Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Indeed it is an outrage. I will certainly no longer buy any food products (including beer) from states that have such laws. Utah and Nevada are not an issue (neither state produces anything edible or drinkable), but if California passes such a law, it is good-bye to Sierra Nevada pale ale etc. for me. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Apr 9, 2013, at 9:11 PM, Richard Man wrote: > Sonny, yes, it's a lot of fun for us to travel in and out of US to find > California fruits :-) > > Phong, indeed it looks a bit plasticky. And yes, the Ag GAG laws are EVIL.I > think Neveda/Utah already passed their versions. There really should be a > lot more outrage on these... > > > On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Phong <leicaphong at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I don't mean this as a criticism: the lighting makes the strawberry, >> especially the leaves, look like plastic. >> >> Speaking of inedible food, I wonder if there's much debate in California >> and elsewhere on this outrage: >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/us/taping-of-farm-cruelty-is-becoming-the-crime.html >> >> You will be breaking the law if you photograph questionable substances >> being sprayed at your local strawberry field according to some proposed >> laws in California, Pennsylvania, etc. Google "Ag Gag" if you want to >> know >> more. >> >> Best, >> >> - Phong >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 7:04 AM, Richard Man <richard at >> richardmanphoto.com >>> wrote: >> >>> One really nice thing about living in California is that we get the >>> freshest fruits. This strawberry is marked as "local," which usually >> means >>> from someone's backyard :-) (well, the case of strawberries, it may be >> from >>> a local farm). Anyway, this is one of the biggest I have seen and tasted >>> great. >>> >>> I have added a water buffalo and a "lucky cat" for size comparison, and >>> just in case you don't know how big they are, the cat is sitting on a US >>> quarter. >>> >>> http://richardmanphoto.com/PICS/20130408-_4080169.jpg >>> >>> -- >>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -- > // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> > // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >