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Note to EPA & Iowa - Buring Food is Bad MKay

Started by Drjones, February 11, 2011, 04:50:32 AM

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Drjones

February 11, 2011, 04:50:32 AM
Corn's rally feeds a 'global food fight'
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/corns-rally-feeds-a-global-food-fight-2011-02-11?dist=beforebell

. . . Whatever the case, consumers will continue to be the victims.

“Higher prices paid for corn ... mean higher costs to millers, feedlot owners and ethanol producers, which will end up costing the consumer,” said Barratt.

It's a cost they may not be willing to pay for.

“People will put up with many things but not being able to eat or feed their children is usually the tipping point,” said Kerr Commodities Watch's Kerr. “We have seen exponential increases in many foods already as producers past those costs right on to the consumer or mask it in other ways like reducing portion sizes or amount of product in a box.” . . .
"Live like no one else now, so that you can live like no one else tomorrow."

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"Helping poor and suffering people is compassion. Voting for our government to use guns to give money to help poor and suffering people is immoral self-righteous bullying laziness."

GAAN

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February 11, 2011, 05:12:14 AM
don't we still subsidize farmers for NOT growing corn?

The Architect

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February 11, 2011, 05:38:54 AM
Quote from: Mother on February 11, 2011, 05:12:14 AM
don't we still subsidize farmers for NOT growing corn?



Not any more.  I think it stopped in 1972.  Then we started paying them to grow corn.  Then they asked scientist to do something with all this corn and they did: fructose corn syrup, fuel, etc.............

LMT

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February 11, 2011, 08:57:51 AM
King Corn the movie was a great documentary on the history of corn and corn politics.

http://www.kingcorn.net/
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