June 4, 2010 -- On Agriculture...

Dear Rachel,

I have been looking into your campaign and regret that I do not find any comment on agricultural development. Throughout our country the development of both urban and rural agricultural initiatives that seek sustainability and food sovereignty are, in my opinion, where real change is happening. People are utilizing agricultural wealth(real, physical wealth) to create localized economies that cut out the need to interact with the global financial monster. I have watched some of your public appearances and hear you speak of 'real value' and its source our 'productive economy'. It is clear to me that our productive economy is/was based on outmoded/obsolete industries. The auto industry, the oil industry, the war materials industry.. In a city like Detroit that was founded on such industry new urban agricultural initiatives appear to be one of the only successful, sustainable solutions to a dessicated urban milieu. Your call for more space exploration is quite exciting; it satisfies the science fiction fetish in all of us. It seems to me, though, there is more concrete evidence that agriculture can supply more viable solutions more immediately for the American people at large. I would be curious to hear your thoughts on how the U.S. economy can support this agricultural development and how it fits into the LaRouche plan. Thanks for your time and I wish you luck in your campaign.

best,
[a constituent]

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[Rachel's reply...]

Thanks for writing, it's a good question. Agriculture is very important, as is destroying the British Empire which has shut down world food production through the WTO, globalization , food cartels, environmental hoaxes, and destruction or prevention of infrastructure (Monsanto, Cargill, ADM, etc.). Reversing these policies, and launching a massive infrastructure development program, especially nuclear power and water projects, will drastically transform the state of agriculture in the country and the world, by providing the power necessary for advanced technologies, and water for irrigation.

In terms of new developments in this field, I know one of the new frontiers is astrobiology, how life acts as a cosmic phenomenon, not just in the petri dish we know here on earth. Our youth movement science team is currently working on advancing the work of scientists like Gurwitch, Pasteur and Vernadsky, who began an investigation which has not been furthered in recent decades, around the idea of life in a dynamic process, which is both actively selecting components from it's environment and shedding or dispensing elements in a more organized form than before they entered the organism. Life is also being affected by things we did not know, such as cosmic radiation of all types, and electro-magnetic fields. There have also been studies showing that low-dose radiation is good for plants. Creating the conditions for life to exist on Mars, and possibly discovering or developing plants that would function better in this different environment, would allow us to create life forms that could endure more harsh environments here on Earth, and give us a better understanding of what life needs to exist generally.

So we don't actually want to separate ourselves into local communities simply attempting to provide enough sustenance for ourselves to survive. We want to be working as mankind to solve problems for upcoming generations, and making breakthroughs in our understanding of the universe. To do this, minimally, we will require new methods of energy production, yes, food production, and ultimately, how we're going to get off this planet.

Yes, these modes of the “productive” economy are outdated. Instead of oil, we need fission and fusion, we can advance our auto production and increase high speed mass transit systems, and the military industry doesn't have to be where we invest to make breakthroughs. Roosevelt's war-time mobilization is the type of approach we need now to rebuild our infrastructure. But ultimately, even these infrastructure systems must be approached from the basis of the future discoveries and improvements we know we need to make, which only comes in the new frontier of space.

Let me know if you have any follow-up questions, and feel free to attend our upcoming classes on these issues. We will be having a class this Saturday near the Democratic Convention in Worcester, given by a member of the youth "basement" science team, on exactly these policy questions. I believe it is at a pizza parlor, but the exact location will be on the website in the next day or two.

Thanks,
Rachel Brown