http://prairieroots.org/2007/03/12/sdsu-college-farm-why-not/ “There are no meanings apart from roots.” --Walter Brueggemann Fri, 04 May 2012 18:56:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://prairieroots.org/2007/03/12/sdsu-college-farm-why-not/#comment-8 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 19:13:00 +0000 http://prairieroots.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/sdsu-college-farm-why-not/#comment-8 Perry, that’s the impression I got while attending SDSU. Of course, I wasn’t in the College of Ag&Bio myself, so I’d love to hear from some current students or faculty in that College who could shed some light on the matter from firsthand experience.

]]> http://prairieroots.org/2007/03/12/sdsu-college-farm-why-not/#comment-7 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 18:51:00 +0000 http://prairieroots.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/sdsu-college-farm-why-not/#comment-7 I believe the reason that SDSU does not have an organic farm is because the people who make those kinds of decisions for the school are totally invested in the AGRIBUSINESS model. That particular model is driven by Monsanto, Ceiba Geigy, Cargill (I may be forgetting some) and other obscenely powerful companines whose primary concern is their own bottom line in the short term rather than what is widely beneficial and sustainable for the planet and it’s creatures.

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