In Chinese medicine, the earth figures very largely…all puns intended. Seriously, there is a direct connection between the richness of the soil and the health of the human organism.
For a half century or more, industrial farming, and now bio-tech plant genetics, has depleted the soil, and made a mockery of sensible agriculture and nutrition. Crop yields are declining, bees are many other valuable pest management species are dying. Meanwhile, the corporate farming model searches for more potent pesticides and antibiotics to inject into a diseased system, instead of cultivating the righteous Chi of the Soil.
With the election of President Obama, we have the opportunity to turn a lot of diseased systems around, but not if he picks people whose values mimic those of corporatists – blinded and compelled to seek short term profits – the devil of our modern day “free” unregulated market system.
The Organic Consumers Association is urging us to:
Tell Obama: NO to Vilsack for Secretary of Agriculture. “It has been widely reported that former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack is being considered for the Secretary of Agriculture position in the Obama Administration. Vilsack is no friend of organic food and farming and his appointment would represent a major disappointment for the Organic Consumers Association and its members. But there is still time to make your voice heard.”