February 2010
10 posts
“This bath tissue is packaged in environmentally responsible plastic wrap. It...”
– Expire?
Don’t be sad?
Environmentally responsible?
Well, Trader Joe’s, I’m confused.
January 2010
6 posts
3 tags
Coke Invests in Small Fruit Farmers →
Not sure if I should celebrate this or fear the delicious, destructive product it might help create.
Thank you PSFK.
“They built giant, globe-spanning organizations, that employed tens of thousands...”
– The 23rd century historian that lives in Umair Haque’s head wrote that.
Haven’t quoted Umair in a while. He’s a character. Excited to have him back on MPM.
“If we could only live on good food like that, he said to her somewhat loudly, we...”
– Buck Mulligan said that. In the ninteen teens. Just a few pages into Ulysses. By James Joyce.
I guess the good food vs cheap food debate has been going on for a while.
2 tags
“There’s nothing like Roundup. I mean, a monkey could farm with it, you...”
– Luke Ulrich, a farmer in eastern Kansas, said that. He plants seeds that are genetically modified to be Roundup Ready. Buys them from Monsanto. Buys them, plants them, douses his fields with Roundup, and doesn’t worry about damaging his corn or soybeans.
The NPR story that quotes Luke focuses...