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- From: joe@proto.com (Joe Huffman)
- Subject: Re: Why organic?
- Organization: FlashTek, Inc.
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:02:25 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.210225.1336@proto.com>
- References: <1hb0dnINNkbt@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1992Dec24.065830.15909@sarah.albany.edu> <1992Dec31.014423.21377@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- PAPAI@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Jonathan Papai) writes:
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- >la1002@albnyvms.bitnet writes:
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- >>Oh, I forgot one thing.
- >>
- >>I don't know if this is still done, but I would assume so.
- >>}i}i
- >>Banks used to give loans more freely to those farmers who use
- >>more pesticides. I object to this type of manipulation very
- >>strongly.
- >>
- >>Clover
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- > I would hope you could back that one up with some facts.
- >I'm tempted to post that one to alt.conspiracy or alt.folklore.urban
- >to see what kind of laughs they could get out of it, if you can't.
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- >Skeptically,
- >-J.
-
- I grew up on a farm and my two brothers still run the farm. I'm nearly
- certain any of the loans/bankers were only concerned with profit and loss,
- not how that was achieved.
-
- Skeptically also,
-
- -joe-
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