for clarification, the pesticide was SEVIN, not SEVEN??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:40 PM Subject: Re: Need Help!!
> >You know how it is when you work scientific -- you have your fields > >herbicided, then, you no till in what you wish and throw the nitrogen to it. > >So, he is wondering how much work he will need to put into the fields doing > >things our way -- and what can he expect in the crops. For instance, the > >corn -- it will have weeds -- or grasses -- no herbicides. With little to no > >inputs over the years -- and the FB running for little over a year -- might > >we expect good crops. > > wayne - I actually entered into a scenario like this at this time > last year. My goal was to roll the agro-chemical no-till farmer who > was leasing this land at the time that it became an enironmental > preserve into a prosperous biological farmer. Only after a few > conversations with him did I come to understand how distant his sense > of the land was and how foreign actually interacting with the > environment was for him. Even more to the point, he totally lacked > the inner voice that we organic growers have, the one that keeps you > in service to principle rather than in service to > the-normal-american-factory-time-reality. Eventually, he gave up. He > did give up before I did, but he gave up. > > I'm told that Mid-West Bioag and some other ACRES-found consulting > companies have programs that make sense to chemical farmers. They > even have ways of letting them use their 'chemical boxes' to let down > some biological amendments. > > I rented a house to a fellow who was totally onboard with me as far > as keeping the grounds biodynamic. I heard stories about him using > Seven, but discounted them. Later, I found his chemical stash. He was > putting shit down for diseases I've never heard of and from companies > I've never seen before. Another neighbor told me that she always grew > everything organically. (See 'Organic Horse Manure' says the bag) She > dosed everything with SEVEN. When I asked her about that she said > 'Well, you don't expect me to live with BUGS, do you?" My point here > is that it's really different world's. > > By the way, as a spiritual scientist, I guess I'm offended by your > use of the word 'scientific agriculture,' eh? > > Later >
