tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post1119131613054976887..comments2023-10-17T04:51:08.765-10:00Comments on KauaiEclectic: Musings: ReflectionsJoan Conrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-53202037612119325862016-11-30T20:56:45.674-10:002016-11-30T20:56:45.674-10:0010 best junk science media hypes.
http://acsh.org...10 best junk science media hypes. <br />http://acsh.org/news/2016/11/30/top-16-junk-science-stories-2016-10509<br />Pretty good round up. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-89585668370956765212016-11-30T19:21:22.243-10:002016-11-30T19:21:22.243-10:00True 5:37. People love to put unsaid words in peo...True 5:37. People love to put unsaid words in people's mouths so they can then berate them.Manuahihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935756151568533081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-15394353490019324082016-11-30T17:37:06.793-10:002016-11-30T17:37:06.793-10:00"I don't know how we're going to brid..."I don't know how we're going to bridge the divide, de-polarize the debate. It's hard to have reasonable discussions when people can't even agree on facts"<br /><br />This statement also fits the political divide in this country.Kiss Freedom Goodbyenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-60888947025303370802016-11-30T11:20:05.239-10:002016-11-30T11:20:05.239-10:00@ 10:05 you obviously didn't watch the video o...@ 10:05 you obviously didn't watch the video of Kofi talking about his demonstration farm (funded by the Gates and Buffet Foundations) and how they are able to over come those challenges. You didn't even skim through the video.... <br /><br />When you have an hour of free time, click on the link (marked "boom"). Switching from slash and burn techniques to mulch farming is preserving the necessary moisture to raise a viable crops. If you don't have time for that: here is a quote from recent <br /><a href="http://farmfutures.com/blogs-africas-till-revolution-9442" rel="nofollow">article</a> on Kofi, "The mind boggles when you consider the very idea of millions of smallholder farmers doubling and tripling food production as they adopt these methods."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553534513992452534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-59261803697444539372016-11-30T10:05:45.431-10:002016-11-30T10:05:45.431-10:00Regarding Africa becoming net exporters of food, I...Regarding Africa becoming net exporters of food, I don't see that happening any time soon. From The Guardian about 9 months ago:<br /><br />"More than 36 million people face hunger across southern and eastern Africa, the United Nations has warned, as swaths of the continent grapple with the worst drought in decades at a time of record high temperatures.<br /><br />The immediate cause of the drought which has crippled countries from Ethiopia to Zimbabwe is one of the strongest El Niño events ever recorded. It has turned normal weather patterns upside down around the globe, climate scientists say.<br /><br />But with the world still reeling from record-high temperatures in February, there are fears that the long-term impacts of climate change are also undermining the region’s ability to endure extremes in weather, leaving huge numbers of people vulnerable to hunger and disease."<br /><br />It's going to take more than "letting farmers do their own thing" to solve this.Linakanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-4628385683759979032016-11-30T08:59:22.606-10:002016-11-30T08:59:22.606-10:00Cities are a nice place to visit, but I couldn'...Cities are a nice place to visit, but I couldn't live there.... Same applies to my father and his brother. I bet they die on the farm... <br /><br /> An interesting reality is modern farming techniques are helping the starving people of Africa become more self-sufficient and in ten years they could be net exporters of agricultural products. This <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F6lkLee5x8" rel="nofollow">boom</a> in farming will raise their standard of living and that's decreasing their birth rate. All of those factors will ease the suffering of starvation for the entire continent. Their biggest encumbrance to that success is anti's propaganda and misinformation. <br /><br />Blessings to those who oppose the anti's cause...<br /><br /><br />An interesting side note, Kofi quit working for Monsanto because their marketing practices were not in the farmer's best interest. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11553534513992452534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-43032211200447534052016-11-30T07:46:48.341-10:002016-11-30T07:46:48.341-10:00Let the "Farmers" plant their desire. L...Let the "Farmers" plant their desire. Leave them alone. Nobody tells you when to piss or shit. The "Farmer" knows what is best for his land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-16443632027405622202016-11-29T13:49:23.925-10:002016-11-29T13:49:23.925-10:00Soon more than half of the people on earth will be...Soon more than half of the people on earth will be living in cities. How ironic that most of the criticism leveled at farmers comes from ubanites who are far removed from the farms that feed them.I don't want to be anywhere close to a city when the food sortages begin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-35910753497195643092016-11-29T13:35:52.697-10:002016-11-29T13:35:52.697-10:00Beautiful photos and eloquent post Joan!
12:18- C...Beautiful photos and eloquent post Joan!<br /><br />12:18- Condesendingly aggressive post with undertones of sarcasm and hate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-28548065881295283482016-11-29T12:20:28.410-10:002016-11-29T12:20:28.410-10:00@12:18 -- So you decided to provide them? lol@12:18 -- So you decided to provide them? lolJoan Conrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172330100788007499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-49567643331502110502016-11-29T12:18:48.421-10:002016-11-29T12:18:48.421-10:00Nice post Joan. Nice to read one not laced with s...Nice post Joan. Nice to read one not laced with sarcasm and hate. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-17940185355874458132016-11-29T10:17:02.723-10:002016-11-29T10:17:02.723-10:00Beautiful post, Joan.
Thank you.Beautiful post, Joan. <br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-68169464846150097122016-11-29T09:41:46.270-10:002016-11-29T09:41:46.270-10:00Awesome introspective analysis!Awesome introspective analysis!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-55158183818016518302016-11-29T09:25:36.200-10:002016-11-29T09:25:36.200-10:00Discerning truth is a lifelong occupation. That we...Discerning truth is a lifelong occupation. That we get to different results as we all have our own truths not surprising.that we keep talking is imperative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7875069982976812251.post-25489068858416187642016-11-29T08:51:50.559-10:002016-11-29T08:51:50.559-10:00"They talked about their frustration with an ..."They talked about their frustration with an anti-GMO movement that is based in the well-fed West and funded by elites — a movement that seeks to dictate what farmers in developing nations should be allowed to grow."<br /><br />And so...I think there is plenty of evidence in their arguments to confirm that the Anti-GMO'ers are racists. "Let Africa starve! Who cares about them? Not us!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com