New Macdonald Farm

[tweety]

Grass farmer, how do you replace nutrients if not from hydrocarbons? Steal it from those who do? Or just mine your own?

No free ride in nature.

[grassfarmer]

A momentous day - when tweety proves beyond doubt that he isn't a farmer but a non-farming troll.

How could anyone involved in primary agriculture be unaware of the process of photosynthesis and that all agriculture is based on harnessing the power of solar conversion. Free sunlight, free water - the very basis of our industry.

If agriculture wasn't possible without hydrocarbons how did the oldtimers manage? - the guys that were planting, growing and harvesting crops along the Nile, Mesopotamia and elsewhere nine or ten thousand years before Christ?

[grassfarmer]

Freewheat, this isn't really breaking new ground in terms of advertising. Kids are in adverts all the time - I assume they are paid for it as an adult would be? I don't see there need be indoctrination - they are acting out a skit for an advert and getting paid for it.

Remember the old SunnyD controversy? Seem to remember kids in those adverts singing a little jingle and extolling the virtues of a product that were subsequently proven to be totally false, the contents were not as represented - totally misleading. Was it OK to use kids for that campaign and product?

I suspect this will be going on more nowadays - all the corn syrup laden crap marketed as "natural fruit flavour" etc.

[freewheat]

But I have never seen kids in an ad, completely based upon bashing another product.

I am gunna see if my wife will post. She is more eloquent, and is passionate about the social media outbursts by consumers far removed from farming.

[tweety]

They just took carbon from the soil, never replaced it. Really, this has to be explained to you?

Photosynthesis alone doesn't make a plant. Where do you get the P for the ATP cycle? Do hopes and prayers replenish your nitrogen? sulfur?

Shit, why bother typing anymore.

[grassfarmer]

I agree tweety - quit typing.

[blackpowder]

And the point of the story was??
Yup, hobbyfarmer got it.

[hobbyfrmr]

Blackpowder, Do you mean the free advertising for the New McDonald organic clip?
I think that little ditty is going to sell more than tshirts and coffee mugs.
I view stuff as marketing. Terry O Riley has excellent podcasts on the history of advertising. I think its called "The Age of Persuaion"or else "under the influence". It describes different companies' advertising strategies over the years.
Come to think of it, why not add a bonus 1 oz shot of glyphosate to the shirt and mug sales. All my town/city neighbors were always looking for a little free glyphosate for around their yard. Its expensive in the retails stores. This could be a step in the right direction. People love free stuff. Like the little sample bottles attached to the 750ml liquor bottles. I always go for that.