What if...Cows really got "mad?"

2007 Net earnings at ADM was $2.2 billion.  Net earnings at Cargill was $4billion.  Net income at ConAgra was $1.5billion.  How much of this is from taxpayer subsidized money?  The Farm Bill is still up for review, but doesn't appear to be changing much from the last one.  Supposedly our transition to shoulder to shoulder animal farming, and long distance distribution is a bigger contributor to environmental issues than anything else (grain and fuel for processing and transportation, clear cutting and drought, runoff into drinking water).  There is a mass run on food prices globally as fuel prices increase.  Anybody see a problem here?

What if we took all of the processed grain eating animals and processed them for food production?  No I am not for animal cruelty, but these animals are currently in this capacity as of our time in history.  Then, we can actually migrate the animals back towards eating grass instead of corn and steroids.  Supposedly Europe is going to start imposing taxes on fuel used for international food distribution (currently there is none, which has made it cheaper to grow elsewhere and ship).  Maine has imposed a tax on soda.  Drops in the petroleum bucket if we don't do something more radical.  Feed the world, and change things for a better environment in the future?  I know too simple.

The seeds I've sown indoors for the past several weeks went into the ground yesterday.  Some more will go in this week.  With any luck, I'll have broccoli, cauliflower, snap peas, beets, cucumbers, squash, and pumpkins.  Throw in some sunflowers, berries and marigolds for color and to attract birds.  With all of this ruffage, I wish I could plant toilet paper.