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Watch Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman.

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Based on the book of the same title by Judy Stoeven Davies, this documentary film will be shown on the Discovery Channel on August 31st at 9 PM. I invite you to watch it with me. A preview is on the Youtube link below

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/discovery-impact/about-rancher-farmer-fisherman/

http://www.edf.org/sites/default/files/specialreport_fall2016.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoMCmHya2LU

 

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Good god that is some bad TV. Thats was Boring with a capital B. I couldn't take more then 15 minutes of it. I couldn't tell you if it was a conservation gem, fraud or what. What I can tell you is tom brokaw needs a Red Bull or two. I'm sure people will fawn all over it but man that is some terrible uninspiring TV.

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Definitely did not have the Hollywood touch of creating excitement where there was none. Since you watched the Rancher section part I just had the feeling that the ranchers on there had the feeling of those that think "I have mine and no one gets any". I watched it all and it did kind of interest me when they talked and explained the no-plow farming. In OK I still see the huge dust clouds created when they "dust in" the winter wheat. Maybe we wouldn't have the dust problems we do here if that type of farming and planting was used.

 

As for the fishing section, we are raping our oceans and it's unfortunate but true that the future means fish farms and fencing off sections of the oceans to cultivate fish for the market. I enjoyed the work the fishermen were doing but the argument that the sport fishermen were taking fish that "belonged" to them doesn't move me to join their movement. Shut off all taking of an endangered fish for a period of time. I remember when a fairly new fish hit the market that was very similar to walleye and selling for much less. I'll think of the name in the middle of the night but what happened was deep trawlers discovered these fish by the thousands in waters not previously harvested. What they didn't realize was the slow growth and limited reproduction of these fish and soon there unlimited supply was dwindling down to near non-existence.

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