold7725thanks! I've also been following JM for a number of years (mostly to learn about market gardening techniques) but had never heard of Andreas Desmarais. Will look into it.
@@justinarnold7725 thanks! I've been following JM for a number of years (mostly to learn about maraicher/market gardening techniques) but I'd never heard of Desmarais. I'll look into it.
❤ Thanks Mama Mwatima for clarification. For sure we need a space and an officer within the Ministry of Agriculture who are dealing with organic issue. The one who can push our organic agenda. Organic Initiative ❤❤❤❤❤❤.
Big Ag is just like big pharma, they need customers, its all connected, if you say organic they look at you like your from outer space, the brain washing is deep unfortunately.
I just signed up for your email list, can't wait to order next March. Keep it up! Thank you for playing by the rules, things are coming to light about the food system, people are waking up, thanks to you! (Ps: there were a couple of 404 error pages on your site you may want to check out but I persisted and found the right page). I care!!! It is an outrage!
GenZ is very aware of food problem. Those that have homes all have their own gardens and composts. It's especially prevalent in those who have young children. They only shop at food co-ops, buy organic, and grow that which they can't get at the store. It's coming around.
Yes, yes, yes! I am one of those who pay more for organic. I check the websites to make sure they have a good pasture. I can afford it by only spending money on food, not much else. People don't know where their food is coming from. Please get those screen videos in the isles. Thank you for all you do. I am an hour from one of the farms on your list in CA.
What a beautiful interview. Horrifying story. Horrifying reality. What’s left to cover is the question whether humans still have a chance to survive their extinction provided our “inhumane” actions all around.
Our grandparents grew or bought their food locally, organic, as no chemicals were used then. Not certified as organic either. Definitely affordable. By our parents' generation, everything got touched by harsh chemicals, and they brought in unfamiliar items too into the kitchen. By our times, Organic is both a refreshing welcome change and a fashion statement for some people. They cost more than the general produce. We got too diversified in our food choices in everyday life, by feeling guilty about "healthy" eating that some claim comes from only certain regions of the world. I believe that every region/ community will have their share of time proven very healthy diets, and not so healthy items that they have eaten traditionally. Individual choice, when it comes to food, whether it is ones own or try-outs from the global cuisines.
