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Southeast Wyoming | bad farmer - 4/16/2015 08:06 so what is your plan to educate the consumer?, there is just as much science out there saying its not safe as there is saying its safe, you can argue the science all day but the unargueable fact is the consumer wants a certified production standard which they have some say so in how it is produced. Do you have that or do you just want to tell your consumer its safe. I ask you this simple question. are you willing to stand behind and be responsible in every possible way for every single bushel produced across the world for the crop you grow. before you say yes you might think about the consequences of sygenta in the last few years. we sell grain and sell it to consumers that approve of our growing practices. I do not doubt you do a great job and raise a good product, but the problem with your production is you will not be rewarded for that good production unless you keep it seperate and certify it with some sort of consumer approved growing practice.
If you want to educate teh consumer get them involved in the growing practice and do this by asking them for a growing practice which they approve and then show them what it will cost and that will educate them more then anything. untill you get tehm involved in the decisions and get tehm to see teh costs of the production they will just assume the best can be done for nothing. THE CONSUMER MUST AND WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN DECISIONS, they do not want to be told what to eat.
Now there is a plan which any good banker will buy into: misled your customer. The public is easily mislead when it comes to their health, and the health of their family.
You mentioned elsewhere that "organic farmers" do not engage in fear mongering, but you do, you just did, as does the video of Canadian buckwheat operation posted earlier in this thread.
Yes, that is what makes your operations profitable, but also makes them not creditable. If an operation will deceive the public on any one issue what are the chances that they are also deceiving the public about their production inputs and practices?
You make some good points about giving the consumer what he/she wants. Along with healthy food, he/she wants, or at least needs, the truth. They are not getting the truth from the organic food industry; they are so indoctrinated with false claims about gmo and other conventionally grown food that they cannot recognize the truth. Some spend hard earned money, which is much needed elsewhere, to provide "organic" food to their kids. No they are not "stupid", they are driven to emotional decisions by the "organic" industry, in their shameful quest for profits.
I"ve seen grain dumped in the "organic" pit that was not fit for human consumption - but yes, it may have still been "organic". Equating "organic" and "healthy" is one of the biggest fallacies of our time.
A verifiable "certified healthy" would be great, but it would be no better than the verification/certification process. "Organic" has the same issues but they are seldom spoken of. The incentives to cheat are huge for those so inclined. | |
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would you eat gmo sweet corn??
