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...opens the door to utilizing safely the more than 40 million tons of cottonseed produced annually as a large, valuable protein source," says Norman Borlaug, an American agronomist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for developing high-yield wheat varieties that have helped increase the world's food supply...
Your cover story is long overdue. Although I am of limited means, I can think of no more impoverishing act than buying cheap, conventional meats and produce because organic food is "too expensive." We spend thousands of dollars on items we don't need and become morbidly obese on junk food yet argue that we can't feed our children healthy alternatives because the cost is too high. Guess what: the cost to our families--and to the earth--of forgoing organic food is a lot higher. John Lipman, BREWSTER, MASS...
...glad to read your story, but you forgot the importance of buying local products. Farming in America is not broken down into small organic farms and massive factories. Hundreds of small family farms provide safe, healthy food to their communities, even though they do not farm organically. These farmers rely on pasturing, sanitary conditions and care to keep their animals healthy and happy, without depleting the environment. While local food will always cost more, it is often more affordable and offers many of the health benefits of organic food. Emily Everett, WILLIAMSBURG...
People have eaten meat three times a day for generations. They are fat now because they don't exercise and eat overprocessed food. The feedlot cattle you speak of become finer cuts of meat because corn gives the meat flavor. There is now less erosion in farmland than ever before. Yet we produce more food, cheaper than ever. If it worked that way in medicine, we wouldn't have a health-care crisis. Marcia Gorrell, MARSHALL...
...land and our cattle. Our livelihood depends on it. No one is a better steward of them than their owners, who depend on them to stay in business. I'm certain those folks who struggle to feed their children don't mind that American farmers are churning out "cheap" food. David Oborny, MARION, KANS...