"Despite the promises, Naylor, unlike many of his neighbors, doesn't plant GMOs (genetically modified organisms). He has a gut distrust of the technology ("They're messing with three billion years of evolution") and doesn't think it's worth the extra twenty-five dollars a bag (in technology fees) they cost. "Sure, you might get a yield bump, but whatever you make on the extra corn goes right back to cover the premium for the seed. I fail to see why I should be laundering money for Mansanto."
God, if I ever have to marry again, can he please be a farmer?
I may only be 50 pages into this book, but already I'm quite sure this might be the best quote of all "...the shelled cobs were burned for heat and stacked by the privy as a rough substitute for toilet paper. (Hence the American slang term "corn hole.")" Nice!
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Your reasons for writing this blog make a whole lot more sense now that I'm reading the book too. I'm just real sad because I, as you were when you wrote this blog, am about 50 pages into it and I have to return it to the library TOMORROW. Those little bitches on the hold list are preventing me from renewing! ARGH!
p.s. I think instead of just a three-way, I should join and it can be a book orgy. Yes? Haha.
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