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From the lens Crop Failures 2010 - Due to the BP Gulf Oil Spill.

  • Farmer Mary Aug 17, 2010 @ 7:21 pm | delete
    I'm a CSA farmer in North West Alabama. In early July I noticed a thick, yellow haze over my farm. I became very sick with chronic coughing, fever, nausea and fatigue. Our tomatoes usually produce fruit until March here but stated turning yellow and dying in mid-July. Our bell peppers rot before they mature and the garden is in really bad shape. I called a temporary crop failure in August. The new seed beds I planted in mid-July never even germinated.
  • amillar Aug 1, 2010 @ 2:12 am | delete
    This is just another aspect of the deregulation ideology of recent decades. Banks and big business do need regulation, and the market doesn't always do the right thing.
  • MiaBellezza Jul 30, 2010 @ 10:11 am | delete
    I've been quietly seething over this incident. I'm glad you did this blog; if I had, I'm afraid it would be just too consuming for my psyche. Beware Mother Earth is angry and she is extracting her revenge. The avaricious ones caused this spill, but we will all pay.
  • lokackl Jul 3, 2010 @ 10:19 am | delete
    Squid Angel Blessed ! and, Thanks for doing this important lens! I think I'm too shocked to be very creative on the subject though I did offer a blog post. http://dailydash1789.com
  • Cinetech Jun 24, 2010 @ 9:18 pm | delete
    What is even more important that this tragedy goes beyond damaging crops or beaches in the US. It affects the whole world, it's a ripple effect.
  • LindaJM Jun 24, 2010 @ 9:54 pm | delete
    I agree with you there. It looks like the entire world is in for it now.
  • jptanabe Jun 23, 2010 @ 7:18 pm | delete
    It just gets worse and worse! Clearly the Gulf oil disaster far-reaching environmental disaster, way beyond the immediate and obvious problems. Good job on bringing this to our attention!
  • susannaduffy Jun 21, 2010 @ 6:41 am | delete
    Yes, a disaster. It's so much worse than just oil in the Gulf (as if that's not dreadful enough) but crop destruction is in the very high probability range, Storing food is definitely the way to go. A disturbing lens. Blessed by an angel today
  • Sylvestermouse Jun 20, 2010 @ 7:26 pm | delete
    Thank you for writing this lens and bringing this concern to everyone's attention. I have added this link to the featured lenses on my "Efforts to Save the Animals" lens. There are many ramifications of this mess to consider and I am thrilled that you have considered and written about this probability.
  • mbgphoto Jun 20, 2010 @ 7:15 pm | delete
    Very scary. I'll be keeping a close eye on hurricane season this year.
  • vallain Jun 20, 2010 @ 2:57 pm | delete
    Now I'm really depressed. Thanks for letting us know about this.
  • bethd821 Jun 20, 2010 @ 10:51 am | delete
    This is a scary proposition. We may never know the full ramifications of this disaster.

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