United Nations Calls for an End to Industrialized Farming

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Posted: 11/27/2014 11:15:11 AM EDT

In 2013, the United Nations announced that the world's agricultural needs can be met with localized organic farms. That's right, we do not need giant monocultures that pour, spray and coat our produce with massive amounts of poisons, only to create mutant pests and weeds while decimating pollinators and harming human health. Don't believe the hype: We do not need genetically modified foods "to feed the world."

From my experience, many of these - how shall we say it - "worker bees" (i.e the GMO salesmen) who spread this propaganda, actually believe conventional tactics are necessary to ensure food security. They've drunk the Kool-Aid and cannot envision another possibility. The changes threaten their very existence.

Organic agriculture, which has gone from a fringe movement to a multibillion industry, IX can IX produce high yields and withstand disaster and duress much better than chemical-reliant crops, according to reports coming out of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM), which held its 18th annual world congress in Istanbul this past October.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27636-united-nations-calls-for-an-end-to-industrialized-farming#

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:16:18 AM EDT

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I guess the UN doesn't like to eat regular.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:16:45 AM EDT

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Sure you could go back to "organic" farming, but then 40% of the population would have to work on farms.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:18:51 AM EDT

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Hey UN, FUCK YOU.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:19:40 AM EDT

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+1000

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:19:47 AM EDT

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LOL.

Maybe go back to horse drawn implements too.

Fucking idiots.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:20:31 AM EDT

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So people would have jobs and be productive?

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:21:43 AM EDT

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Wouldn't prices go up and output go down? How many would starve?

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:22:10 AM EDT

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Good thing they have no power.

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Posted: 11/27/2014 11:22:55 AM EDT

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I'm calling for the end of the UN. Anyone hear me? END THE U FUCKING N!!!

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:24:18 AM EDT

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So your saying we could do a way with a lot of FSA items ?

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:24:37 AM EDT

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The UN wants half the world to starve to reduce global warming

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:25:59 AM EDT

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Sure you could go back to "organic" farming, but then 40% of the population would have to work on farms.

So people would have jobs and be productive?

Yea really, that'd just be horrible.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:27:11 AM EDT

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Why does the UN waste resources on such things?... are these the same clowns that gave a forum to Gentle Michael Brown Inc.?

Gotta be the most worthless, bloated , overreaching organization known to man.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:27:36 AM EDT

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Just think how low unemployment would be

Sound like obunghole and the un are working together to find work for all the illegals.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:28:54 AM EDT

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Ridiculous stupidity.

If it were even possible, it would require that the cities be emptied and spread over the globe. The vast majority of the worlds population is focused in urban areas.

Imagine the environmental impact of New York City alone emptied out it's populace into the countryside to grow their own food on 2-5 acre organic plots.

Idiots.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:29:32 AM EDT

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F. UN

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:29:45 AM EDT

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don't give those shitheads any ideas.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:30:10 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/27/2014 11:30:51 AM EDT

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OK, the US should cut off all food aid. Tell the UN to pick up the slack somewhere else.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:31:55 AM EDT

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Why not end all farming all together?
Go back to hunting/gathering and living as nomads?

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:31:58 AM EDT

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Because Africa should set the example for the parts of the world that are actually civilized and which feed the parts that are not.

The UN is a wannabee socialist world government.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:39:17 AM EDT

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If that's true, there's a silverline if that really come to pass.

Small town America might see a resurgence and the large cities that spill FSA everywhere might deflate. With smaller towns the FSA and the politicians that feed on them would have a harder time screwing up the productive population.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:40:55 AM EDT

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That cause a spike in CO2 from the rotting bodies and a century will be needed to normalize. In the mean time, the low population in third world countries will cause population explosions to produce enough human power to operate their subsistence life styles.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:41:42 AM EDT

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And off of food stamps and Obamacare because there not sick because they have to get off the couch?

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:41:49 AM EDT

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That organization is a useless sack of shit.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:41:54 AM EDT

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end industrialized farming, because there just aren't enough people starving to death in the world.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:42:57 AM EDT

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Ah the U.N.. Useless since it's creation.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:43:17 AM EDT

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Considering half the world is dependent on my tax dollars I am OK with this.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:44:04 AM EDT

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Nah, they want to control everything. Only good thing is, they fail miserably at that.

