Comments on: My del.icio.us bookmarks for July 14th through July 21st http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/07/21/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-july-14th-through-july-21st/ stargazer, muddler, muffle-jaw, cockatouch, spoonhead, hookear, gudgeon, grubby, blob, bull-rout, blue garnet, miller's thumb Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:50:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mia http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/07/21/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-july-14th-through-july-21st/comment-page-1/#comment-35548 Mia Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:52:40 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/07/21/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-july-14th-through-july-21st/#comment-35548 Yeah, I kind of thought it might be something like that. There was the unwritten part of my question, "Or has all that potential been subverted to industrial chemical ends?" I was sort of hoping otherwise. There are other swampy regions though. THey can't all be chemical wastelands. [pause] Can they? Yeah, I kind of thought it might be something like that. There was the unwritten part of my question, “Or has all that potential been subverted to industrial chemical ends?” I was sort of hoping otherwise. There are other swampy regions though. THey can’t all be chemical wastelands.
[pause] Can they?

]]> By: Cam Sculpin http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/07/21/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-july-14th-through-july-21st/comment-page-1/#comment-35546 Cam Sculpin Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:35:50 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/07/21/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-july-14th-through-july-21st/#comment-35546 It's my understanding that Louisiana has an extensive chemical manufacturing industry, particularly of vinyl. (Thus the phrase "Cancer Alley".) I would think twice about eating anything grown in a field flooded by a river downstream from PVC plants. It’s my understanding that Louisiana has an extensive chemical manufacturing industry, particularly of vinyl. (Thus the phrase “Cancer Alley”.) I would think twice about eating anything grown in a field flooded by a river downstream from PVC plants.

]]> By: Mia http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/07/21/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-july-14th-through-july-21st/comment-page-1/#comment-35545 Mia Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:52:46 +0000 http://www.sculpin.com/journal/2007/07/21/my-delicious-bookmarks-for-july-14th-through-july-21st/#comment-35545 There was a story on BBC World News Service a week or two back about the ethical dilemma of local vs international organic farming, that approached things from a different angle. The question they examined was how the growing eat local movements would impact the organic farmers in Mexico and Chile who are also small farmers who depend on export business. While reading the rice article I also couldn't help wondering "what about the parts of the U.S. better suited to growing rice than California? Is there sustainable rice farming in Louisiana?" There was a story on BBC World News Service a week or two back about the ethical dilemma of local vs international organic farming, that approached things from a different angle. The question they examined was how the growing eat local movements would impact the organic farmers in Mexico and Chile who are also small farmers who depend on export business.

While reading the rice article I also couldn’t help wondering “what about the parts of the U.S. better suited to growing rice than California? Is there sustainable rice farming in Louisiana?”

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