tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897466715533424193.post6245183558473485369..comments2023-07-28T10:51:21.756-05:00Comments on Twango's Tidbits: Natural and Organic FoodsTwangohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11683770672354771068noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897466715533424193.post-8613066363789557342006-12-28T11:44:00.000-06:002006-12-28T11:44:00.000-06:00So much to say about this, most of it in agreement...So much to say about this, most of it in agreement. <br /><br />I recently read an interesting piece in Business Week titled <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_42/b4005001.htm">The Organic Myth</a>. Unfortunately, a lot of the organic stuff produced by big companies isn't much better than the conventional stuff. <br /><br />I'm all about local, and it never ceases to amaze me how so many people have no idea just how close farmer's markets and co-ops are to them. <br /><br />So many people are willing to do hours of research and spend piles of money on clothing, electronics, and luxury items, and it disgusts me that they're not willing to do the same for the food their putting in their bodies and the bodies of their children. It makes no sense to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3897466715533424193.post-11650872150055713912006-12-27T20:02:00.000-06:002006-12-27T20:02:00.000-06:00I agree with some of your opinions, especially fac...I agree with some of your opinions, especially factory animal farms, however I speak from experience of 35 years growing wheat, oats, barley and canola on the unpolluted Canadian prairies using direct seeding or NO-Till methods, that reqire some herbicides. We use one or two herbicides per season, not 400 as you state. Half the herbicide we use is glyphosates, that are less toxic than your tablesalt. They are non-volatile and have no odor. They do not even have a warning label. We spray when the plant is at 3 leaves, that is over 2 months from harvest. You will not find any residue by then. The organic neighbors need to till the soil black in an attempt to kill weeds. My soil is totally covered in previous crop residue. They waste time and expensive fuel plus wear out very expensive machinery(the manufacture of which causes much pollution), in a vain attempt to control weeds. Every second or third year they leave their fields fallow, a very unnatural state. Mine are cropped every year. Their fields are still over run with weeds! Mine are clean, 99% grain. Their black fields wash away in rains, and blow away in wind storms. Mine stays put due to much organic matter on the surface. My organic matter is higher due to no- till.I use less fuel per acre, much less green house gas emissions. Organic farms must till and thus pollute the air and degrade the soil. If you saw both fields you would not eat the grain from a weed patch. Please check out no-till grain farming, you will be surprised!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com