RE: Apple-Crop: Organic vs. non-organic discussion

2010-07-28 Thread JOHN BELISLE
Well said!!! I do ask one question. I have observed that fair is always proclaimed by the winner and unfair by the loser. What does fair price mean, or how is it defined? Does fair in the case of food mean you as a producer can drive a BMW or a Chevrolet. Does fair mean some of your customers

Apple-Crop: Organic vs. non-organic discussion

2010-07-28 Thread David Barclay
Bonnie, Certainly I'm not implying that farming in the 21st century is going to be a walk in the park. I'm simply saying that there were regulations 50 years ago, - there are regulations now and there will be new ones in the future and farmers have prevailed and survived. I'm not sure where yo

Apple-Crop: RE: Apple-Crop:

2010-07-28 Thread Bonnie Jerry Moore
Thank you for your optimistic post, Mr. Barclay. I agree with all of it except the last sentence. As a producer, I feel we do not have the ability to create our own destiny due to the rate of restrictions that are being put on which chemical tools are allowed, and I fear that will spell disas

Re: Apple-Crop: RE:..and causes you to be fat too!

2010-07-28 Thread Robert kuljis
THey are probably just part of the vast left wing conspiracy, good for them. Keep letting the giant companies run our country and our world and we won't have to worry about it because there won't be a world left, not one inhabited with humans anyway. I give it 20 years MAX if we keep thi

Re: Apple-Crop: RE:..and causes you to be fat too!

2010-07-28 Thread Robert kuljis
I'm sorry , but if you don't discern the difference between soil, air, water, and man made petro chemicals I really don't know how to respond to that. It is true that university funding source can influence research that is done or not done.. That does not diminish the good work that IS bei

Re: Apple-Crop: RE:..and causes you to be fat too!

2010-07-28 Thread Robert kuljis
I could not find the data for the 40% figure, that was from memory.. Some figures I can source that should be of interest are the UN FAO report in 2006 on livestock alone causing around 20% global greenhouse gas emissions, more then transportation. The Worldwatch institute claims the numb