That was a really good post by Phil Moss.
Generally people used to be advised to avoid politics and religion in conversations.
I'm thinking of adding , GM crops, Neonics ,and Black Bees now
A middle way perhaps is not subsidising crops that require neonics (for the moment in UK)
I grow the odd potato every year but I don't plant them in the same bit of ground.
Now if I had a chemical dusting that protected the potato and let me plant them in the same ground every year would I use it?
I have to grow blight resistant spuds because I don't have a selection of fungicides like commercial growers but they are pretty good to eat
On the farms round our way they have a 3 crop rotation Grain,potatoes,Rape.
Now if I grew only potato cabbage and maize(some chance) in my rotation then it wouldn't be long before lots of pests and diseases showed up.
Subsidy for rape growing is in some ways linked to potential for bio-fuel production it would seem because nobody needs all the oil for frying chips
Phil Moss rightly points out that calling for bans could have catastrophic consequences elsewhere in the world so that's the wrong way to go.
Just incentivise the growing you want to see in UK and give funding to the least harmful option wherever possible.
would that not make a better resolution for a vote next year ?
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