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December 8, 2016
The Circle of Life
It's about 50/50 fields and woods around here. I'm in the woods but the fields are close. A big field down the road, maybe several hundred acres, does corn 1 year and soy the next, over and over. Few years ago lots of heavy equipment installed 8" diameter, what appeared to be, reinforced canvas pipes underground, maybe 40' apart, all over that field. The inlet for the pipes is close to the road with a big turn around area for the tanker trucks that come in the spring and fall. There is a smell of manure in the air at those times. Or something that smells like it. The corn ends up being burned in my vehicles (destroying the mating surfaces and gaskets) and the soy is in the mayo on my chipotle chicken sando (blowing out my linings). Gotta find another way.Posted by: ghostsniper: I Got Your Gluten Right Here, Pal [Bumped]
Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 8, 2016 6:22 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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Yeah, when you drive the long miles across this country the amount of land dedicated to corn and soy is almost unbelievable. Its almost like they are raising a kind of moldable plastic material to make "foods" and other stuff out of.
Posted by: pbird at December 9, 2016 9:28 AM