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Farmer Incompetence: Japanese fruit farmers to strip the bark off their trees, hope to prevent radiation contamination, more proof of a coming global food crisis!

Fruit farmers in Fukushima Prefecture (home of the radiation spewing Fukushima Daiichi nuke plant) say radiation is coating their trees and fruit. They’ve come up with a plan to stop the absorption of radiation; use power washers to strip top layers of bark.

The Japanese Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives believes that by stripping the bark off the fruit trees, they can halve the amount of radiation contamination.  Major problem: Fukushima Daiichi is still spewing radiation!

By stripping the bark, in an ongoing radioactive contamination environment, they will actually increase the chances of contamination!

Global Food Crisis: Mexican Citrus hit by Yellow Dragon

The bacteria Candidatus Liberibacter (aka yellow dragon) is jeopardizing  more than 520,000 hectares (1,285 acres) of Mexico’s citrus trees.

Federal officials said symptoms were detected in Colima, Nayarit and Michoacán.  The disease has appeared in Nuevo Leon and threatens states from Tamaulipas to San Luis Potosi.

Mexico is the fourth largest producer of citrus.