Marilyn, ... in ... Worth a shot, I guess, but getting the permissions for clearing customs with agricultural products can be quite a hassle, even in this age...
... * * * * * * * My God!!!, ninety acres did You say ? Just out of curiousity, how many pounds of asparagus He gets from 90 acres of land ? At 25% of...
jbmc@...
Apr 1, 2003 10:10 am
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I don't know how many pounds he gets. I hope he's a rich man. He works damn hard. But he doesn't look or act like a rich man. He's always working, and...
... * * * * * * * Growing food, Ms. Gang, is a very noble activity indeed, if the food produced is good enough to meet Human nutritional requirements. ...
jbmc@...
Apr 2, 2003 9:30 pm
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You know nothing about this farmer. I wrote one well meaning remark about someone I have known for years who puts his heart and soul in to his work to produce...
... tell me jb, do you grow your own food??? and how noble is it to critisize others???... ... imho it is all a matter of degrees....at least farmers are...
forest
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Apr 4, 2003 4:09 am
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forest & the rest of this thread (?), I'm not happy because both of the sides have their points. The whole topic who is not supporting for the health is too...
York-Th. Bayer
york.bayer@...
Apr 4, 2003 7:01 am
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 08:48:08 +0200, York-Th. Bayer <york.bayer@...> ... Speaking as a list moderator, I must commend you for stepping in and moderating a...
... * * * * * * * Well observed! And well said!, Mr. Bayer. And it is precisely upon this sad reality that the production of organic foods has increa- ...
jbmc@...
Apr 4, 2003 12:39 pm
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... thanks york-th. bayer for your comments on too much polarity in this discussion thread and for your reminder that there are both greedy unscrupulous...
forest
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Apr 4, 2003 3:54 pm
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Here are a couple of pictures to help you visualize pre-planting testing. http://www.crossroads.ws/microsiemensandfeeding.htm If anyone else has photos they...
Mr. RH wrote: It is not OK to make an ad hominem attack. * * * * * * * No personal attack i have made, Mr. Harrill. No personal name has ever been...
jbmc@...
Apr 4, 2003 7:40 pm
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So JB, So if 'organic farmers' are scum, what are commercial farmers? What is it you want? What do you eat? Where do you get your food? Honestly what I get...
In studying the evidence available to me, it appears that agriculture has never grown food for nutrition, it has always been grown for yield. When food was...
Truth in labeling is a widely accepted policy for packaged goods, where 30 years ago the label didn't tell you squat about what was in the product. Would a...
Chi, ... Yes, it always bugs me that they can call seedless grapes and watermelon and navel oranges "organic." We need a new word that means more than organic...
Michael, ... type as large as the price for fruits and vegetables let the free market solve this problem quickly? Nancy Pelosi and Barbara Boxer might be ...
Chi, Your comments on nutrition vs. yield were well-said. I'm involved with an organization of organic growers and farmers here in the Carolinas and never hear...
Bob - you answered your own question on accuracy - an average Brix for a shipment would be fine. ... You said: I doubt it, not unless there's something in it...
Dear Michael Murphy The four topics you list bellow are the ones I am realy trying to call atention , with the exeption of 2 feinds from another state here...
Alberto Machado
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Apr 5, 2003 2:44 pm
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On Fri, 04 Apr 2003 22:53:59 -0000, soilfertility <ynos@...> ... Comments like the above usually bring forth outrage from the organic devout, but...
... i agree, but mr. jb the vibe that i felt from your email seemed overcritical to me.....seems none of us is perfectly organic, is a matter of degrees, and i...
forest
forest@...
Apr 6, 2003 3:32 am
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Bob Brix here! I've been gardening about 3 years now, but am still a novice. Spring is here, sort of, in Toledo, and I just found out a few days ago that the ...
How can we protect you from the next wrong doing, when you have done already a major one? Turning the soil upside down created a more than normal caos, as now...
York-Th. Bayer
york.bayer@...
Apr 6, 2003 2:04 pm
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York, ... already a major one? Turning the soil upside down created a more than normal caos, I knew somebody wouldn't like this, but I see both methods being...
Bob, ... the weeds you get rid in just cutting them bleow there growing center. In grases this is just at the surface. What you now have is a lot of weed seeds...
York-Th. Bayer
york.bayer@...
Apr 6, 2003 8:10 pm
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... Ooops! I misspoke. The rows were facing EW, so actually they were running NS lengthwise. I have just started recycling my table scraps, citrus and banana...
York, ... But don't the roots still live and suck up nutrients? Won't the greens I turn under degrade into "green manure" and provide food for the crops? ... ...
