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  • From: Scott Vlaun <scott@moosepondarts.com>
  • To: gardenwriters-on-gardening <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Organic or chemical future?????
  • Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:31:20 -0400

Good idea Nancy. I've been working on the Seeds of Change eNewsletter for the last 6 years and we've developed some pretty solid information on organic gardening which is available on their website. Here's a link. 


Feel free to print out any of the articles as handouts as long as Seeds of Change is credited. 

All the best,

Scott Vlaun
Moose Pond Arts+Ecology
Design Solutions for a Sustainable Future

450 Main St. Studio 2
Norway, Maine 04270
207-739-2409 Studio
207-890-4099 Cell



On Jun 28, 2007, at 12:20 PM, Nancy Szerlag wrote:

When it comes to organics, lack of information for both the grower  
and the consumer is a huge problem.
  Most consumers are yardeners, not gardeners, and all they care  
about is pretty and green.  Jeff Ball and I have been teaching Master  
Gardener classes for several years and the Michigan reference book in  
current use touts only chemicals.  The information from this book is  
the resource for hot lines etc. The contents are written by hort  
agents and the info is geared to growers, not the home gardener.  
Also,   University studies are funded by chemical companies and the  
modus operandi is -  here is what we want to say, design a study to  
prove it. When discussing remedies for problems in print or on the  
radio, hort agents recommend chemicals and do not give product names,  
much less options.   Jeff and I believe this was a huge problem when  
the Emerald Ash Borer hit. Pity the poor ash tree owner who went into  
a big box and asked for a product containing Merit.

The Master Gardener Associations in our state do a great job  
promoting organics, but they don't reach the masses.

Resources for solid  information on organic growing has dwindled to a  
dribble in the past decade. I think we should put together a list of  
resources we can pass on  in articles, pass- outs, blogs, etc.

Nancy Szerlag




Nancy Szerlag
Columnist for Detroit News


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