Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

nafex - Re: [nafex ibiblio list] Autumn Olive

nafex@lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: North American Fruit Explorers mailing list at ibiblio

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>
  • To: nafex ibiblio mailing list <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex ibiblio list] Autumn Olive
  • Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:21:02 -0500

On 1/8/2012 11:13 PM, Road's End Farm wrote:
Because a plant, insect, fungus, etc. does not cause a problem in one
area doesn't mean that people are "hysterical" to say that it's
causing problems somewhere else.

Its hysterical to recommend massive removal in areas where they are not a problem, which seems to be happening. I also challenge, rightfully so,
claims of "invasives" _causing problems_; i.e. unwarranted trumped up charges against a plant. Often, follow the money trail to see the root cause of this. I grant no special consideration for conventional agriculture, i.e. broadacre monocrop farming; everything other than the cash crop is invasive. They need to practice natural farming. The third world will not starve w/o conventional, chemical-based or gmo agriculture, a ploy to gain control of a nation's food supply, destroying traditional farming infrastructure in the process. Again, I challenge the "causing problems" rationale to justify eradication of certain plants. To tell homeowners that they need to go out and cut down and dig up eleagnus wherever it is found is ludicrous and ridiculous. Look at the lists of invasive plants and think about how many have positive attributes and can easily be controlled with careful
planning and manual labor. Less TV and more hand weeding.




Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page