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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:29 AM Original message |
Not The Onion: Big Ag goes after Michelle for planting an organic garden |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Classic. |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. That organic garden is |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
38. note to WH: |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Wow! |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
4. damn that woman! Not only does she |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
5. they are so scared that we will grow our own and stop buying their poisonous food |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. You are sort of right |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Big Chemical is scared we'll go organic. Big Ag is scared of independent, local farmers |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. We can argue about it at the organic grocery store. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. In some stores, they don't put the organic food alongside the regular food . .. |
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acmavm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
6. Fools that pen crap like that are totally dependent on the ignorance factor |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. well... beer,soapy water, safe organic compounds,and weeding |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Great image! What is it? |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. My biggest garden friends were the alligator lizards. |
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Maat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. He kind of looks like Merlin, our bearded dragon lizard. |
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Sebastian Doyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. Beer? |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:06 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Snails drown in it. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 04:44 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Been around forever. Use a shallow dish like a pie pan, fill with beer & collect the snails next day |
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NoSheep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Cheap beer, I hope. Snobby snails really irk me. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. Ohferkrissakes ....... |
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Tim01 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. Chemical companies like Monsanto attack organic farmers where they can. |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
12. Mid America CropLife Assoc. is an exclusive organization! |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have not used pesticides in over 10 Years. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Organis fruits and veggies are more nutritious, too. They have done |
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A-Long-Little-Doggie (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Hi formerica, can you give me some good resources on how to |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Some useful links |
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A-Long-Little-Doggie (895 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:52 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Thanks! n/t |
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kentauros (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Here's one on weeds, too |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-31-09 02:47 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Thank You |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. Yep, last year I was doing battle with the aphids |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 03:54 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Keeping good bugs. |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
15. but what about all the oil they could be using, |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
18. Well, I do hope she got the soil tested for lead |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. Here ya go, folks. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
20. What's next, the anti-fresh air lobby? nt |
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crikkett (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
36. Wasn't that the automakers and energy co's who fought |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. I wouldn't be surprised if it was Monsanto's brainiac idea to sterilize |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. I know I personally can't do tomatoes in the back yard if I don't have a plane spraying pesticides |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. They are gardening when we need them to drill for oil on the White House grounds?? |
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Reterr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
27. LOL can't make this shit up |
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tabbycat31 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-29-09 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
29. whaa whaa whaa |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-30-09 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
40. Thank you Michelle for helping us organists point out the follies of |
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