Utah Farm Bureau launches counterattack on 'eco-propaganda'
Salt Lake Tribune
The state's largest farming organization is placing books on agriculture in Utah schools to correct what its chief executive says are "lies and distortions" that vilify America's conventional farming practices.
Utah Farm Bureau CEO Randy Parker said his organization of about 27,000 members is purchasing books to correct "eco-propaganda" messages aimed at children that assert agriculture is ravaging the environment.
"Our children are flooded with a variety of 'go-green' messages," Parker wrote in the Farm Bureau's Winter newsletter. "Children are being traumatized for not recycling an empty yogurt container or forgetting to turn off the lights."
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