On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:34:25 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce in Bangkok wrote in
:

From reading the newspaper it appears
that most, if not all of the alcohol is produced by one or two large
agro-industrial companies here, who have close political ties with the
major parties. You figure.



Wow...Thailand is exactly like America! Big agro-industrial companies hold
a strangle on our food, here, too....


Larry

Well, not quite a strangle hold but we are getting there. The C.P.
Group (don;t ask me to spell it) is one of the largest agro-industry
companies in the world and one of the very first to move into China.
Bumble Bee Tuna is owned by a Thai company. Thailand is the world's
largest producer of raw rubber, and so on.

But, you can still go into the countryside and buy local grown rice,
pigs, chickens. The little guy still has the tip of his nose above
water, but for how much longer I don't know. Not long I think.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
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