http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/taxonomy/term/354/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/343 <p><object width="425" height="355"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3iQZMuTdf90&amp;hl=en"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3iQZMuTdf90&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></p> <p>My friend <a href="http://patrickwilkinsonfilms.com/">Patrick Wilkinson</a> has put together a fine video about the upcoming spraying of large parts of California in the ongoing war on the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM, pronounced el-bam). </p> <p>As Patrick's film suggests, there'd better be something mighty scary about this moth to warrant monthly aerial spraying over most of Northern California over the next five years. </p> <p>So what's the danger? Will the moth summon forth the apocalypse? No. Is it the harbinger of some strange <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=oCfoDCMmNIU">Africanized</a> disease? Not even. Will it ravage California's agriculture? Kinda. But not actually by eating anything or laying anything or causing anything to be damaged. </p> <p>The reason LBAM is a menace is, er, NAFTA. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/343"> ... read more &raquo;</a></span></p> http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal/node/343#comment Ch.3. NAFTA, Immigration, Urban Farming Ch.5. Corporations in Agriculture agribusiness California humour LBAM pesticides Fri, 30 May 2008 22:03:45 -0600 Raj 343 at http://stuffedandstarved.org/drupal