tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115396648811285835.post1990901877703819372..comments2023-08-22T05:58:51.482-04:00Comments on Among the Alders: I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover...Madame Melvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014342177820042162noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115396648811285835.post-1029290567922155182011-05-31T14:38:52.543-04:002011-05-31T14:38:52.543-04:00Yes, those before and after photos make me pretty ...Yes, those before and after photos make me pretty proud and I can't believe I moved all that earth all by myself, with a shovel. Todd will be shocked!<br /><br />So, I find all these issues confusing as well. I'm not well read on it and don't know all the issues. Patricia would probably add insight to this. On pages 66-67 of the book they address this. They seem to indicate that it is the corporations that sell these products (i.e. Dole) that make all the money and that the farmers are underpaid for their labour. Do you have the book. Check out the bottom half of the pages - comments by Steven Hopp. Here are a couple of quotes:<br /><br />"Thus, when Americans buy soy products from Brazil, for example, we're likely supporting an international company that has burned countless acres of Amazon rain forest to grow soy for export, destroying indigenous populations. Global trade deals negoatiated by the World Trade Organization and World Bank allow corporations to shop for food from countries with the poorest environmental, safety and labor conditions. While passing bargains on to consumers, this pits farmers in one country against those in another, in a downward wage spiral. ..........In every country on earth, the most humane scenario for farmers is likely to be feeding those who live nearby - if international markets would allow them to do it.....etc"<br /><br />Complicated. It refers to this website for more info: www.viacampesina.org<br /><br />Let's ask Patricia!!! (:Madame Melvillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014342177820042162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8115396648811285835.post-49563986430167624642011-05-31T13:24:13.384-04:002011-05-31T13:24:13.384-04:00hey jen
I love reading your posts - look at the b...hey jen<br /><br />I love reading your posts - look at the before garden and your now garden!<br /><br />I have a comment that I have struggled with over the last couple years with the local movement. I have never found "the" answer but perhaps someone else has it.<br /><br />In a the global village we live in what happens to the farmers in Chile when we stop eating their grapes or the Costa Rican pineapple or bannana farmers or the avacados from Peru. I try to buy local and in season, but other economies rely on our purchases to sustain their economy. We dont need more thirdworld countries and many are bumped up to second world because of their agrigultural exports. It is hard because wine, coffee and some beer are accepted as consumables here because our industries are non existant or just catching up?<br /><br />Perhaps this is good Taproot dialogue for Patricia or has this issue been brought up in discussions or books?IWK Funding Coordinatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11018019072514824071noreply@blogger.com