The seven myths of agriculture

This video covers the seven deadly myths of industrial agriculture as described in the book, "A Fatal Harvest. The Tragedy of Industrial Agriculture".

Myth 1: Industrial agriculture will feed the world = NOT
Myth 2: Industrial food is safe, healthy and nutricious = NOT
Myth 3: Industrial food is cheap = NOT
Myth 4: Industrial agriculture is efficient = NOT
Myth 5: Industrial food offers more choices = NOT
Myth 6: Industrial agriculture benefits the environment and wildlife = NOT
Myth 7: Biotechnology will solve the problems of industrial agriculture = NOT

What can you do? Buy seasonal produce and supporting local organic farms.

About myth 2, my cousin in Canada was a pilot on a pesticide spraying airplane and was diagnosed with acute leukemia at age 45 two years ago at the same time my father (74), a retired farmer in the Netherlands, was diagnosed with the same acute leukemia. My cousin opted for chemo therapy as they gave him a 25-30% chance of recovery. My father didn't want to do the chemo as he had never been in hospital and was pretty scared of it, besides he only got a chance of 5-10% to recover. My cousin died within the first two weeks of chemo, bald, ill, sore and very lonely as he had to be in quarantine. My father lived for another six months in reasonable health only receiving fresh blood every three weeks. What do I want to say with this story; it's not a romantic business being a farmer or working in agriculture. My cousin was working with the huge industrialised farmers while my father was one of the last small scale dairy farms but surrounded by big pig farmers and the rules of pesticides in the sixties and seventies weren't as strict as nowadays in the EU. Although Austrlia still allows lots of those forbidden pesticides to be used in farming and by councils who take care of parks and verges. When interested what happesn in WA, click here. Or check out the website Save our trees