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How did the world get convinced it was OK and normal to spray our foods with poisons? And we are still super OK with it today, mostly.

jvanderbot 3y ago
The world doesn't think about it. The large farms were convinced it was ok because of competitive pressures.
irjustin 3y ago
> How did the world get convinced it was OK and normal to spray our foods with poisons? If this isn't a rhetorical question, farmers didn't want to lose their crops to bugs. Honestly, it's a pretty reasonable request. > And we are still super OK with it today, mostly. The problem of course is the farmer doesn't care about your or the worldwide sperm count, at least not yet. So we desperately need gov to step in and raise the bar.
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dexwiz 3y ago
Because revolutions happen on empty stomachs. Food security is key for a stable government. So governments push for policies that maximize food output like fertilizers and pesticides. You can blame farmers all you want but national policies heavily shape farmer behavior. Look at Sri Lanka. They banned fertilizer and they have partially collapsed.
- flashback2199 3y ago
  You do realize we export crops right? It's not about preventing a revolution? It's about money lol
  - Turing_Machine 3y ago
    You do realize that unrest in the rest of the world leads to problems here, right? It's both about money and about keeping a couple of billion people from starving to death. lol indeed.
  - dexwiz 3y ago
    The USA has long concerned itself with the politics of other countries. And it uses food exports as a tool of financial influence. Money is always a key part of influence, but it’s not the only. Food and weapons are also high on that list.
  - Nevermark 3y ago
    Companies like Cargill (the biggest) that manage food supply chains across the world are deeply intertwined with governments and food production businesses, with a level of seriousness only matched by how quiet they aim to be. Maintaining food security, availability and price stability involves handling the complexities of weather, farming businesses, a global network of every kind of transport service, technology, politics and finance, and comes before military security. Any change in practice that hampers food production will face an uphill battle, given the significant downsides to any food instability or price expansion.
sargun 3y ago
We've been doing it for thousands of years. Probably far before we've knew the negative side effects of it.
killingtime74 3y ago
Some of us are not and eat organic
mensetmanusman 3y ago
Let me tell you a story about famine…

jvanderbot 3y ago

The world doesn't think about it. The large farms were convinced it was ok because of competitive pressures.

irjustin 3y ago

> How did the world get convinced it was OK and normal to spray our foods with poisons? If this isn't a rhetorical question, farmers didn't want to lose their crops to bugs. Honestly, it's a pretty reasonable request. > And we are still super OK with it today, mostly. The problem of course is the farmer doesn't care about your or the worldwide sperm count, at least not yet. So we desperately need gov to step in and raise the bar.

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dexwiz 3y ago

Because revolutions happen on empty stomachs. Food security is key for a stable government. So governments push for policies that maximize food output like fertilizers and pesticides. You can blame farmers all you want but national policies heavily shape farmer behavior. Look at Sri Lanka. They banned fertilizer and they have partially collapsed.

flashback2199 3y ago
You do realize we export crops right? It's not about preventing a revolution? It's about money lol
- Turing_Machine 3y ago
  You do realize that unrest in the rest of the world leads to problems here, right? It's both about money and about keeping a couple of billion people from starving to death. lol indeed.
- dexwiz 3y ago
  The USA has long concerned itself with the politics of other countries. And it uses food exports as a tool of financial influence. Money is always a key part of influence, but it’s not the only. Food and weapons are also high on that list.
- Nevermark 3y ago
  Companies like Cargill (the biggest) that manage food supply chains across the world are deeply intertwined with governments and food production businesses, with a level of seriousness only matched by how quiet they aim to be. Maintaining food security, availability and price stability involves handling the complexities of weather, farming businesses, a global network of every kind of transport service, technology, politics and finance, and comes before military security. Any change in practice that hampers food production will face an uphill battle, given the significant downsides to any food instability or price expansion.

sargun 3y ago

We've been doing it for thousands of years. Probably far before we've knew the negative side effects of it.

killingtime74 3y ago

Some of us are not and eat organic

mensetmanusman 3y ago

Let me tell you a story about famine…