Sandy, these are precisely some of the issues I worked on during my professional career as well as before and after. My work was with the larger ag community, as well as the agencies and corporations. Challenging, sometimes scary. But at the same time, because of the way I set up how I worked with that varied community, I got to know the…
Sandy, these are precisely some of the issues I worked on during my professional career as well as before and after. My work was with the larger ag community, as well as the agencies and corporations. Challenging, sometimes scary. But at the same time, because of the way I set up how I worked with that varied community, I got to know the members of it who stood up to share their concerns about the use of chemicals and worked to help redirect research and policy. Some remarkable successes, but lots still to do: while the movement to soil and water health has grown stronger, the die-hards are pig-headed about not changing, and just dig in, funded by those whose greed created this situation in the first place. This dynamic has become part of the culture in parts of our country. I am distressed by the emphasis on "organic food" as the goal. It is a result of the process, but the point is recreating ways of producing food that does not contaminate everything else, with some of the consequences being the very things you mention.
How many of the diehards are either foreign-owned corporations, or employees of same, and what would be their motivation to protect those affected by excessive antibiotic use apart from profit? I just realized that "anti biotic" has the tragic result built into its name.
Sandy, these are precisely some of the issues I worked on during my professional career as well as before and after. My work was with the larger ag community, as well as the agencies and corporations. Challenging, sometimes scary. But at the same time, because of the way I set up how I worked with that varied community, I got to know the members of it who stood up to share their concerns about the use of chemicals and worked to help redirect research and policy. Some remarkable successes, but lots still to do: while the movement to soil and water health has grown stronger, the die-hards are pig-headed about not changing, and just dig in, funded by those whose greed created this situation in the first place. This dynamic has become part of the culture in parts of our country. I am distressed by the emphasis on "organic food" as the goal. It is a result of the process, but the point is recreating ways of producing food that does not contaminate everything else, with some of the consequences being the very things you mention.
How many of the diehards are either foreign-owned corporations, or employees of same, and what would be their motivation to protect those affected by excessive antibiotic use apart from profit? I just realized that "anti biotic" has the tragic result built into its name.
Exactly. You got it, Ed. Right on the nose. That is why sometimes my job was scary.
Thank you!
Organic label in Vermont is often fraud.
Kent Henderson DVM of VT was honest with me. Understood the fraud.