UN reminds me of my Seven year old telling me he is going to play video games until midnight on a school night.

As soon as I tell him he will have no video games for the rest of the month if he doesn't get his ass in bed RIGHT NOW, he forgets about his childish assertions.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:44:53 AM EDT

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John Ringo is a prophet.

And to be honest, this is absofuckinglutely horrifying.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:46:20 AM EDT

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Another 40% would have to starve to make this work as well.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:48:30 AM EDT

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Sure you could go back to "organic" farming, but then 40% of the population would have to work on farms.

Another 40% would have to starve to make this work as well.

Woohoo mass starvation way to go UN.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:51:36 AM EDT

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Turn off the synthetic fertilizer plants, and half the world's population starves in the next year.

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:53:17 AM EDT

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Yes and None

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:55:13 AM EDT

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So do you work for DuPont or Monsanto?

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:56:04 AM EDT

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Ridiculous stupidity.

If it were even possible, it would require that the cities be emptied and spread over the globe. The vast majority of the worlds population is focused in urban areas.

Imagine the environmental impact of New York City alone emptied out it's populace into the countryside to grow their own food on 2-5 acre organic plots.

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Didn't Polpot try this in the 70s? IIRC it wasn't a 100% sucess

Posted: 11/27/2014 11:58:21 AM EDT

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Posted: 11/27/2014 12:00:31 PM EDT

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Ahh the useless UN strikes again.

Fuck the UN.

Get the UN out of the USA.

Posted: 11/27/2014 12:02:05 PM EDT

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We should farm like Africa?

Posted: 11/27/2014 12:02:50 PM EDT

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Welp, that's one way to solve the obesity problem.

Posted: 11/27/2014 12:02:59 PM EDT

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This...it would not work.

Posted: 11/27/2014 12:03:16 PM EDT

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And what would be wrong with reversing the concentrated urban poverty we have?

Posted: 11/27/2014 12:05:41 PM EDT

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Ridiculous stupidity.

If it were even possible, it would require that the cities be emptied and spread over the globe. The vast majority of the worlds population is focused in urban areas.

Imagine the environmental impact of New York City alone emptied out it's populace into the countryside to grow their own food on 2-5 acre organic plots.

Idiots.

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Big gov and big Corp are the same to me today so I'm all for it.
And since the population of NY NY was 7,454,995 in 1940 and people ate I don't see it imploding today if we told wall street to get out of the food business.

Posted: 11/27/2014 12:06:36 PM EDT

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Posted: 11/27/2014 12:06:51 PM EDT

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Posted: 11/27/2014 12:08:07 PM EDT

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Ahh the useless UN strikes again.

Fuck the UN.

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Posted: 11/27/2014 12:08:10 PM EDT

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In 2013, the United Nations announced that the world's agricultural needs can be met with localized organic farms. That's right, we do not need giant monocultures that pour, spray and coat our produce with massive amounts of poisons, only to create mutant pests and weeds while decimating pollinators and harming human health. Don't believe the hype: We do not need genetically modified foods "to feed the world."

From my experience, many of these - how shall we say it - "worker bees" (i.e the GMO salesmen) who spread this propaganda, actually believe conventional tactics are necessary to ensure food security. They've drunk the Kool-Aid and cannot envision another possibility. The changes threaten their very existence.

Organic agriculture, which has gone from a fringe movement to a multibillion industry, IX can IX produce high yields and withstand disaster and duress much better than chemical-reliant crops, according to reports coming out of the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM), which held its 18th annual world congress in Istanbul this past October.

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/27636-united-nations-calls-for-an-end-to-industrialized-farming#

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I like the idea of having alternate crops and methods in use and development. It could be really bad if we got an infestation we couldn't control and it went after a crop that was grown everywhere. On the other hand I don't think it should be mandated, and I don't think the green/organic farms can meet the promises they're making. If they could do it they wouldn't need legislation to become dominant.