Friday, September 22, 2006
Homeland Security
So you go to the local safeway. For the sake of convenience you grab some pre-cleaned, bagged veggies. Easy resealable pouches, healthy fresh vegetables, couldn't be easier. Bullshit. Agri-business and large scale processing has put our national security in Jeopardy. It is in the best interest of homeland security to decentralize food production and create a series of regional food sourcing centers that can act independently in case of terrorist, and or accidental contamination. From here on out I will refer to these regional food production facilities as Foodstuff Annex for Regional and Metropolitan Support, or F.A.R.M.S. These F.A.R.M.S. will produce food for population centers within quick trucking distance. They can produce a variety of foodstuffs that are indigineous and or specific to the climate of the area providing a hearty, nutritious and diversified yield. Crops that are naturally resistant to pests and disease of the given regions. This decentralization also has great strategic import. It is almost impossible for food flow to be disrupted by contamination when there are so many independent F.A.R.M.S. operating.
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What about the local farmers selling pesticide-free bagged veggies? Would you eliminate all bagged veggies? Or just those being sent out across state/regional lines?
It isn't necessarily the concept of bagged vegetables (though there is a potentially false sense of security dereived from it) as it is the centralization of food processing. Outbreaks like this can be isolated and much more easily contained if produce is localized to some degree. Though our demand for certain produce year round would make this nearly impossible
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