Vegetables of Mass destruction - a series about food issues written by Jill Richardson, formerly OrangeClouds115.
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It was only a few decades ago when our government actually encouraged us to grow gardens to feed ourselves. Now, they encourage us to buy ...
by Hardhat Democrat
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on Sun Jul 06, 2008 at 03:38 PM PDT
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What can you do with a mushy blueberry? You can't ship it. You can't really store it. Therefore, you can't usually sell it. Often farmers suffer considerable losses when they can't sell excess or ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Jun 15, 2008 at 09:46 AM PDT
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The wind is attacking me. My sign is not holding up to this onslaught much better, but it has one advantage that I do not. I can help my sign, but my sign can not help me. Well, okay...it sort of ...
by Hardhat Democrat
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on Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 05:49 PM PDT
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In the first stage of what sources say may be a prolonged insurgency against the forces of hunger and malnutrition in inner-city neighborhoods all across America; repeated sightings of peppers, ...
by Hardhat Democrat
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on Sun Apr 06, 2008 at 09:33 AM PDT
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I'm on the winning side of an issue! What happened? Am I dreaming? No. Am I becoming a Republican? OK, absolutely not. And yet... an issue I care deeply about, the freedom to label ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Mar 23, 2008 at 09:39 AM PDT
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orangeclouds has graciously allowed me to diary a VMD (aka Vegetables of Mass Destruction) issue. And, it's an "URGENT TAKE ACTION" variety. Why ...
by jillian
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on Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 08:27 PM PST
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In the last days of January, I got an email with an undercover video of cow torture in a beef plant. Probably some crazy PETA thing going around I figured. I ignored it. Not that cruelty to animals ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Feb 24, 2008 at 12:31 PM PST
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Yesterday I spent an hour speaking with David, a former meatpacker at a Tyson hog plant in Iowa. The conversation left me near tears, and I wonder at how David has been able to pick himself up and ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Feb 17, 2008 at 07:58 AM PST
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Stepping in this weekend for one of my favorite dKos diarists, OrangeClouds115, I am going to share some thoughts on a couple of really good books I've recently had the pleasure to read. I am also ...
by Hardhat Democrat
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on Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 10:25 AM PST
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This week I attended a local food conference in Eau Claire, WI, and a woman from the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute handed out an urgent action alert. The reason for the urgency? Comments ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Jan 27, 2008 at 05:54 AM PST
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crossposted from unbossed
Today we got good news. The Monsanto astroturf scheme to take away the rights of the citizens of Pennsylvania to know how their milk ...
by shirah
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on Sun Jan 20, 2008 at 06:37 AM PST
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I hate to repeat the same old topics in these diaries but this is a case where I feel forced to. In New Jersey, a flurry of emails from citizens defeated the all-powerful Monsanto. We need a big ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Jan 13, 2008 at 05:47 AM PST
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Hello everyone from the beautiful deep blue city of Austin in the heart of red, red Texas. I have all kinds of good news to share with you to get everyone revved up for the convention (even though it'
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Jan 06, 2008 at 08:36 AM PST
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A week or so ago, a friend confessed he was curious about why I don't eat meat. I had just finished reading Christopher Cook's Diet for a Dead Planet so I started rattling off some of the ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Dec 30, 2007 at 02:28 PM PST
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I'm going to take a one-week break from dealing with the news (even though a lot happened in the food world this week, especially with the farm bill in the Senate) to review a book I just read, ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Dec 16, 2007 at 10:32 AM PST
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Thanks to OrangeClouds115 for letting me use the VMD today to discuss a timely issue that can impact the OH-05 special election. An issue that has been overlooked so far in the OH-05 race that has ...
by Farm Bill Girl
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on Sun Dec 09, 2007 at 10:26 AM PST
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This diary is, in a way, a reflection on the entire VMD diary series so far. One of the very first diaries in the series was about obesity and - even though I look back on it now as naive - it got ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Dec 02, 2007 at 11:34 AM PST
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I'm not the first one diarying this , but last week there were several calls for a VMD on the topic. So here it is.
According to ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Nov 25, 2007 at 07:03 AM PST
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Nobody wants their kids tossed around as political footballs, and yet, when it comes to school lunch, that's the case. On the right correct side of the politics of school lunch are those who ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Nov 18, 2007 at 09:32 AM PST
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For those familiar with this series, you are used to seeing the title as "Vegetables of Mass Destruction." The title came about when my vegetarian cooking website got hits from the IAEA website. I ...
by OrangeClouds115
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on Sun Nov 11, 2007 at 09:30 AM PST
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