Originally Posted by astralis

i agree with the point about the silliness of the local food movement, i disagree with the point about organic farm practices. while recognizing the inherent limitations of organic food sustaining our current population, the industrial excesses of the green revolution went too far the other way.

it got to the point where we can easily raise much more food than we need- where we pay farmers not to plant. at the same time, there remains ecological damage caused by enormous water use, huge problems with swine and fowl antibiotic use (not only making those chemicals present in our bodies, but enormously raising the chances for antibiotic resistant bacteria), and inhumane conditions for other livestock (chickens needing extra drugs as overcrowding causes stress/illness).

if organic farming allows some of these excesses to be corrected in the conventional farming market, then all the better.