If Ron Prokopy could prevent occurrence of disgusting sooty blotch
and flyspeck infections on his Massachusetts-grown
apples with "a couple of well-timed fungicides", he certainly had an
unusual prescience concerning weather. But that
alone could not have made such a minimal pesticide pr
William,
I agree with what you said about the diversity of opinions. I was briefly
pointing out the other side to Mr. Kuljis. I should say that the extension
personnel in Michigan are, for the most part, extremely knowledgeable
helpful and much appreciated. Even those that would prefer an orga
Greetings all. It's 97 outside with a heat index of 107 so peach
picking has long since halted for the day. I would like to offer my
take on recent topics: OP residues, obesogens, IPM vs. Organic, etc.
I wholesale IPM fruit to 2 large organic CSA's in the Atlanta area
supplying approximately 4
Dan covers a lot of interesting points. However, most of us are
still locked into thinking about things as they presently exist in
our socio-economic system. Part of this discussion was triggered by
Mr. Kuljis's comment about greenhouse gas emissions and the hidden
costs of our production sys
Quoting ...
"I'm no expert on human behavior either, but I still tell my students
that a large part of what drives pesticide applications in fruit and
vegetables is that people shop with their eyes and lower cognitive
functions. I'm convinced that at some level, humans react to
blemishes,
On Jul 25, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Mark Angermayer wrote:
Obviously, I'm not a behavioral scientist but I think instead of
"educated"
in your quote, a better word would be "offered". That is,
agriculture has
continued to offer more attractive looking food. It seems to me the
consumer drives
A new issue of the Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (Volume 16,
number 9) has been posted on the web. To reach the home page for the
Illinois Fruit and Vegetable News (with links to all issues and
additional resources), use the following link:
http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/ifvn/index.html
For dir
I've found there is a great diversity of viewpoints in most hort departments
Mark. If there is a shift, it's because there was a time when the prevailing
opinion was that organic was viewed with skepticism. Some faculty still hold
that view, while there are others that now view the conventional sid
I began my career almost 30 years ago. The kinds of research you suggest had
been taking place already for decades. An incredible amount of progress has
been made since then in understanding the ecology of agriculture. I think
you're wrong about the "scale of effort" being much higher toward chemic
While Robert Kuljis worries about the influence of giant companies, others,
including myself, worry about the influence of left-leaning foundations
funneling money to university departments (e.g. C.S. Mott Foundation).
Further, and perhaps more important, is the political/environmental
viewpoint of
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