Comments on: New Media is New to Me http://agwired.com/2006/02/28/new-media-is-new-to-me/ What's new in the world of agribusiness Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:48:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Tom Philpott http://agwired.com/2006/02/28/new-media-is-new-to-me/#comment-773 Tom Philpott Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:39:17 +0000 http://agwired.com/?p=1501#comment-773 Dear Margy, I'm glad to see young journalists taking an interest in agriculture. Where we get our food has become quite an abstract topic here in the land of industrial agriculture, where just 2 percent of the population works on farms. Yet I hope you will see that there are other perspectives on agriculture than those promoted by the likes of Monsanto. Industrial agriculture is <a href="http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/2/22/105622/830" rel="nofollow">environmentally</a> and <a href="http://grist.org/news/maindish/2006/02/22/philpott/" rel="nofollow">socially</a> quite problematic. And while Monsanto has generously supported your right to expression, the company has threatened to <a href="http://bittergreensgazette.blogspot.com/2005/08/bitter-greens-responds-to-monsanto.html" rel="nofollow">impede mine.</a> I hope you'll read the articles I link to with an open mind; I'd love to hear your response.. Cheers, Tom Dear Margy,
I’m glad to see young journalists taking an interest in agriculture. Where we get our food has become quite an abstract topic here in the land of industrial agriculture, where just 2 percent of the population works on farms.

Yet I hope you will see that there are other perspectives on agriculture than those promoted by the likes of Monsanto. Industrial agriculture is environmentally and socially quite problematic.

And while Monsanto has generously supported your right to expression, the company has threatened to impede mine.

I hope you’ll read the articles I link to with an open mind; I’d love to hear your response..
Cheers,
Tom

]]> By: Chuck http://agwired.com/2006/02/28/new-media-is-new-to-me/#comment-766 Chuck Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:09:15 +0000 http://agwired.com/?p=1501#comment-766 Great job Margy. Have a safe and on-time trip and I'll see you in Anaheim. Great job Margy. Have a safe and on-time trip and I’ll see you in Anaheim.

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