Comments on: Forget the USDA http://www.newagrarian.com/2009/01/01/forget-the-usda/ The New Agrarian includes essays, information, and research about sustainable and small-scale agriculture. Topics include urban agriculture, rural culture, sustainable communities, homesteading, and backyard poultry. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:48:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Ruth Henriquez Lyon http://www.newagrarian.com/2009/01/01/forget-the-usda/#comment-52 Ruth Henriquez Lyon Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:58:48 +0000 http://www.newagrarian.com/?p=424#comment-52 Thanks for this well-reasoned article. You're right, and I had the same thoughts, but didn't sort them out as well since I wasn't trying to write them down. The expository writing process, I think, is a great clarifier of thoughts, and you do it very well. And although your viewpoint is realistic, you still give us hope. As Obama stated during the campaign, he believes that a lot of change has to come from the ground up. I have been reading lately about more and more cattle farmers raising their animals on pasture using humane husbandry techniques, because consumers are asking for that. Plus several states have taken on factory farming. It is really up to us as consumers to drive this change. Thanks for this well-reasoned article. You’re right, and I had the same thoughts, but didn’t sort them out as well since I wasn’t trying to write them down. The expository writing process, I think, is a great clarifier of thoughts, and you do it very well. And although your viewpoint is realistic, you still give us hope.

As Obama stated during the campaign, he believes that a lot of change has to come from the ground up. I have been reading lately about more and more cattle farmers raising their animals on pasture using humane husbandry techniques, because consumers are asking for that. Plus several states have taken on factory farming. It is really up to us as consumers to drive this change.

]]> By: Mark B http://www.newagrarian.com/2009/01/01/forget-the-usda/#comment-32 Mark B Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:59:24 +0000 http://www.newagrarian.com/?p=424#comment-32 Very well put. Hope tempered by realistic expecation and humility is rare these days, especially in the more often than not polarized world of blogs. This type of writing encourages me to move in a forward direction thankful for what ground we have made(as small as that may sometimes be)and eager to carry on in my own attempts at responsible stewardship. Despair and unbridaled optimism, on the other hand, usally encourage the opposite. Thanks! Very well put. Hope tempered by realistic expecation and humility is rare these days, especially in the more often than not polarized world of blogs. This type of writing encourages me to move in a forward direction thankful for what ground we have made(as small as that may sometimes be)and eager to carry on in my own attempts at responsible stewardship. Despair and unbridaled optimism, on the other hand, usally encourage the opposite. Thanks!

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