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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> We now know that food grown with an abundance of chemical N, P, and 
> K is nutritionally incomplete compared with food grown on composted 
> soil.  If you were to offer food that was grown on healthy 
> humus-rich composted soil (and therefore needed no pesticides), what 
> would you call it?

I would call it worth eating.

Happy to see you are now a believer.

The goal should be honest labels that tell the nutritional content of 
things good for our bodies and the residue content of things not good 
for our bodies. Both can be determined. Then let the consumer decide.