Day Nine: Indiana to Chicago
Sep 18th, 2009 in Tour BlogWe left at 6:30 am on the first leg to Chicago.
It was a visually interesting ride, if you like endless fields of corn and soy. “Biofuels,” said Duff, with contempt. I noticed many corn fields that had an almost pinkish shade in their dryness. Also noticed variations of color in the soy plants that brought this odd question to mind: Is there any chance that such vast acres of non-food crops are being watered with pollution perhaps not allowed when the land was used for food crops? I know agribusiness is a chemical business, and I know the energy business is in many places related to the waste disposal business. The question arose from my protective nature: when the land is returned to feeding life, will the land still be good for food crops?
Climate Justice News Feed
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