Hey, the foodbook visits organic farmers in Shenandoah valley. How
amusing.

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Hey, I am liking the food book. It is a little preachy but the subject
is well treated. He covered industrial corn production, beef
production, processed food preparation. Now he is into industrial
organic production (no, it is not an oxymoron). And he is not even
half-way through the book. I wonder what the heck else is there. The
guy is familiar with political economy enough to use the terms
correctly and periodically take a swipe at c*pitalism.  BTW, do you
know that most of the mcdonalds beef patties come from old dairy cows?
And the (industrial) free-range chicken have a little grassy pen to
which they are allowed for a short period of their life before they
are slaughtered? Also, originally synthetic fertilizers were called
"artificial manure". Pretty cute.

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Next is the food book. It is written by the same guy who wrote
a cycle of articles on the commercial beef production and feedlots
a few years ago for the New York Times. Goes well so far. I am
on industrial food production section.

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I started the food book. It is surprisingly well-written: with flair,
style and clarity. Did you know that "cornhole" is because corn-husks
were used as bathroom tissue back in the day (*shudder*).