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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 12:45 AM Original message |
Obama Enlists Major Powers to Aid Poor Farmers With $15 Billion |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. alarms going off in my head |
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BadgerKid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. +1 insightful. See "world's top ten seed companies = 55% of global market" |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. But wait. teach them to fish... remember? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yep....we should not help folks feed themselves..... |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I didn't find this to be a helpful post. |
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biermeister (425 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. ding, ding, ding! we have a winner here!! nt. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. This is why it's very important for people to plant heirloom varieties and |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. This will be my first year of doing just that. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Yeah, they should all just starve to death. nt |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Do you think there's another option |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 12:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. You really think Monsanto is going to sue some poor farmer |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. It wouldn't surprise me at all |
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humus (130 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. lost our footing on the land |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. You are not using your brain are you? Monsanto will not sue just ONE single farmer |
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noamnety (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. That's true, I should have added it in my post |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. No kidding. The money always goes back to corporations and to encourage unsustainable practices. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Very worrisom. Didn't Monsanto sell Africa seeds that |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-10-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. The farmers will have to sign contracts with MONSANTO. And probably receive defective seeds |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. I must be up too late. Thought "Major Powers" was a person. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:58 AM Response to Original message |
5. I wonder if he has been hanging out with the head of Monsanto? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Didn't know that Obama caused this. |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I was just kind of kidding when I wrote that, I didn't know it was true. |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. He also shot my mother and gave my dog rabies. |
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JohnyCanuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
9. Here are some tips for Major Powers on increasing agricultural productivity |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. And even more tips |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Oh, you mean instead of insisting they plant Monsanto products? |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. We eat the diet we do ONLY because our crops are suited to corporate agriculture... |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I am sorry you totally didn't get what I was saying. I'll try harder. |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 12:38 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. That was my ^ previous post. The money inevitably flows back to corporations. |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
25. K&R |
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