Farm & Food File
A syndicated column by Alan Guebert
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Confused? We’re Not!
Posted on October 31, 2014
All right, listen up! We’ve got a lot to sort out here and little time to do it.
First off, sure, you’re confused. Hey, your neighbor is confused. Your uncle’s confused. Your dog’s confused. Fact is, everyone’s confused. But we’ve been confused worse than this before and we all managed to somehow find our way to […]
Welcome Greenie Weenie Wally
Posted on May 13, 2014
Walmart, the elephant of American food retailing, announced April 10 that it plans to bring its clout, cash and vegetable crispers to the American pea patch this year and bigfoot its way into the still-growing U.S. organic grocery business.
The news sent Wall Street motor mouths into overdrive. Walmart’s entrance into organic grocery retailing, they breathlessly […]
“I Know What I Know”
Posted on April 16, 2014
Members of Congress are finally getting around to reading the Farm Bill they approved late this winter after three years of gum bumping, chest beating, and finger pointing. Their big discovery so far?
Many now are shocked (shocked! I say) that the money they thought they had saved in food stamps and commodity programs won’t be […]
Ag’s New Math
Posted on January 20, 2014
It might be a new year but the old year’s weaknesses persist.
For example, I still try to type the word “separate” with one “a,” still can’t walk past a display of cherry licorice without buying some, and still can’t do high-end math like, say, division.
Part of that latter weakness goes back to the 1960s when […]
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Deep dive into when ‘transformative food system change’ means neither transformative nor change. Not really news to farmers and ranchers but good to see ‘science’ finally catching up to reality. https://t.co/3ir3e6ugdh
This has aged well. Essential truth always does. Thread. https://t.co/DS3jVv9408
The honest, angry, simple truth: USDA fails both the public and farmers when it serves as handmaiden to Big Ag. To the Bigs, ‘voluntary’ anything is just a bigger gov’t-issued license to grab more market power. Thread. https://t.co/tHLrWeKkUP
Just as there’s no shortage of gold, clean water, Bitcoin, political access, Maseratis, mansions, higher education or clean air if you have enough money. Little wonder many in the world view US ag as elitist and amoral. https://t.co/Dp8jb5Nmf7