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Yay, spray poisons all over the place! If farmers would learn crop management, things like this would be much less necessary.
ReplyDeleteThen again, the government would have to stop subsidizing the chem-agri giants such as Monsanto, and give the right to farm responsibly back to the farmers.
Anon 8:14,
ReplyDeleteShut the hell up! You're one of those people that has to bitch about everything, aren't you?
I read one time that crop dusting is one of the most dangerous jobs in American. I think lumberjacking was the worst and crop dusting was in the top five. They are neat to watch but I would not want to ride in one.
ReplyDeleteI was a lumberjack. Chainsaw operator. Can definitly attest to its dangers. Don't think there was ever a day of work that I didn't suffer some bumps and bruises. But you can't beat working in the great outdoors...
ReplyDelete9:38 have you seen this show on the Discovery channel about loggers? Can't remember the name of it but its modeled after the "Deadliest Catch" show?
ReplyDeleteI was wondering how realistic it is or are the lumberjacks just "playing to the cameras"?
Whereabouts did you do your lumberjacking?
8:25 - I don't b*tch about everything - just the things that are important to me. I hate the idea that our food is laden with chemicals that have been proven to cause cancer and other awful health problems.
ReplyDeleteWe had no need for these chemicals until we started mono-crop factory farming. Successful, sustainable farms have crop diversity, which leads to less destruction from pests, which leads to less chemical use.
Diverse farms have the added benefit of not utterly destroying the land they are grown on and take their nourishment from. Enriching the soil with compost, composted manure and cover crops is much better for us than spraying poison all over creation.
10:30 Your full of crap.
ReplyDelete10:25 Ax men and Ice Loggers? Totally different type of lumberjacking than is done around here. Its more like that Swamp Loggers show as we are barely above sea level. Logging is done all over the Eastern Shore. We would work from the Bridge tunnel to Seaford, DE.
ReplyDeleteThere are other options available. Try organic vegetables if you are worried about your health. Though they are a bit more expensive so you'll have to decide whether your health or your wallet is more important to you.
ReplyDeleteThe worst that I have seen was the crop duster spraying with workers in the field...one of them pregnant. I raised the roof on that one. Their response was that once they take off with a full tank, they cannot land until the poison is empty. The sad thing is most of the field workers habla espanuel and they do not even realize the ramifications.
ReplyDeleteThose workers in the field knew waht was going on, and chose not to leave. This wasn't the first time they had seen this happen.
ReplyDelete3:07-Take a bite A$$hole. You must be a chemical salesman or a sprayer getting the almighty dollar in exchange for peoples health. Bless you with the three fold rule you ugly person.
ReplyDeleteMy Grandfather was a crop duster 30 years ago and my Grandmother would stand in the fields with a flag to let him know which field to spray while my sister and I would sometimes be playing close by. Furthermore my Granddad, Dad and Uncle would be waist deep in chemicals mixing them and putting them in the hopper. Neither were posioned or died from chemical exposure.
ReplyDeleteBlah Blah Blah Blah......Can you say agent orange? They sound awful smart to stand in the field and get bombed. Did they sing strawberry fields forever while he was spraying too? There must have been a little orange hiding in the ovum that created you. We can only hope Rambo is hiding down in the corn and clips the left wing on the next spray attempt.
ReplyDeleteAgent orange wasn't used in crop dusting so get the facts straight! Apparently your comment is weak because all you can do is attack others. Every one has their own story.
ReplyDeleteLets not get our panties in a wod.
ReplyDeletehad an old farmer tell me one time.."if we didnt use chemicals,you wouldnt eat"....so for all the naysayers...how much food have you put away from your garden this yr?...none?...thought so
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