John Mullan wrote: >What I find amazing is the use of the term "organic". > >Absolutely everything that you can grow is "organic". A rock is not >organic. > >So in reality they can grow anything and call it organic. When will >people smarten up. > > > Sure, Organic Chemistry relates to carbon based chemistry. From the m-w.com site:
(1) *:* of, relating to, or containing carbon compounds (2) *:* relating to, being, or dealt with by a branch of chemistry concerned with the carbon compounds of living beings and most other carbon compounds So petroleum based fertilizer is organic, by definition! (aaaggghh!) doug swanson -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email is constructed entirely with OpenSource Software. No Microsoft databits have been incorporated herein. All existing databits have been constructed from recycled databits. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
