[Lapg] Industrial Agriculture Proponents?

[Dennis Pilien]

Hi Rashid,
If 90% of what comes up in any search are articles arguing against Industrial 
Agriculture, maybe you could consider other phrases than "industrial 
agriculture", like agribusiness or another two-word (or more) phrase similar to 
"industrial agriculture". Maybe search "industrial agriculture, synonyms for" 
and see where that leads.

Check agribusiness council at www.agribusinesscouncil.org They have lists of 
related information and datasets. Check the websites, brochures and programs of 
ConAgra, Kellogg's and the rest, for a start. Check the stats for the  "largest 
agribusinesses in the world". Check specific online company propaganda, and 
storylines, etc. Check: "The Globalization of Agribusiness and Developing World 
Food Systems" or similar. This search gives some interesting informatuion you 
might use.

Towards sustainability,
Best,
Dennis





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From: Rashid G. <rashidreza at gmail.com>
To: Dennis Pilien <dpilien98 at yahoo.com>; crsp at igc.org
Cc: lapg at arashi.com
Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 7:49:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Lapg] Industrial Agriculture Proponents?

Thanks Dennis and Lois

I thought I had used most if not all of the possible search phrases and 
combinations
"Pros of... "
"Benefits of... "
"Supporters of... "
"Proponents of... "
"Arguments in favor of... "
etc. etc.

Ironically even when you type in these search phrases, 90% of what comes up are 
articles arguing against Industrial Agriculture.

But here are some of the articles I found after hours of searching:
http://www.mcdb.ucla.edu/Research/Goldberg/research/Pdf/To_eat_or_not.pdf
http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-06/ff_heresies_03organics
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/26/attention_whole_foods_shoppers
http://www.agbioworld.org/biotech-info/articles/biotech-art/hypocrisy.html

coincidently I never tried Lois's "good reasons for industrial agriculture"
found a few more, thanks Lois.
http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2010/02/04/you-talk-about-industrial-farming-like-its-a-bad-thing/

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-06/su-has061410.php#

peace
R




On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Lois Arkin <crsp at igc.org> wrote: 
>
Google <good reasons for industrial agriculture>.  Unfortunately over 8 million 
items come up vs. only 7 million for <good reasons for organic agriculture>. 
 Our work has a long way to go!
>
>


On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 6:10 PM, Dennis Pilien <dpilien98 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Rashid,
>Maybe this might help. Try searching exactly for what you need, i.e. search 
>these words, "Industriial Agriculture, Benefits of" or some such similar group 
>of words. If you want Industrial Agriculture to be found only as just that 
>two-word duo, then type them with quote marks at each end of the group of words 
>you want to find in that exact order, i.e. "Industrial Agriculture", then add 
>'Benefits of' or 'Arguments for' with a comma before Benefits or Arguments...
>
>Another idea might be to review the 100 or 250 word summaries of scholarly 
>papers. These are called abstracts in academia and elsewhere. You can look up 
>specific titles or keywords, but since they were often created with the blood, 
>sweat and tears of graduate students (many are unpaid or supported), the authors 
>usually want to be reimbursed if you want to read their entire text with full 
>references/citations. 
>
>
>Another idea might be to use the different search engines and query them beacuse 
>they might use different algorithms to get their search results. Use Google, 
>Yahoo, Bing, Dogpile, Alta Vista or others. Change your statement to a question 
>with Bing, for example. LinkedIn, L.A. Green Drinks and other sites like that 
>might be helpful to get interviews with experts/knowledgeable folks.
>
>Avoid copying and pasting verbatim. Copiers are relatively easy to out. I used 
>to do it with students all the time. Just call me. I will help you. I like doing 
>this stuff. Email me if you need my number. Use dpilien98 at yahoo.com 
>
>Towards sustainability,
>Best,
>Dennis
>
>
>
________________________________
From: Rashid G. <rashidreza at gmail.com>
>To: lapg at arashi.com
>Sent: Sat, September 18, 2010 2:34:11 PM
>Subject: [Lapg] Industrial Agriculture Proponents?
>
>
>I'm writing a research paper on Industrial Agriculture.
>
>I basically have to find and explain intelligent arguments from both sides of 
>the debate.
>
>There's plenty of intelligent sounding arguments against conventional farming / 
>industrial agriculture.
>
>But I'm having trouble finding a variety of concrete arguments in favor of 
>industrial agriculture.
>
>Does anybody know of any credible or semi-credible sources for finding 
>information or research that supports industrial agriculture??
>
>Thanks
>R
>
>



      
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