I’m not sure I see the utility of comparing my personal experience (“I have found…”) to the conditions required for a scientifically generalisable result in a well designed experiment ;) I agree, there are very powerful interests that will not be impressed by the MAHA agenda!
I’m not sure I see the utility of comparing my personal experience (“I have found…”) to the conditions required for a scientifically generalisable result in a well designed experiment ;) I agree, there are very powerful interests that will not be impressed by the MAHA agenda!
I wondered how the whole crop-growing farm belt would react to Trump saying they were going to get the pesticides out of food - that's a big ask in most US cropping systems. When that poll came out of Iowa before the election giving 7% to Kamala I wondered if the farmers had got frightened. But no, just a bad poll.
Yes, the pesticide issue is not straightforward. Trump is a politician and politicians make noises, in the run up to elections, calculated to increase their chances of election.
I just read that RFK Jr has appointed Regenerative Farmer Joel Salatin (he was featured in the Food Inc movie) as one of the six advisors to the Secretary of the USDA. Exceptional news.
I think the plan, listening to RFK Jr, is simply to redirect subsides from soy/corn/wheat to different food/systems. This has been proposed for a long time, to make broader nutrient food cheaper (vegies/fruit etc), rather than subsidising crops that go straight into the processed food system.
I’m not sure I see the utility of comparing my personal experience (“I have found…”) to the conditions required for a scientifically generalisable result in a well designed experiment ;) I agree, there are very powerful interests that will not be impressed by the MAHA agenda!
More FUtility than Utility, you think?:)
I wondered how the whole crop-growing farm belt would react to Trump saying they were going to get the pesticides out of food - that's a big ask in most US cropping systems. When that poll came out of Iowa before the election giving 7% to Kamala I wondered if the farmers had got frightened. But no, just a bad poll.
Yes, the pesticide issue is not straightforward. Trump is a politician and politicians make noises, in the run up to elections, calculated to increase their chances of election.
I just read that RFK Jr has appointed Regenerative Farmer Joel Salatin (he was featured in the Food Inc movie) as one of the six advisors to the Secretary of the USDA. Exceptional news.
Very exciting!
I think the plan, listening to RFK Jr, is simply to redirect subsides from soy/corn/wheat to different food/systems. This has been proposed for a long time, to make broader nutrient food cheaper (vegies/fruit etc), rather than subsidising crops that go straight into the processed food system.