主题：【原创】大豆的陷落（续二） -- 范适安

好像世界上近一半的农产品出口是从美国出口的。

Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman openly acknowledged the use of food

trade　and aid as a political lever in an important policy-setting article

entitled “Malthus, Marx and the North American Breadbasket.”(Foreign

Affairs 45, July 1967) “Our unmatched food-producing capability,”

he asserted, “has strengthened our foreign policy immeasurably.” Its first

effect was upon “the balance of power between East and West.” North America

became a vital supplier of Communist nations’ food needs, with the result

that their food deficits “are causing them to become politically and

militarily vulnerable.” The United States has supplanted China as Japan’s

main source of food imports. China, in fact, is dependent today on Western

Hemisphere grain supplies. “Without our ability to generate huge farm

exports, these strong economic ties could not have developed. In geographic

terms Japan is off the coast of California. This is but one of the more

dramatic illustrations of the value of a productive farm sector in supporting

our foreign policy.”

转引自Michael Hudson的Super Imperalism,p201.

油太多不利健康，呵呵。这也是对策之一吧

最香的油是香油了吧？芝麻是产量小还是出油率低？

前些年，收完麦子后，父亲还总愿意把几亩地来种豆子，毕竟管理起来省点儿事，这几年不行了，赔钱，所以年年全种玉米，倒是棉花行情看涨，隔了20年，村子里种棉花的人越来越多了。

花生油不够才勉强吃豆油。

现在我这边儿，都是用橄榄油。

昨天问了问我妈，家里也多是橄榄油，好像是希腊或意大利进口的，有点儿贵。

油为多一些。

以前他们没主动提过，问了才知道，国内的东西，够贵的！

大概只有请保姆这条儿比较便宜.