> There's a guy down the road from me who sells "organic" vegetables to > people. He makes his compost by mixing urea and sawdust together and > leaving it for 3 weeks, then puts it on the plants. He told me he > doesn't use any pesticides or chemicals - "only a bit of roundup at > the start, of course".
Hello Graeme If this guy is only using a bit of roundup at the start he's a mile in front of his commercial chemical counterparts, and if he really manages to produce his vegetable crops without any in crop pesticides, he is doing a lot of things right! What does his stuff taste like? And most importantly does he tell the truth when he sells his produce? If he does then I'd suggest he's not much of a problem. Organic certification tells the consumer that there is less toxic chemical present in the food but it says nothing (or very little)about the nutritional quality, and until consumers wake up and start to buy on taste rather than appearance nothing much will change. > His clients are just as poorly informed - either they don't know or > simply don't ask about his practices. > What do you do about such situations? I don't know. Certification cant fix this - only quality testing by the end consumer - if your neighbor's produce looks good, tastes great, and is grown without chemicals in crop he is most of the way home and his consumers will figure it out, If it is rubbish and tastes like cardboard and he tells lies then they will probably figure that out too. Cheers Lloyd Charles _______________________________________________ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow