postscript (even though it is at the beginning . .. )About 195 million children currently suffer from malnutrition. As I watched my 4 year old eat her dinner after writing this post, all I could think about was the unbearable pain that a parent unable to feed her child must suffer.
Rony Charles, a rice grower and member of the Agricultural Producer Cooperative of Verrettes, said, “Instead of foreigners sending us food, they should give us the chance to do our own agriculture so it can survive.”
Many people participated in the discussion on bobtmn's diary, University of Minnesota Cancels Agriculture Documentary. The story was horrible - an environmental documentary from a respected university seemingly cancelled because of corporate influence within the University of Minnesota. If you didn't read the diary, I urge you to do so.
But there is good news here in the heartland. It turns out that "Troubled Waters" will be shown after all. More on the flip side...
The UofM, my Alma Mater, and that of my kids, today embarrassed me and our state by suppressing the public broadcast of a film about the effect of large scale farming on our rivers and ground water.
The premier was scheduled for October 5 on public television. It had already been published and promoted. Suddenly, a Vice President of the University, whose husband is a lobbyist representing corporate agriculture in Minnesota, decided to take it on herself to cancel the broadcast. The newspaper quotes a representative as saying the documentary was not "Fair and Balanced".
Last night, we got the call from our nearish neighbor, who has the specially modified nail gun that shoots blunt force trauma at 80 psi.
It was late afternoon -- "how about tonight?" she said.
We were planning an ethical multiple murder, and suddenly it was happening all too fast.