Comments for Fresh Start at http://www.theind.com , comment 1 to 8 out of 8 comments http://www.theind.com Thu, 23 May 2013 10:32:29 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/8525-fresh-start#comment-20332 In response to James Melancon's comment "doubt the world could feed itself more than a few minutes." Local movements, such as Farm-to-Table, reinforce our cultural heritage and introduce a prideful way of sustainable cultivation to the up-coming generations. It’s about feeding our friends and family the best tasting meals with a nutritional punch less fortified with estrogen mimicking pesticides. If we were concerned with feeding the world, our industrial friends would shy away from biofuel production. Just food for thought… - Kim Arcement Fri, 29 Jul 2011 02:30:12 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/8525-fresh-start#comment-19137 Neustrom says "consumers are rejecting the industrial agriculture food system model, although cheap and convenient. -------------------------- The organic, farm-to-table movement is great. Nonetheless, without industrial agriculture I doubt the world could feed itself more than few minutes. Neustrom repeats the old familiar anti-business cliches and fails to understand the realities. - James Melancon Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:49:28 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/8525-fresh-start#comment-19057 This it wonderful! As more and more people become diabetic due to the hidden high sugar content of processed food and the lack of quality meats it's good to see a positive trend in agriculture. It'll be tough going at first but anyone who chooses farming for a living is just naturally a bit tougher than the average person. Hopefully, some of the community feel of agriculture can return also. I really miss that. A few years ago I was visiting my Dad up near Buffalo NY in the summertime and I wanted to go to a farm market and get some local fruit. I was stunned to find that these 'farm' markets, when we finally found one, were all selling fruit from Mexico! Upstate NY has a wide array of local produce and it was hard to find. When I was young that was how we ate in the summer. Now we have year round produce that has questionable origins. (there's nothing inherently wrong with Mexican produce, if one eats it in Mexico). Local produce also doesn't have to be strictly organically grown to be superior, just carefully grown and fresh. All those soil and insecticide treatments were created in response to major problems with growing food. The careful use of them is not necessarily bad, it's the indiscriminate use of them that creates new problems. Where I presently live in Colorado, there is more agricultural chemical runoff from the City of Denver and it's suburbs than from all of Weld County a vast agriculture growing area. Farmers tend to use just what they need, in the city they just want it to be green. Very exciting development. - Hugh Robertson Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:26:50 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/8525-fresh-start#comment-19053 Thank you for this informative article. - William McBride Mon, 27 Jun 2011 05:55:26 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/8525-fresh-start#comment-19003 To the many levels of our health ! Local organic whole live foods ! - Go Lafayette! Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:26:20 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/8525-fresh-start#comment-18986 Great article. This is far more interesting that the political poop du jour. - Good Stuff Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:30:42 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/8525-fresh-start#comment-18968 Ville Platte also has a wonderful farmer's market on Saturday mornings starting at 9:30 a.m. with a live band as well at the pavillion in the park. - Lana Soileau Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:06:34 +0100 http://www.theind.com/cover-story/8525-fresh-start#comment-18951 Fantastic. I'm thrilled to see this movement picking up steam and notable papers like The Independent covering it. As the owner of Backyard Harvest (www.backyardharvestacadiana.com), which installs raised bed vegetable gardens at people's homes, I'm glad to be part of this reawakening. - Justin Price Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:39:36 +0100